Armenia 2022 "Flora and fauna of the ancient world (VI)"
| Issue Date | 08.04.2022 |
| ID | Michel: ; Scott: 1314-1315; Stanley Gibbons: ; Yvert & Tellier: 1079-1080; Category: pR. |
| Designer | Rem Saakyan |
| Stamps in set | 2 |
| Value |
Dram 220- Triceratops Dram 280- Liopleurodon |
| Emission/Type | commemorative |
| Issue place | Yerevan |
| Size (width x height) | 40mm x 24mm |
| Layout | Two 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, France |
| Quantity | 20,000 each stamp |
| Issuing Authority | Haypost CJSC |
On April 4, 2022, the Post Authority of Armenia issued the 6th series in their multi-year set (started in 2017) "Flora and Fauna of the Ancient World".
It is a pity that like past stamps in this series, with the exception of the stamp depicting Mammuthus trogontherii in 2019, the animals selected have absolutely nothing to do with Armenia.
Fossils of Triceratops are only known from western USA and Canada. Liopleurodon was the apex predator of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
Triceratops is one of the most recognizable of all dinosaurs. This herbivorous dinosaur lived during the Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago in what is now North America.
It is one of the last-known non-avian dinosaur genera, and became extinct in the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago. The name Triceratops, literally means 'three-horned face'.
The dinosaur was up to 9 meters long and 12 metric tons in weight. It shared the landscape with and was most likely preyed upon by Tyrannosaurus.
Liopleurodon was genus of large, carnivorous marine reptile belonging to the Pliosauroidea, a clade of short-necked plesiosaurs.
It lived during the Late Jurassic Period 166 to 155 million year ago. It was the apex predator of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
Liopleurodon fossils have been found mainly in England and France, some fossils also known from Germany. The largest species, Liopleurodon ferox, is estimated to have grown up to 6.4 metres in length.
Products and associated philatelic items
| FDC (clean and circulated) | First-Day-of-Issue Postmark | |
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References
- Technical details: Haypost, Stamps of Armenia.
- Triceratops: Wikipedia.
- Liopleurodon: Wikipedia.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice from Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, for reviewing the draft page.