Sovereign Military Hospitaller
Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta

Issue 486 – Nature and art (2015)

Emissione 486 – Natura e Arte

On sale Yes
Face value Complete set 9,30 €
Stamp description

the botanical prints kept in Florence at the Uffizi, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe are by Jacopo Ligozzi (Verona 1547c.- Florence 1627):

€ 0.05: Euphorbia with caterpillar and butterfly
©2015. Photo Scala, Florence – courtesy of Ministero dei Beni e Attività Culturali;

€ 0.80: Peonia officinalis
©2015. Photo Scala, Florence – courtesy of Ministero dei Beni e Attività Culturali;

€ 0.95: Angelica Archangelica
©2015. Photo Scala, Florence – courtesy of Ministero dei Beni e Attività Culturali;

€2.15: Centranthus ruber n. 1913
©2015. Photo Scala, Florence – courtesy of Ministero dei Beni e Attività Culturali;

€2.40: Avicennia germinans
©2015. Photo Scala, Florence – courtesy of Ministero dei Beni e Attività Culturali;

€ 2.95: Mirabilis jalapa n. 1914
©2015. Photo Scala, Florence – courtesy of Ministero dei Beni e Attività Culturali.

Date of issue 12 October 2015.
Face values six stamps (€ 0.05, € 0.80, € 0.95, € 2.15, € 2.40 and € 2.95) for a total of € 9.30.
Size 40 x 52 mm.
Perforation 13 x 13.
Print run eight thousand complete sets.
Stamp sheet nine stamps.
Printed by offset. Cartor Security Printing, La Loupe, Francia.