ARMENIA

Stamps inscribed 'Armenia' and 'ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆ'

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WILD CATS

Issue Item code Item type Face value Remarks SC

1994 Definitives - Archaeology (stamp marked 1993)

A stamp from this issue shows Heraldic Lions

 AM19940804 ST 10_00 Stamp 10.00 Lion
Wild Cat Art
Supreme God Khaldi on a Lion Artifact from Urartian Fortress Teishebaini (Modern Karmir Blur in Armenia). 7th c. BC
MI 229		 M
1996 Fauna and Flora II AM19960503 ST 60 Stamp 60 Leopard
MI 287

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RDLS
DLM

  AM19960503 FDC 100 First Day Cover 100 Leopard (on stamp and cachet)
Official FDC with both stamps in set		  
  AM19960503 MISC PRO 1
Used on letter		 Colour proof print - Leopard
Magenta coloured proof print
If you have any information on this item, please let us know		 DL
  AM19960503 MISC PRO 2
Used on letter		 Colour proof print - Leopard
Magenta coloured proof print
If you have any information on this item, please let us know		 DL

2001 200th Anniversary of the Death of Iwan Lasarew (Hovhannes Lazarian)

Joint issue with Russia		 AM20010926 ST 300 Stamp 300 Lion
Wild Cat Art
Lion sculptures in front of the Armenian Embassy in Moscow
MI 442		 M

2004 Armenian Cartoons

Items from this issue also shows a Domestic Cat

 AM20040910 ST 120 Stamp 120 Lion
Cartoon Lion
Scene from Foxbook (1975), directed by R.Sahakyanc, animated by O.Dilakian, music by D. Azarian
MI 498		 M
  AM20040910 FDC 190 First Day Cover 190 Cartoon Cat (on one stamp, postmark and cachet)
Scene from "Cat and Dog" by L. Atamanow and W. Sutejew (1937)
Official FDC with both stamps in set
2006 Birth Centenary of Vakhtang Ananian (writer) (stamp marked 2005) AM20060327 ST 170 Stamp 170 Leopard
MI 531
2015 Flora and Fauna of Armenia AM20151228 ST 220 Stamp 220 Eurasian Lynx
Caucasian Lynx
MI ???
  AM20151228 SH 2200 Sheetlet 2200
(10 x 220)

Eurasian Lynx (on stamps and two border labels)
Caucasian Lynx
Sheetlet with 10x
AM20151228 ST 220
and illustrated marginal labels
MI KB???
  AM20151228 FDC 220 First Day Cover 220 Eurasian Lynx (on stamp and cachet)
Caucasian Lynx
Paw print (on postmark)
Official FDC with
AM20151228 ST 220
  AM20151228 FDP 0001 First Day Postmark -

Lynx
Paw Print
"Flora and Fauna of Armenia - Հայաստանի ֆլորա և ֆաունա - ԱռԱջին օր - First Day"
Երեւան / Yerevan
28 December 2015

  AM20151228 LB 4 Marginal label - Eurasian Lynx
Caucasian Lynx
Upper right corner marginal label
  AM20151228 LB 6 Marginal label - Eurasian Lynx (legs and tail)
Caucasian Lynx
First row right marginal label
  AM20151228 LB 8 Marginal label - Eurasian Lynx
Caucasian Lynx
Lower left corner marginal label

List compiled by Geir Arveng with valuable information from Greg Balagian, D.G.Naryshkin, Armen Hovsepian and
Marci Jarvis.
Latest update: 4 March, 2016