NATIONAL PHILATELIC EXHIBITION ARMENIA 2007 IS LAUNCHED ON WORLD POST DAY
ARMENPRESS
Oct 9, 2007
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 9, ARMENPRESS: The inauguration of the National
Philatelic Exhibition took place today in Yerevan at the Citadel
Business Center organized by the Armenian Philatelists’ Union and
sponsored by HayPost CJSC and Citadel Business Center.
The Exhibition marks the 15th anniversary of the first postal stamp
issued since the independence of the Republic of Armenia, and marks
World Post Day.
The inaugural celebration of the Exhibition was made by Hovik
Musaelyan, President of the Armenian Philatelists’ Union, by
Mr. Andranik Manukyan, RA Minister of Transport and Communications,
Ms. Lara Tcholakian, Deputy Director General of HayPost, and Mr. Vahram
Mouradian Chairmen and President of Leda Campus LLC.
During the ceremony, the Tsitsernakaberd miniature sheet was cancelled
and officially put into circulation by Minister Manukyan.
In the frame of the World Post Day celebrations, HayPost honoured
its most valuable veteran employee, Mr. Gurgen Khachatrian who had
worked for HayPost for more than 40 years.
Ms. Tcholakian mentioned that "due to HayPost’s efforts, every letter
is stamped with the timeless heritage created by our nation’s artists,
transforming the everyday menial act of sending and receiving letters
into a collective vessel of national pride and awareness."
The National Philatelic Exhibition will take place from October 9 to
13, 2007. HayPost will be organizing a special event each day during
the exhibition in order to celebrate a cultural or educational landmark
devoted to Armenians.
October 10, 2007 will be devoted to Armenian Youth.
HayPost will announce the results of the National Letter-Writing
Competition organized jointly by the UPU and UNESCO under the
theme of "Write a letter to someone to tell them why the world needs
tolerance", the winner of which will participate in the international
letter-writing competition in Berne, Switzerland in 2008. On this
same Youth Day, HayPost will showcase the Sparrow stamp which will
be put into circulation in the coming weeks, the author of which is
8-year-old Eva Karapetian.
HayPost will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Scout
Movement on October 11, 2007 during which it will issue a special
postmark in honor of the Scout Movement and the EUROPA 2007 stamp
which won the best stamp award during the PostEurop EUROPA 2007 stamp
competition on September 12, 2007.
October 12, 2007 will be devoted to the 50th anniversary of Matenadaran
and October 13 will be devoted to Communications Day.