Romfilatelia dedicates an anniversary show to the 170th anniversary of the founding of the Botanical Garden in Iasitranslated

Romfilatelia dedicates an anniversary show to the first university botanical garden in Romania, established in Iasi 170 years ago.

The philatelic series was put into circulation on Monday and is made in collaboration with the "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University from Iasi and the Romanian Post.

The issue brings together four stamps, a lace slip and a "prima zi" envelope, highlighting through images some of the representative species for the collections of the "Anastasie Fătu" Botanical Garden in the municipality.

Four representative plant species The stamp with the nominal value of 3.50 lei shows the Rosa "Double Delight" rose, one of the ornamental hybrids cultivated in the Rosarium section, noted for its large and fragrant flowers.

The Japanese anemone, a species acclimatized in the Biological and Phytogeographical sections of the garden, is illustrated on the 6 lei postage stamp.

The stamp with the value of 11 lei depicts a species of passion flower originating from the tropical regions of America, cultivated in the Greenhouse Complex of the Botanical Garden in Iași.

The fourth piece of the philatelic issue, with the nominal value of 16 lei, shows the steppe peony. The species, rare in the flora of Romania and...