HAYPOST ISSUES NEW STAMP AT FIRST ARMENIAN APRICOT SCIENTIFIC FORUM

armradio.am
06.07.2007 10:19

The 1st Armenian Apricot Scientific Forum marks its official opening
today at the Armenia Marriott Hotel in Yerevan. The purpose of this
forum is to inform the public about the historic importance of the
Armenian apricot fruit known as Fructus Armeniacus in Latin.

Honorary guests during the event will include the RA Prime Minister
Serge Sargsyan, the RA Minister of Agriculture David Lokyan, Consuelo
Vidal, the UN Permanent Representative and UNDP Coordinator, and Hans
Boon, Trust Manager of HayPost Trust Management.

To commemorate this important event, the national postal operator
of the Republic of Armenia, HayPost CJSC, has officially issued
a postal stamp entitled Armenian Apricot. This distinctive stamp
has been designed exclusively for the opening of the ceremony and
can be used for general postal circulation as well as a philatelic
collector’s item.

"The meaning of this stamp is to help inform the world the story behind
this Armenian fruit – the apricot – and we are proud that HayPost
CJSC is taking part of this important event," states Hans Boon,
the Trust Manager of HayPost.