HAYPOST EXHIBITION OF STAMPS DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
15:19 22/04/2015 >> SOCIETY
Within the framework of “Against the Crime of Genocide” Global Forum
which takes place on April 22-23 at the Sports and Concerts Complex
in Yerevan, Armenia, HayPost CJSC has organized an exhibition of
Armenian stamps dedicated to the Armenian Genocide, perpetrated by
the Turkish Ottoman Empire in 1915.
28 stamps and souvenir sheets exhibited during the event are dedicated
to distinguished Armenian writers, poets, composers and public figures,
victims of the Genocide, such as Siamanto, Daniel Varuzhan, Grigor
Zohrap, Ruben Sevak, Komitas; as well as survivors of the Genocide
(Aurora Mardiganian, orphans of Melkonian Educational Institute in
Cyprus) as well as prominent figures who helped the survivors of the
Armenian Genocide and defended the Armenian case, such as Johannes
Lepsius, Fridtjof Nansen, James Bryce, Franz Werfel, Karen Jeppe,
Maria Jacobsen, John Kirakossian.
Within the framework of the events dedicated to the Centennial of the
Armenian Genocide, “Haypost” CJSC will also officially cancel and put
into circulation a postage stamp “Centennial of the Armenian Genocide;
Anatole France” on April 23rd 2015, at 13:30, the press service of
“Haypost” CJSC reports.