San Marino
2012
"40th Anniversary of UNESCO heritage"
Issue Date |
09.05.2012 |
ID |
Michel: Scott:
Stanley Gibbons: Yvert: UPU: Category: Ot |
Author |
Marco Ventura |
Stamps in set |
4 |
Value |
€1.50 x4 |
Size (width x height) |
Stamp size: 38,50x56 mm
Souvenir-sheet size: 185x143 mm |
Layout |
Souvenir-sheet of 4 stams |
Products |
FDC x1 |
Paper |
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Perforation |
13 x 12.75 |
Print Technique |
Four-colour offset |
Printed by |
Cartor Security
Printing |
Quantity |
80.000 souvenir-sheets |
Issuing Authority |
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The UNESCO General Conference
approved on the 16th November 1972 in Paris an agreement on the protection of
the world, cultural and natural Heritage. The idea to create an international
movement to protect cultural areas and nature was born in the second post-war
period. The Agreement forces the Member States to regularly supply a report on
the state of preservation of the registered areas. It encourages the public
awareness about the world protected areas and improves the preservation by
educational and informative programmes . "To preserve our heritage for the
future generations" it is a must that the Agreement and the Member States fixed
as a goal and warning. Today, after forty years from the signature of the
agreement, the world heritage is well understood, so much that registered areas
receive international cooperation, mutual help and management models. With the
souvenir-sheet designed by M. Ventura, "From Pyramids to Galapagos, to the
whole world" the Azienda Autonoma di Stato Filatelica e Numismatica of the
ancient Republic of San Marino makes the first issue after the agreement signed
on the 3rd November 2011 in the UNESCO official seat where the "Progetto San
Marino-Unesco" was accepted; a long-term cooperation to increase the value of
Humanity Heritage through the philately of San Marino. The first stamp of the
serie shows, among other goods, the "Historic centre and Mount Titano" in
foreground as part of the world humanity area
heritage.
Two stamps on the right side of the block are related to Galapagos
Islands. The Galapagos Islands (official name: Archipilago de Colon; other
Spanish names: Islas de Colon or Islas Galapagos) are an archipelago of volcanic
islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, 972 km (525 nmi)
west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.
The voyage of the Beagle brought
the survey ship HMS Beagle, under captain Robert FitzRoy, to the Galapagos on 15
September 1835 to survey approaches to harbours. The captain and others on
board, including his companion, the young naturalist Charles Darwin, made
observations on the geology and biology on Chatham, Charles, Albemarle and James
islands before they left on 20 October to continue on their round-the-world
expedition. Primarily a geologist at the time, Darwin was impressed by the
quantity of volcanic craters they saw, later referring to the archipelago as
"that land of craters." His study of several volcanic formations over the 5
weeks he stayed in the islands, led to several important geological discoveries,
including the first, correct explanation for how volcanic tuff is formed. Darwin
noticed the mockingbirds differed between islands, though he thought the birds
now known as Darwin's finches were unrelated to each other, and did not bother
labelling them by island. The Englishman Nicolas Lawson, acting Governor of
Galapagos for the Republic of the Equator, met them on Charles Island, and as
they walked to the prison colony, told Darwin the tortoises differed from island
to island. Towards the end of the voyage, Darwin speculated that the
distribution of the mockingbirds and the tortoises might "undermine the
stability of Species". When specimens of birds were analysed on his return to
England, it was found that many apparently different kinds of birds were species
of finches, which were unique to islands. These facts were crucial in Darwin's
development of his theory of natural selection explaining evolution, which was
presented in The
Origin of Species (full name "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural
Selection").
The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific
community and much of the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of
natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the
process of evolution in the 1930s, and now forms the basis of modern
evolutionary theory. In modified form, Darwin's scientific discovery is the
unifying theory of the life sciences, providing logical explanation for the
diversity of life.Darwin's work had far-reaching impacts on the development of
Paleontology, Antropology and many other Biology and Psyology related scients.
This work changed our view on origin of life and provided and explanation about
fossils found everywhere ariund the world. Nowadays we are not belive in
dragons and seamaid and not associate a huge bones to some titans or any other
kind of mythological creatures. Every modern child knows who is Dinosaurs
and Pterosaurs. On the second stamp from right is Charles Darwin on the background and
pterosaur (probably Eudimorphodon ranzil).
Products
FDC | CTO mini sheet |
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Used covers |
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Acknowledgment:
Many thanks to fellow stamp collector Dipi Umby owner of InterPhilately web site,
who shared a scan of his cover with me.<
References:
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