| Issue Date | 21.03.2001 |
| ID | Michel: 347 Scott: 454 Stanley Gibbons: 499 Yvert: 321 UPU: N/A Category: pF |
| Author | Design: Matja Ucakar, Photo: Miran Udovc |
| Stamps in set | 1 |
| Value | 107 T Starfish Fossil |
| Size (width x height) | 40,32 x 28,80 mm |
| Layout | Sheet of 10 stamps |
| Products | FDC x1 |
| Paper | Chancellor oba free L.S.PVA GMD 102g, gummed |
| Perforation | 14 x 14 |
| Print Technique | 4 color offset |
| Printed by | DELO - TISKARNA d. d., Ljubljana |
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| Issuing Authority | Posta Slovenia |
Although starfish are found in all oceans, they are rarely found as fossils. This is because their skeleton consists of some 100 calcareous plates, joined by connective soft tissue. When the starfish dies, the connective tissue between the plates tends to decay, so most fossil starfish consist of individual plates scattered in the sedimentary rock. The starfish fossil depicting on the stamp was found near Zgornja Kungota. It measures 75 mm and is kept in the Slovenian Museum of Natural History.
Uroš Herlec
| FDC | Mini Sheet |
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References: Posta Slovenije
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