07 May (France ) within release Red Cross : Flowers goes into circulation Booklet Red Cross : Flowers face value 10*Lettre No Face Value
Booklet Red Cross : Flowers in catalogues | |
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Colnect codes: | Col: FR 2018-19 |
Booklet is vertical format.
Face value of stamps € 0.80 on day of issue. Booklet sold for € 10.00 with € 2.00 going to benefit the Red Cross.Booklet Red Cross : Flowers 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.