Slovenia 2001 "Fossils - Starfish Fossil"

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Issue Date	21.03.2001
ID	Michel: 347; Scott: 454; Stanley Gibbons: 499; Yvert et Tellier: 321; Category: pF
Design	Design: Matja Ucakar, Photo: Miran Udovc
Stamps in set	1
Value	T107 - Starfish Fossil
Emission/Type	commemorative
Places of issue	Zgornija Kungota
Size (width x height)	40.32 mm 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	Offset lithography, 4 colours
Printed by	DELO - TISKARNA d. d., Ljubljana
Quantity	150.000
Issuing Authority	Posta Slovenia

On March 21^st, 2001, the Post Authority of Slovenia issued the next stamp in their multi-year set "Fossil of Slovenia". The stamp shows a Starfish fossil.

The following text was written by Miran Udovc, it was published on the website of Slovenia in 2001.

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 depicted on the stamp was found near Zgornja Kungota. It measures 75 mm and is kept in the Slovenian Museum of Natural History.

Products and associated philatelic items

FDC	First-Day-of-Issue Postmark	Mini-Sheet

References

• Technical details and short description: Posta Slovenije, colnect.

Acknowledgements:

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

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