Sunday Stamps: Gems, Minerals

“Gems, Minerals” is the theme for today’s Sunday Stamps

USA – 1974 Rhodochrosite. Series: Mineral Heritage
Russia – 2018 Korchik (ladle), Faberge Company (1913)

USSR – 1977 Barmy (bracelet), Ryazan (XII c.) – Series: Masterpieces of Old Russian Culture

The Barmy Ryazan treasure is a collection of silver artifacts discovered in the forests near Old Ryazan, Russia in 1822. The treasure includes a 12th-century bracelet featured on the postage stamp. 

“Barmy” is plural of barma (“a regal Russian mantle or neckpiece made of gold, encrusted with diamonds and other gems”)

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