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“ FLOWERS ~ LOTUS.”

MNH ~ Miniature Sheet !

Delight in the delicate beauty of lotus flowers with this colourful souvenir sheet featuring two species of the captivating aquatic plant.

An ideal gift for botany enthusiasts or avid gardeners, the souvenir sheet bears both domestic-rate stamps from Canada Post’s annual flower issue.

One features the pink and white sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera), the other the creamy yellow American lotus (Nelumbo lutea).

The national flower of India and Vietnam, the sacred lotus is a symbol of divine beauty that carries deep religious significance for Buddhists and Hindus. It is native to tropical and temperate regions of Asia and Australia.

Rare and threatened, the American lotus needs warmth and sunshine to survive. Its northern grow limits are the shores of Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair in southern Ontario, with other populations found in wetlands across the eastern United States and as far south as Honduras.

Date of Issue: 1 March 2018.

(CANAG11).