On March 7, four stamps dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Caucasian State Reserve were put into postal circulation in the Flora of Russia series

The Caucasus ecosystems are distinguished for exceptional biodiversity and are home to many rare plant species. Today, two large areas with virtually undisturbed mountain-forest, mountain-meadow and subniveal ecosystems remain in the western part of the Greater Caucasus: the Caucasian and Teberda Nature Reserves. The Caucasus State Reserve is located in the Western Caucasus within three entities of the Russian Federation: the Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Adygea and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Its territory comprises many mountain formations peculiar only for the Western Caucasus region with original and unique flora. Every fifth plant in the Caucasus Reserve is an endemic or a relic.

Some of them are featured on postage stamps:

— Caucasian rhododendron (lat. rhododendron caucasicum) is encountered in Russia in Dagestan, North Ossetia, Chechnya, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, in the mountains of Krasnodar Territory and Adygea;

— golden pasque flower (lat. pulsatilla aurea) is found in the Pre-Caucasus Region (in the western part of the Main Range) and in Western Transcaucasia;

— broad-leaved fritillaria (lat. fritillaria latifolia) in Russia is most common in the Caucasus and Central Asia, as well as in the European part of Russia (forest-steppe and steppe), Western Siberia and the Far East;

— twice-serrated yarrow (lat: achillea biserrata) is a perennial plant growing in temperate, arctic and high-mountainous areas of the Caucasus and Pre-Caucasus Region; amounts to about 100 species. It is used as medicinal raw material.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Voronezh, Krasnodar, Maykop, Penza, Ryazan, Saratov, Smolensk, Sochi of the Krasnodar Territory, Tomsk, Cherkessk and Yaroslavl, as well as maxi-cards and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside.


Design Artist: A. Povarikhin.
Face value: 67 rubles.
Stamp size: 36.5×29 mm, sheet size: 100×150 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 54 thousand each stamp (27 thousand sheets).

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