Lithuania 2009 "From the stocks of museums. Palanga Amber Museum"

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Issue Date 13.06.2009
ID Michel: 1009-1010; Scott: 895a-b; Stanley Gibbons: 978-979; Yvert et Tellier: 876-877; Category: Ot
Design Artist H. Ratkevicius
Stamps in set 2
Value 1,55 Lt. - Palanga Amber Museum - estate of the Counts of Tiskeviciai
1,55 Lt. - Palanga Amber Museum - Sun stone
Emission/Type commemorative
Issue place Palanga
Size (width x height) 34.50mm x 30mm
Layout Sheet of 20 stamps and 15 labels
Products FDC x1
Paper chalky, no watermark
Perforation 14
Print Technique Offset
Printed by Österreichische Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printer)
Quantity 250.000 sets
Issuing Authority Public Limited Company Lietuvos Pas
Insect in amber on stamp of Palanga Amber Museum of Lithuania 2009

On June 13th, 2009, the Post Authority of Lithuania issued the set of two stamps "From the stocks of museums. Palanga Amber Museum". These stamps were printed in sheets containing 10 pairs of stamps 5 labels in the middle column and 10 additional decorations on the sides of the sheet (smaller as the labels in the middle).
One of the labels, in the middle of the sheet show pieces of amber with inclusions of insects. Another one, in the middle of the last row, show pieces of amber with inclusions of some plants.

Below are, quotes from the official press release, of Lithuania's Post, published on their website in 2009.

Palanga Amber Museum is a branch of the Lithuanian Art Museum and was established on the 3rd of August 1963. The museum has about 29 thousand amber showpieces.
Insects and plants inclusions in amber on stamp of Palanga Amber Museum of Lithuania 2009
Insects and plants inclusions in amber on stamp of Palanga Amber Museum of Lithuania 2009.
Part of them, about 4,5 thousand are displayed in the exposition, which is renewed every year and supplemented with archaeological findings, amber inclusions and other valuable pieces. The exposition of the museum shows the history of amber formation, its global distribution, and ways of trade, processing and practical application. The visitors are mostly attracted by the collection of amber inclusions.

One of the postage stamps shows the estate of Count Feliksas Tiskevicius, built in 1897, in which the Amber Museum is established. The estate palace in neo classicist style, also with features of renaissance, baroque and classicism is surrounded by the large and beautiful Palanga Botanical Park.

The other postage stamp pictures the most prominent showpiece of the Amber Museum, the Saules akmuo (Sun stone), which is one of the largest pieces of amber in the world, weighing 3524g. The stone is almost round, in size equaling the size of a man’s head, dark yellow with some lighter spots in the areas where it has been polished.


Products and associated philatelic items

FDC Example of circulated covers Mini-Sheet
Insect in Amber on FDC of Lithuania 2009 Stamp of Lithuania 2009 with Insect in Amber on circulated letter to Germany Insect in Amber on stamps of Lithuania 2009
The reverse side is here. The reverse side is here.





References:
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  • Technical details and short press releases:
    Lietuvos Pastas (this article is no longer available on the internet)



Acknowledgements:
  • Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice, PhD Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, USA, for review of a draft of this article.


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