URU - 2015 - #010 - BRIEF DESCRIPTION - CENTENARY OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: April 7th, 2015
Printed: 10.000 copies

Stamp Shape and Size: Rectangular [27 mm. x 39 mm.]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated

Block Configuration: 1 stamp
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [61 mm. x 82 mm.]

FDC Type: Decorated Cover from Post Office
FDC not sent Shape and Size: Rectangular [182 mm. x 140 mm.]
FDC sent on issue day Shape and Size: Rectangular [182 mm. x 140 mm.]

Cover Shape and Size: Not available

Catalogue information:

Michel: No Data Available
Ivert: No Data Available
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available

Topics:

Brief Description:

A brief description of the Most Popular Topics of this Release are: Armenian People, the Country Armenia, focused on Armenian History, in particular the Armenian Genocide, as this series commemorate the Centenary of this tragic event in the History of mankind.

Also, this release could fit in Century XX History and World War I Topics, as a rough time location, and the Ottoman Empire, also historically referred to as the Turkish Empire or Turkey, a Sunni Islamic state founded in 1299 by Oghuz Turks under Osman I in northwestern Anatolia, as the perpetuator of this Genocide.

Then, looking more at the desing of the Issue, the focus of it is in The Armenian Genocide memorial complex, also named Tsitsernakaberd, the Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, built in 1967 on the Hill of Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan, the Capital and Largest city of Armenia, and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities.

This Memorial was designed by Architects Arthur Tarkhanyan, Sashur Kalashyan and Artist Hovhannes Khachatryan. The 44-meter Stele symbolizes the national rebirth of Armenians. Twelve slabs are positioned in a circle, representing the 12 lost provinces in present day Turkey. In the center of the circle, at a depth of 1.5 meters, there is an eternal flame dedicated to the 1.5 million people killed during the Armenian Genocide. Along the park at the memorial there is a 100 meter wall with the names of towns and villages where massacres and deportations are known to have taken place. On the rear side of the commemoration wall, plates have been attached to honor persons who committed themselves to relieving the distress of the survivors during and after the genocide (among others: Johannes Lepsius, Franz Werfel, Armin T. Wegner, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Fridtjof Nansen, Pope Benedict XV, Jakob Künzler, Bodil Biørn). An alley of trees has been planted to commemorate the genocide victims.

Finally, besides the Architecture, Sculpture, Monument, Art, and even Fire Topics that The Armenian Genocide memorial complex, includes, the design of both the Block and the First Day Cancelation, also add a Flower, that it shape and colours, this last one seen only in the block, clearly refers to the Flowers known as Forget-me-nots, that are any one of a number of species of Flowering plants in the Genus Myosotis, being the name of these Flowers and explicit symbolism of objective of this release.

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