Braunbear Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 France has so far issued only one stamp with a carnivorous plant motive. The stamp shows the sundew "Drosera rotundifolia". In 2010 a new stamp sheet with the image of this plant was issued. I'm trying to find that for my collection. ;) Issue reason: France's nature - plants of the marshes Issue date: 12 September 1992 Value: 3.00 Franc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Europe: Hungary This stamp block was issued on 27 January 1993 by the Hungarian postal administration. The flora of Southeast Asia is shown here. Accordingly, with an unknown pitcher plant Nepenthes. It is interesting that the image of the pitcher in the lower left area not on the stamp itself but is located outside the perforation. But on the stamp below the declared value we see a reddish flower stems of the pitcher plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted March 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Today we go to Thailand, an exotic country with a lot of carnivorous plants. Thailand issued the first stamps with carnivorous plant motives in 1994. This series consisted of 4 different stamps with 3 pieces of carnivorous plants. They existed as single stamps and a 4-block. Shown are the three bladderworts: - Utricularia delphinoides - Utricularia minutissima - Utricularia bifida Issue reason: Day of the Year 1995 Issue date: 15 November 1994 Value: each 1 Baht Stamp size: 23.5mm x 29mm Block size: 84mm x 99mm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan P Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 Some very interesting stamps here - and I'm no stamp collector I had no idea that there were so many different stamps with CPs on them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted March 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2011 (edited) On 10 August 1995 issued the Philippine Post two stamps in commemoration of the Year of the Environment. The two stamps had two value steps of 2 and 6 Philippine pesos in various se-tenant printing appeared. On the right stamp of the se-tenant printing a pitcher plant Nepenthes is shown. It could be either a Nepenthes mirabilis or Nepenthes alata. Here again we see that the pitcher plants are very common in the tropics. Edited March 25, 2011 by Braunbear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 This is the first series of stamps which is exclusively dedicated to carnivorous plants. This set of 6 stamps from the East Asian country of Laos was issued on 24 August 1995. These stamps have the following motives: - Tropical pitcher plant: Nepenthes villosa - Venus flytrap: Dionaea muscipula - Pitcher plant: Sarracenia flava - Pitcher plant: Sarracenia purpurea - Tropical pitcher plant: Nepenthes gracilis - Tropical pitcher plant: Nepenthes Ampullaria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted March 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2011 East Africa: Tanzania This stamp from 1994 (some sources say 1995) by Tanzanian Post shows a Nepenthes hybrid. It seems, according to my research, is a horticultural cross between N. khasiana and N. gracilis. This plant is not found native in this East African country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted March 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 The postal administration of the UN (United Nations) in Geneva issued in 1996 a series of stamps in se-tenant printing about endangered plant species. In this stamp series, the cobra lily (Darlingtonia californica) has been shown there, which is located only in a small area around northern California (USA). Issue reason: Endangered species (IV): Flora Issue date: 14 March 1996 Value: 0.80 Fri Images: se-tenant, Official First Day Cover (FDC), first-day postcard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 The postal administration of the UN (United Nations) in New York issued on the same day (like in Geneva) also a stamp series in se-tenant printing about endangered plant species. In this stamp series, there is a Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis) shown. The Australian pitcher plant is one of the rarest carnivorous plants and located only in a small area in southwestern Australia. Issue reason: Endangered species (IV): Flora Issue date: 14 March 1996 Value: 32 cents Images: se-tenant, Official First Day Cover (FDC), first-day postcard, At last: a very big First Day Cover (dimensions 18 cm x 26 cm) with all values of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Today, our journey goes through the country Malaysia. Under the name "Periuk Kera Malaysia" - Pitcher Plants of Malaysia, the Malaysian Post issued in 1996 a special stamp edition with different pitcher plants as motives. These pitcher plants are: - Nepenthes sanguinea - Nepenthes macfarlanei - Nepenthes rajah - Nepenthes lowii Issue reason: Pitcher Plants of Malaysia Issue date: 06 April 1996 Value: 2 pairs of the 30 c and 50 c Images: single stamps and Official First Day Cover (FDC), with special cancellation in shape of a pitcher plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2011 Today I show you another stamp sheet from Malaysia, which do not fit at first sight in the collection area. But anyone who looks closely can see the right motive. ;) This stamp sheet, with a series of six stamps, present the flora and fauna of Malaysia. This block was issued in 1996, on 2nd December. In the lower right corner you can see two pitchers of a tropical pitcher plant. I don't know, from which plant species the pitchers are. Also, I have a nearly identical second stamp sheet, except this has little additional logo at the top to the stamp exhibition in Hong Kong in 1997. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 (edited) This stamp from Austria was issued on 18 June 1999 and is dedicated to the flora and fauna of the Danube-Auen National Park. This stamp is part of the European CEPT - series. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Conf...Administrations ) Among the various species of animals and plants, we can also see a few leaves of a Drosera (perhaps rotundifolia). Droseras are native in this 93 square kilometres of wetlands in Austria. Pictures: stamp and first day cover. Edited April 6, 2011 by Braunbear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 Today we go once again to Malaysia, a country with a lot of carnivorous pitcher plants. Malaysia is so far the country with the most issued stamps on this topic. During the millennium celebrations in the year 1999-2000 issued the Malaysian post a special stamp-sheet about the event. The block has been the theme "Celebrate the Millennium" and it is printed with 10 different subjects, each 2 times in a row. Including in the first row the pitcher plant Nepenthes lowii is shown there. This Nepenthes grows very common in this country. The stamp-sheet has a fabulous total size of 27.5 cm x 19.5 cm! Issue event: "Celebrate the Millennium" Issue date: 31 December 1999 Value: each 30 Sen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2011 In addition to the Stamp Design of real photographs can also be a display of artistic motives look very attractive. As seen here from the African country of Somalia. Issued in 2000, this series contains a variety of carnivorous plants. The minimum value of 200 Sh. So. (Somali Shilling) is a rather stylized Dionaea muscipula (native to the U.S.). The second value of 400 Sh. shows a Drosophyllum lusitanicum (these species are native to Portugal, Spain and Morocco). The third value of 3200 Sh. shows the presentation of Drosera bulbosa (native to Australia). The associated block shows a selection of different carnivorous plants: Tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes alata and villosa(?), Venus Flytrap: Dionaea muscipula, Sundew: Drosera (binata var multifida, macrantha(?), capensis), and the portrait of a flower from a pitcher plant (perhaps Sarracenia flava ?). Issue reason: Carnivourous Plants Release Date: 2000 (specific day unknown) Values: 200, 400, 3200, Block: 3000 Stamp designer: D. Vangelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 (edited) On 9 May 2000, the Slovenian post issued a stamp to commemorate the World Environment Day. On the stamp next to the post horn symbol we find two leaves of the sundew "Drosera anglica". In the picture here the stamp has a rare printed label which promote the "Stamp Show 2000" in London. Edited April 13, 2011 by Braunbear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 15, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2011 The Sultanate of Brunei (official: Brunei Darussalam) is a country in Asia. It is located on the island of Borneo in the South China Sea and is bordered by Malaysia. On this, on 2 October 2000, issued postage stamp, there are three high-pitchers of the pitcher plant "Nepenthes rafflesiana". This stamp is part of a series with three stamps which present the flora of Brunei. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 (edited) This time I present the sheet block "Carnivorous Plants" of 09 August 2001 from the United States. The block consists of a series with four different carnivorous plant motives: Venus-Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) Yellow pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava) Cobraplant (Darlingtonia californica) Sundew (Drosera anglica) For the printing of the stamps, they needed six sheets of these 20 stamps. In total there are 120 stamps so for a complete sheets needed. In order to know from which point of the block-cut 20s came, at the lower edge of the middle mark a job flag has been printed. The stamps are self adhesive and are printed in offset printing process. Each stamp had the same value of 34 cents. The designs were created by photographer Steve Buchanan and printed by the printing company Avery Dennison. Edited April 17, 2011 by Braunbear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 On 4 March 2002 issued the Postal Administration of Palau a second series of stamps which are dedicated to the plants of the region. You can see there the native pitcher plant "Nepenthes mirabilis". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Today we continue with a block from the United States. The theme of this block series are the various habitats of animals and plants in America (Nature of America). Here the "Longleaf Pine Forest" is shown with his various inhabitants. Including 2 typical pitcher plants are found: The pitcher plants Sarracenia flava (at center) and Sarracenia minor (at the lower left side). Issue reason: "Nature of America" Issue date: 26 April 2002 Value: 34 cents Rubber: Self-adhesive The Block was designed by Ethel Kessler. She is an award-winning artist and stamp designer. Behind this link you can find out more about her: Ethel Kessler. The block was printing by the "American Packaging Corp. for Sennett Security Products." It was printed here in 9 blocks of 10 stamps. (90 stamps are reguired for a complete printing sheet.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 On 17 December 2002, the Malaysian Post is issuing a block with two stamps, which is dedicated to the national stamp week. There are a cutted and a perforated block. On the stamps itself you can't even find a carnivorous plant. But clearly in the lower right corner a Nepenthes pitcher plant is shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2011 On 15 November 2004 issued the post in Thailand another block with four stamps, dedicated to the day of the year (2005). In this block, a flower of the bladderwort Utricularia bifida is shown. Issue reason: Day of the Year 2005 Issue date: 15 November 2004 Value: 3 Baht Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 India issued, on 24 March 2005, this block with the representation of the flora and fauna in north-east India. Here is the tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes khasiana. This Nepenthes grow in the lowlands, and it is an endangered species. In addition to this block all 4 stamps were also printed in sheet form. Conspicuous in these blocks are the irregular perforation probably due by faulty adjustment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted May 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 On 26 April 2006, issued the Malaysian Post a combined printing of two stamps over the mountains in Malaysia. On one stamp can see the view of the tropical pitcher plant "Nepenthes muluensis". Another interesting feature of these stamps series are a relief pressure which highlights some areas on the stamp with a sort of 3D effect. I hope you can recognize these relief areas in the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted May 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 This series of four stamps were issued on 9 October 2006 by the Thai Post. At the international week of the letter, this series are dedicated to the carnivorous plants. But among the four plants, only the pitcher plant "Nepenthes mirabilis" and the sundew "Drosera burmannii" are carnivorous plants. The other two plants, "Raflesia kerrii" and "Sapria poilanei", only catch insects for pollination of the flower. Nepenthes mirabilis is in Asia very common. The plant is found in Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore but also in northern Australia. Even at lower altitudes below 1,500 meters, it is found. Drosera burmannii are found approximately in the same geographical distribution. We can find it in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Borneo, New Guinea, Java and Australia. Here are 2 scans with the single stamps from the block and the whole stamp block itself. The first block was issued in connection with the plant series. A second block was later published in the context of the Stamp exhibition in Beijing in 2006 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braunbear Posted May 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2011 Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the Singapore Strait to its south. The country is highly urbanised with very little primary rainforest remaining, although more land is being created for development through land reclamation. (Source: wikipedia.org) On 31 October 2006, issued the Singaporean Post stamps in the 4-tenant, representing various indigenous plant and animal species. On the motive of the black-spotted frog, the pitcher plant "Nepenthes ampullaria" can be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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