Stamp: Geranium (Benin 1979)

Geranium (Benin 1979)

28 February (Benin ) within release Flowers goes into circulation Stamp Geranium face value 30 West African CFA franc

Stamp Geranium in catalogues
Michel: Mi:BJ 175
Yvert et Tellier: Yt:BJ 446

Stamp is vertical format.

Also in the issue Flowers:

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Stamp Geranium in digits
Country: Benin
Date: 1979-02-28
Print: Offset and Lithography
Size: 26.5 x 41
Perforation: comb 13 x 12½
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 30 West African CFA franc

Stamp Geranium it reflects the thematic directions:

A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in plants that are floral (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also called angiosperms). The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs. Flowers may facilitate outcrossing (fusion of sperm and eggs from different individuals in a population) or allow selfing (fusion of sperm and egg from the same flower). Some flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy). Flowers contain sporangia and are the site where gametophytes develop. Many flowers have evolved to be attractive to animals, so as to cause them to be vectors for the transfer of pollen. After fertilization, the ovary of the flower develops into fruit containing seeds. In addition to facilitating the reproduction of flowering plants, flowers have long been admired and used by humans to beautify their environment, and also as objects of romance, ritual, religion, medicine and as a source of food.

Stamp, Geranium, Benin,  , Flowers