Flora and Fauna showcased on Haypost
2020-06-18 Thu
A collectors attention-grabbing stamps were issued dedicated to ‘Flora and Fauna’ of the ancient world. The item with a nominal of 230 drams depicts ‘Basilosaurus’ and the postage stamp with a nominal of 280 drams depicts ‘diplodocus’ issued by David Dovlatyan. Basilosaurus is depicted on the first stamp; it is an ancient animal with a stretched-out body of 15 meters in length. The second stamp depicts a long dinosaur- Diplodocus. It was a long-necked whip-tailed giant, measuring about 90 feet long 26-foot long neck. The basilosaurus in lumbar and caudal vertebrae was extremely elongated. Diplodocus also has a long tail but its head was less than 2 feet long, it is among the longest land animals ever. To know more about stamps Visit philamart to view and purchase variety of stamps from all over the world.Image Courtesy: rarestampsvalue
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