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View CartOn January 6th, 2016 Kyrgyz Express Post (KEP) is issuing its last series of stamps in 2015 - "The Minerals of Kyrgyzstan".Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous country, famous for its vast mineral wealth that includes a great quantity and variety of minerals, including unique types that cannot be found anywhere else. The new series includes four stamps, representing four types of Minerals of Kyrgyzstan.
Date of issue | 6 January 2016 |
Paper | coated, gummed, 105 g/m² |
Printing method | full-color offset lithography, partial gloss finish + pantone silver |
Designer | Olga Derej |
Photographer | Alexey Sorokin |
Printer house | Nova Imprim |
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Stamp. 022M. Aragonite.
The stamp depicts Aragonite - a speleothem (South of Kyrgyzstan), which is formed in karst cavities.
Show detailsSize (mm) 46.00 x 27.50 Face value (KGS) 50 KEP catalogue no. M22 Michel catalogue no. 22 Perforation comb 14:14½ Quantity issued 15 000 Scott catalogue no. 16 Unificato catalogue no. 22 WNS catalogue no. KG001.16 Yvert et Tellier catalogue no. 17 Price Quantity 50.00 KGS
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Stamp. 023M. Realgar.
The stamp depicts Realgar with orpiment. Its deposit is located in Khaidarkan and it can be found together with cinnabar (quicksilver).
Show detailsSize (mm) 46.00 x 27.50 Face value (KGS) 50 KEP catalogue no. M23 Michel catalogue no. 23 Perforation comb 14:14½ Quantity issued 15 000 Scott catalogue no. 17 Unificato catalogue no. 23 WNS catalogue no. KG002.16 Yvert et Tellier catalogue no. 18 Price Quantity 50.00 KGS
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Stamp. 024M. Stibnite.
The stamp depicts Stibnite (antimonite, antimony). Its deposit is located in Kadamjay (an example of antimony ores’ purity, about 99.99%).
Show detailsSize (mm) 46.00 x 27.50 Face value (KGS) 75 KEP catalogue no. M24 Michel catalogue no. 24 Perforation comb 14:14½ Quantity issued 15 000 Scott catalogue no. 18 Unificato catalogue no. 24 WNS catalogue no. KG003.16 Yvert et Tellier catalogue no. 19 Price Quantity 75.00 KGS
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Stamp. 025M. Kyanite.
The stamp depicts Kyanite (disthene). Its deposit is located in Chatkal District. The hardness of this mineral varies within one crystal.
Show detailsSize (mm) 46.00 x 27.50 Face value (KGS) 100 KEP catalogue no. M25 Michel catalogue no. 25 Perforation comb 14:141/2 Quantity issued 15 000 Scott catalogue no. 19 Unificato catalogue no. 25 WNS catalogue no. KG004.16 Yvert et Tellier catalogue no. 20 Price Quantity 100.00 KGS
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Collective Minisheet (block). 022-25N. The Minerals of Kyrgyzstan.
Show detailsSize (mm) 113.00 x 80.00 Quantity issued 6 000 Scott catalogue no. 19a Stanley Gibbons catalogue no. MS21 Unificato catalogue no. BF8 Yvert et Tellier catalogue no. BF4 Price Quantity 275.00 KGS
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Minisheet. 022L. Aragonite.
Show detailsSize (mm) 113.00 x 108.00 Quantity issued 1 500 Price Quantity 300.00 KGS
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Minisheet. 023L. Realgar.
Show detailsSize (mm) 113.00 x 108.00 Quantity issued 1 500 Price Quantity 300.00 KGS
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Minisheet. 024L. Stibnite.
Show detailsSize (mm) 113.00 x 108.00 Quantity issued 1 500 Price Quantity 450.00 KGS
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Minisheet. 025L. Kyanite.
Show detailsSize (mm) 113.00 x 108.00 Quantity issued 1 500 Price Quantity 600.00 KGS
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First day cover. F012. The Minerals of Kyrgyzstan.
For this issue we made a first day cover. The stamps are affixed to a specially designed envelope and are cancelled with a special pictorial first day cancellation.
Show detailsSize (mm) 190.00 x 130.00 KEP catalogue no. FDC - 12 Quantity issued 400 Price Quantity 400.00 KGS
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First day cover. F012-1. The Minerals of Kyrgyzstan.
For this issue we also made a first day cover with collective minisheet. The minisheet is affixed to a blank envelope and is cancelled with a special pictorial first day cancellation.
Show detailsSize (mm) 190.00 x 130.00 Price Quantity 325.00 KGS
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Cancelled set of Stamps. 022-25MC. The Minerals of Kyrgyzstan.
Show detailsSize (mm) 46.00 x 27.50 Price Quantity 275.00 KGS
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Cancelled collective Minisheet. 022-25NC. The Minerals of Kyrgyzstan.
Show detailsSize (mm) 113.00 x 80.00 Price Quantity 275.00 KGS
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