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 |
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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 | |
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| Color variants and perforation errors | Examples of Circulated Covers | |
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- Technical details and short description of the stamps:
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Acknowledgements:
Many thanks to Dr. Peter Voice, PhD Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Western Michigan University, USA, for review of a draft of this article and his very valuable comments.
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