This year’s stamp featuring a unique exhibit of the Latvian Museum of Natural History is dedicated to a rare beetle – the noble chafer
13.02.2019
To make an addition to the series of postage stamps Unique Exhibits of the Latvian Museum of Natural History, Latvijas Pasts, in collaboration with the museum, releases a new stamp depicting the noble chafer, one of the beetles found in Latvia, which is included in the list of protected species. The first day cancellation of the stamp is scheduled to take place in the Latvian Museum of Natural History, 4 Krišjāņa Barona Street, Riga, from 10 AM to 5 PM on the 15th of February 2019. The presentation of the stamp, which is planned to start at the same place at 11 AM, will see the participation of representatives of Latvijas Pasts and the Latvian Museum of Natural History.
The most recent stamp in the series Unique Exhibits of the Latvian Museum of Natural History depicts the noble chafer, one of the exhibits of the insect collection of the museum’s entomology holdings. The print run of the stamp is 100,000 copies, and its face value is € 1.57, making it suitable for sending a registered Class A letter within Latvia. The release of the stamp is accompanied by the issue of a special cover with a print run of 1,000 copies. The new philatelic releases have been designed by the artist Ģirts Grīva.
The noble chafer (Gnorimus nobilis) is a beetle living in the cavities of large and old trees, where larvae also develop. This beetle can often be found on flowers because it feeds on petals and flower nectar. As a very rare species, it is included in the list of protected species of Latvia.
This is the fifth stamp released in the series
Unique Exhibits of the Latvian Museum of Natural History. The first stamp was issued in 2015 and it was dedicated to the unique specimen in the palaeontology collection of the museum – the placoderm fish. In 2016 the series was supplemented by the stamp
Aberrant Birds, while the stamp released in 2017 featured the
Dog Rose, an exhibit from the museum’s botany collection, and the stamp of 2018 depicted gypsum, a valuable rock found in Latvia. All the stamps issued in the series are available for viewing
here.
The stamp and the cover
Noble Chafer can be viewed
here.
The next philatelic release is scheduled for the 15th of March.
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