Moldova 2010 "Extinct Animals from Moldova"

Issue Date	30.11.2010
ID	Michel: 719-726; Scott: 689-692; Stanley Gibbons: 714-717; Yvert et Tellier: 631-634; Category: pF
Design	Vladimir Melnik
Stamps in set	8
Value	85 B. - Wolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) 1,00 L. - Cave Bear (Ursus spelaeus) 1,20 L. - Cave Lion (Panthera spelaea) 4,20 L. - Bison Mini-Sheet: 1,20 L. - Antelope (Pontoceros) 1,50 L. - Mastodon (Anancus) 5,40 L. - Rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus) 8,50 L. - Sable-toothed cat (Homotherium)
Emission/Type	commemorative
Issue place	Chisinau
Size (width x height)	stamps: 46 mm x 27.50 Mini-Sheet: 114 mm x 108 mm
Layout	4 Mini-Sheets 10 stamps each, Mini-Sheet with 4 stamps
Products	FDCx2, MS x4, MC x8
Paper	Coated
Perforation	14 x 14.25
Print Technique	Offset
Printed by	Enterprise d'Etat editorial-polygraphique Tipografia Centrala Chisinau Moldova
Quantity	200.000, 150.000, 100.000, 50.000. Mini-Sheet: 20,000
Issuing Authority	Ministere du developpement de l'information, Republique de Moldova

On November 30^th, 2010, the Moldovan Post issued a set of four single stamps and a Mini-Sheet with another four stamps. These stamps were designed by Vladimir Melnic, devoted to animal species now extinct in Moldova.
The four stamps of the sheet evoke four extinct genera of animals that lived, among others, in this region of Moldova during Prehistory era:

• Wolly Mammoth - Mammuthus primigenius
• Cave Bear - Ursus spelaeus
• Cave Lion - Panthera spelaea
• Bison

Another four animals depicting on stamps of the Block:

• Antelope - Pontoceros
• Mastodon - Anancus
• Rhinoceros - Stephanorhinus
• Sable-toothed cat - Homotherium

More information WANTED

Products and associated philatelic items

FDC	Maxi Cards	Mini-Sheets
Circulated FDC		Maxi Cards
Example of circulated covers

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page and his valuable comments.