Cuba 2015 "Prehistoric Animals of the Caribbean"

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Issue Date Officially 06.05.2015, but arrived in the post offices at the end of September 2015.
ID Michel: 5979-5984, Bl. 327;
Scott: 5671-5676, 5677;
Stanley Gibbons: Yvert et Tellier: 5387-5382, BF321;
Category: pR
Design
Stamps in set 7 (6 stamps + Block)
Value c10 - Carcharodon megalodon
c35 - Metaxytherium
c50 - Ptychodus
c65 - Aetomylaeus cubensis
c75 - Physeteridae
c85 - Orycterocetus
1.00 - Aspidorhynchus
Emission/Type commemorative
Places of issue Habana
Size (width x height)
Layout Sheets of 24 stamps
Products FDC x3
Paper
Perforation 12,50 x 12,25
Print Technique Offset lithography
Printed by
Quantity
Issuing Authority
Prehistoric marine animals on stamps of Cuba 2015

According to the stamp issue plan, this set should have been issued on May 6, the date on the postmark of the FDC. Unfortunately, the release of the stamps to post offices was delayed by several months (as often happens in Cuba). They first arrived at post offices at the end of September, 2015.
Similar to the set of 2013 (Giant Reptiles of the Caribbean), this set shows some prehistoric fauna of Caribbean region, but limited to marine creatures only: Carcharodon megalodon, Metaxytherium, Ptychodus, Aetomylaeus cubensis, Physeteridae, Orycterocetus and Aspidorhynchus on a block.
Note: due to poor quality of a printer equipment many color variants and errors as well as imperforate stamps exist.



Products and associated philatelic items

FDC (clean and circulated) First-Day-of-Issue Postmark
Prehistoric animals of Caribbean on FDC of Cuba 2015 Prehistoric animals of Caribbean on FDC of Cuba 2015 Prehistoric fish on postmark of Cuba 2015
Color variants and perforation errors Examples of Circulated Covers
Prehistoric animals of Caribbean on stamps of Cuba 2015 Prehistoric animals of Caribbean on stamps of Cuba 2015 Prehistoric animals of Caribbean on circulated covers of Cuba 2015





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Acknowledgement:
Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice, PhD Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, USA, for review draft page of the article and his very valuable comments.


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