COVER N. 629 - PERU

Postmark: Peru Serpost S.A. Lima - 06.07.2025 / Fiesta de Amancaes 2025 Serpost S.A. Lima   24.07.2025

Posted on the 14th July; Received on the 11th August 2025

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My third cover from Peru and what a beauty is it. I have said before, I just can't resist an airmail envelope with the colourful frame around it, the more so when it is so uncommon to my eye as this one~, framed in the colours of the Peruvian banner. Muchísimas Gracias Ligier! 

Something strikes me odd regarding the amazing pictorial postmarks... the dates... the one on the stamps reads 06 July, while the other on the corner dates of 24 July.... strange.

Ligier posted the letter with stamps from a definitive series, issued on 13JAN2020, but these are quite colourful and eye-catching:

The 20 sol stamp features a view of Peru's most famous site - Machu Picchu;

The 3.60 sol stamp is illustrated with the flower of the Cantua (Cantua buxifolia) Peru's National flower (and one of the national flowers of Bolívia, also), an evergreen andean shrub that can reach 4 metres in height, 

The postmark over the stamps features Peru's coat of arms, while the pictorial postmark on the left lower corner of the envelope celebrates the Festival of the Amancaes.

The 3 days of  showcasing Peruvian culture, its gastronomy, music, traditions, handicrafts, take place each year in Lima, on and around St. John's day, celebrating the amancaes flower - Ismene amancaes - a member of the Amaryllidaceae family,  native to the coastal hills of Peru.