Arbors

12 March 2025

Catalogue No	MP1353-1355
Original date of issue	12 March 2025
Type of issue	postage stamp
Size	27,50 x 46,00
Printing run	MP1353 = 80 000 ex.; MP1354 = 60 000 ex.; MP1355 = 60 000 ex.;
Price	MP1353 = 5 L; MP1354 = 5,10 L; MP1355 = 5,50 L;
Colors	4 colors + UV lac
Painter	Iurii Palcov
Design	Veronica Coroli
Catalogue, No	MP1353-1355
Price, MDL	MP1353 = 5 L; MP1354 = 5,10 L; MP1355 = 5,50 L;
Printing run, ex.	MP1353 = 80 000 ex.; MP1354 = 60 000 ex.; MP1355 = 60 000 ex.;
Size, mm	27,50 x 46,00

Related

• first day cover

Gallery

MP1353 ”Arbors” (stamp ”Robinia pseudoacacia flowers”)

MP1354 ”Arbors” (stamp ”Tilia”)

MP1355 ”Arbors” (stamp ”Salix”)

MP1353 ”Arbors” (sheet ”Robinia pseudoacacia flowers”)

MP1354 ”Arbors” (sheet ”Tilia”)

MP1355 ”Arbors” (sheet ”Salix”)

Arbors

Arbors

Designing postage stamps requires a rare balance between precision and freedom. Within strict technical boundaries, the image must remain expressive, recognizable, and conceptually complete.

In his collaborations with Poșta Moldovei, Yuriy Palkov treated each stamp as a miniature artwork — a visual fragment capable of carrying ideas across borders. The themes ranged from natural motifs and regional heritage to symbolic narratives and social reflection. Horses, trees, flowers, and landscapes coexist with metaphorical images such as wings, wine, time, and fragile human states.

Working at this scale sharpened the artist’s language. Lines became more deliberate, symbols more distilled. The stamp ceased to be a decorative surface and became a space where observation, memory, and meaning intersect. These works exist simultaneously as functional objects and autonomous images — art designed to travel, to be touched, and to be quietly noticed.