20th Anniversary of UPRA EQUINE

Number by catalogue:  Michel: 1756   Yvert: 1340  

Perforation: Harrow   Perforation type: 12 ¾x13 ¼

Subject:

75 francs.

Subject:

The margins of the sheet in which the stamps was issued are decorated with the same image as the stamp, only in a different (vertical) format.

Due to this unvisible wind turbine on the stamp, you can see in more detail on the right side of the sheet.

Additional:

The horse's head and the logo of the UPRA Equine are on the postage stamp, created by artist Roberto Lunardo. We also see the traditional landscape, ranch with wind water-pump and grazing horses on the right side of the postage stamp.

The association, founded in 1998, brings together horse breeders and owners and is committed to developing equine reproduction in New Caledonia to meet the demands of members involved in various areas of activity (ranchers and breeders, equestrian sports, horseracing, recreational horse riding...) by introducing and implementing measures required to enable selective breeding.

UPRA has therefore been active in reorganising the registration of the country’s horses in New Caledonian and French breed registries and in building and formalising close ties with the Haras Nationaux (French National Stud) and with various Australian and New Zealand stud bodies.

With a view to providing New Caledonian breeders with access to superior genetic input from outside the country, UPRA Equine organises the import of national breed standards and frozen semen, and has also set up a stud farm at Nessadiou, in partnership with the Chamber of Agriculture.

In New Caledonia, the horse is king. There is one for every 20 inhabitants. From north to south, wild or domesticated, for competition or riding, horses are part of the archipelago's landscape.

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This information has been taken from Horses on stamps web-page

Size (of sheet, booklet) mm: 180x230