Stamps by countries | Europa | UN-Geneva | 1995 |
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CITES. Endangered Species (4 stamps in set). |
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Stamp: Wood bison (Bison bison atabascae)
Edition type: commemorative stamp
Denomination: 0,80 f.c.
Date of issue: 1995 Mar. 24
Depiction: Wood bison, Cow with calf (stamps in sheet - 6, 8, 14, 16)
Colour: multicolored
Paper: chalk-surfaced
Designer: Sibylle Erni
Perforation: comb. 12,75:12,5
Printing process: offset
Size of a stamp (mm): 39,2×28,6
Size of a sheet (mm):
Sheet composition: 16 (4×4) stamps
Printing run: 730 000
Stamp issuing authority: United Nations Postal Administration
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Special cancellation (ink - black) and art envelope were used in first day of issue. |
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Silhouettes of animals are on margins of the Miniature Sheet including of Bison. |
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On other stamps of the Miniature Sheet are:
0,80 f.c. - Crowned Lemur (Lemur coronatus);
0,80 f.c. - Giant Scops-owl (Otus gurneyi);
0,80 f.c. - Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus varius zeteki). |
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Themes: wood bison (Bison bison atabascae), fauna, nature protection |
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