COVER N.101 - ITALY

Postmark: 52015 Pratovecchio - Arezzo 05.04.22 (?)
Posted on the 5th April(?); received on the  19th April 2022
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Europa stamps are highly sought by collectors, so it is always a pleasure to get a cover with the stamps form one of the issueing ountries. Thanks a lot Roberto!

Italy's 2021 EUROPA emission comprises two self adhesive stamps issued on 15NOV21. Rated at B and B50g tariffs they are illustrated respectively with photographs of  the Orso Bruno Marcicano (Ursus arctos marsicanus), a subspecies of brown bear, endemic to the region of Abruzzo which is classified by the IUCN, Iinternational Union for the Conservation of Nature, as critically endangered, with less than 80 in the wild and the Lucertola delle Eollie (Podarcis raffonei), an also critically endangered little lizard with a total population of an estimated 1000 individuals, not exceeding 25 cm in length , endemic to the Aeolian Islands, a volcanic archipelago, located north of Sicily.