Armenia 2018 "Flora and fauna of the ancient world (II)"
| Issue Date | 14.12.2018 |
| ID | Michel: 1091-1092; Scott: 1164-1165; Stanley Gibbons: ? ; Yvert: 930-931; Category: pF |
| Designer | David Dovlatyan |
| Stamps in set | 2 |
| Value | Dram 220- Tepejara Dram 280- Argentinosaurus |
| Emission/Type | commemorative |
| Issue place | Yerevan |
| Size (width x height) | 40mm x 24mm |
| Layout | Two Mini-Sheets 10 stamp each |
| Products | FDC x1, MS x2 |
| Paper | chalky, no watermark |
| Perforation | 13x13.25 |
| Print Technique | Offset lithography |
| Printed by | Cartor Security Printing |
| Quantity | 40,000 each stamp |
| Issuing Authority | Haypost CJSC |
On December 14th, 2018, Post Authority of Armenia - Haypost - issued a set of 2 commemorative stamps, showing some prehistoric animals including a flying reptile Tepejara and the dinosaur Argentinosaurus.
Even though dinosaurs have been found in Armenian rocks, there was not enough material to classify these fossils as any specific species. Due to this, Haypost decided to show classic prehistoric animals like a dinosaur and a pterosaur.
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| Tapejara on stamp of Armenia 2017, MiNr.: 1092, Scott: 1165. |
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| Argentinosaurus on stamp of Armenia 2017, MiNr.: 1091, Scott: 1164. |
Argentinosaurus (meaning "Argentine lizard") is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur first discovered by Guillermo Heredia in Argentina. The generic name refers to the country in which it was discovered. The dinosaur lived on the then-island continent of South America somewhere between 97 and 93.5 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period. It is among the largest known dinosaurs.
Products and associated philatelic items
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Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his very valuable comments.