| Issue Date | 06.04.1995 |
| ID | Michel: 161-163 Scott: 161-163 Stanley Gibbons: 171-173 Yvert: 132-134 UPU: N/A Category: pF |
| Author | Designer: Vladimir Sinitki |
| Stamps in set | 3 |
| Value | 4b Urns and becklace 10b+2b Dinotherium(Deinotherium) gigantissimum, reconstruction and skeleton. 1,80L + 30b Coins |
| Size (width x height) | 55 mm x 32.80mm |
| Layout | 3 MS of 10 stamps (5x2) each |
| Products | FDC x2 MS x3 |
| Paper | Coated |
| Perforation | 13.25 x 14 |
| Print Technique | Offset |
| Printed by | Bundesdruckerei, Germany |
| Quantity | 500,000 500,000 25,500 |
| Issuing Authority |
On April 6 1995, Post authority of Moldova issued a set of 3 stamps that shows some artifacts of the National Ethnographic museum.
These stamps are represent some exponates of Museum of Ethnography and Nature is the first Moldavian museum. It was founded in 1889 by baron Steward (first, it was called "Zoological, Agricultural, and Handicraft Museum of Basarabia") and during the 20th century it used to be the laboratory for the local scientists: F. Ostermann, S. Miller, F. Porouchik, I. Sukhov, B. Taraboukhin, M. Pocoara and others.
Building of the Museum was
constructed in 1905, and its Oriental style is unique in Moldova. For
the years Museum has been maintaining two basic directions of its
scientific effort: ethnology and natural
history.
Now it is famous for its geological, paleontological,
zoological,
entomological,archaeological, ethnographical and numismatic collections.
Among the
thousand of Museum's exhibits there is set up the entire Dinoterium gigantisimus skeleton, as well as the famous
archaeological treasures,
Bessarabian carpets of the 19th century etc. Museum's collections are
periodically exhibited in the museums of Europe, America, Asia and
Africa as the cultural heritage of the Republic of MoldovaStamp with a
value of "10b +2b" depicting Dinotherium (Deinotherium)
gigantissimum.The skeleton was found in 1966 near the village
Pripiceni, Moldova. The first description of this animal was made by
the scientist Grigorie Stefanescu (1836-1911). Reconstruction
of Dinotherium at the left side of the stamp
is after Zdenek Burian picture, that appeared on Czech stamp in 2005. |
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References: Posta Moldovei World of Moldova Tur.MD
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