Stamp catalog : Stamp › Amazonas 40

Country:: Venezuela
Series:: Arms of Amazonas
Catalog codes:: Michel VE 1000
Stamp Number VE 594
Yvert et Tellier VE 477
Stanley Gibbons VE 1278
Themes:: Coats of Arms | Flowers | Orchids | Plants (Flora)
Issued on:: 1953-12
Size:: 26 x 41 mm
Colors:: Red orange
Printers:: Courvoisier (Helio Courvoisier) S. A.
Format:: Stamp
Emission:: Commemorative
Perforation:: comb 11¾
Printing:: Photogravure
Paper:: Granite
Face value:: 40 c - Venezuelan céntimo
Print run:: 100,000
Score:: 70% Accuracy: Medium
Description:: Amazonas State is one of the 23 states into which Venezuela is divided. It covers nearly a fifth of the area of Venezuela, but has less than 1% of Venezuela's population. The state capital is Puerto Ayacucho. Most of the state is drained by the Orinoco River and covers 176,899 km². The State of Amazonas belongs to the region of Guayana and is the second largest in territorial area.
Orchid species is Cattleya mossiae - the national flower of Venezuela.
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