Spotted triggerfish (Polish postage stamp)

  Clown triggerfish (Balistoides conspicillum), also known as the bigspotted triggerfish, are demersal marine fish belonging to the family Balistidae, or commonly called triggerfish.

• Original Name: "Balistoides conspicillum"
• Country: Poland
• Year: 1967-04-01
• Series: Tropical fishes
• Face value: 60 gr
• Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1751

Diagonal butterflyfish (Polish postage stamp)

  The diagonal butterflyfish (Chaetodon fasciatus), also known as the Red Sea raccoon butterflyfish, is a species of butterflyfish (family Chaetodontidae). It is found in the Red Sea only.

  They have a yellow body with 11 diagonal stripes and reach a maximum length of 22 cm (c.9 in). In their native habitat, they swim over and around corals, on which they feed. They have also been observed feeding on gelatinous zooplankton, such as jellyfish (Scyphozoa) and comb jellies (Ctenophora).

• Original Name: "Chaetodon fasciatus"
• Country: Poland
• Year: 1967-04-01
• Series: Tropical fishes
• Face value: 40 gr
• Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1750

The emperor angelfish (Polish postage stamp)

  The emperor angelfish, Pomacanthus imperator, is a species of marine angelfish. It is a reef-associated fish, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, from the Red Sea to Hawaii and the Austral Islands. It ranges from coastal East Africa and the Red Sea in the west, to the Tuamotu Islands and Line Islands. Rare sightings have been recorded in the Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, and Florida. These appearances are most likely due to aquarium release. Some populations have been observed as far as southern Japan to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, New Caledonia, and the Austral Islands. This species is generally associated with stable populations and faces no major threats of extinction. It is a favorite among photographers, artists, and aquarists because of its unique, brilliant pattern of coloration.

• Original Name: "Pomacanthus imperator juv."
• Country: Poland
• Year: 1967-04-01
• Series: Tropical fishes
• Face value: 10 gr
• Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1749

Striped butterflyfish (Polish postage stamp)

  The butterflyfishes are a group of conspicuous tropical marine fish of the family Chaetodontidae; the bannerfishes and coralfishes are also included in this group. The approximately 120 species in 10 genera are found mostly on the reefs of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. A number of species pairs occur in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, members of the huge genus Chaetodon.

• Original Name: "Chaetodon melanotus var."
• Country: Poland
• Year: 1967-04-01
• Series: Tropical fishes
• Face value: 5 gr
• Number of catalogue Michel: PL 1748

Cuban postcard (Castle of the Royal Force)

Castle of the Royal Force. Cuba.

  The Castillo de la Real Fuerza (English "Castle of the Royal Force") is a star fort on the western side of the harbour in Havana, Cuba, set back from the entrance, and bordering the Plaza de Armas. Originally built to defend against attack by pirates, it suffered from a poor strategic position, being too far inside the bay. The fort is considered to be the oldest stone fort in the Americas, and was listed in 1982 as part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of "Old Havana and its Fortifications".

• Original Name: "Castillo de la Real Fuerza. Cuba"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Subject: Nature

Cuban postcard (City view from the Morro)

City view from the Morro. Havana. Cuba.

  Morro Castle (Spanish: Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro), named after the three biblical Magi, is a fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay in Havana, Cuba. The design was drawn up by the Italian engineer Juan Bautista Antonelli; originally under the control of Spain, the fortress was captured by the British in 1762, and was returned to the Spanish under treaty terms a year later.

• Original Name: "Vista de la Ciudad desde el Morro. Ciudad de la Habana. Cuba"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Subject: Nature

Cuban postcard (Laguna del Tesoro. Cuba)

Input channel. Laguna del Tesoro. Cuba.

  This lake is 5km east of Boca de Guamá via the Canal de la Laguna, accessible only by boat. On the far (east) side of the 92-sq-km body of water is a tourist resort named Villa Guamá, built to resemble a Taíno village, on a dozen small islands.

• Original Name: "Canal de entrada. Laguna de Tesoro. Cuba"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Subject: Nature

Cuban postcard (Stone Museum, Guantanamo)

  The Zoological Museum of Stone, Guantanamo, Cuba. Snake is capturing the prey.

• Original Name: "Museo de Piedra, Yateras, Guantanamo, Cuba. Serpiente capturando una presa"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Subject: Animals

San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)

  The San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) is a slender multi-colored subspecies of the common garter snake. Designated as an endangered subspecies since the year 1967, it is endemic to San Mateo County and the extreme northern part of coastal Santa Cruz County in California. Some researchers estimate that there are only 1,000 to 2,000 adult snakes of the subspecies T. s. tetrataenia remaining. However, the full extent of the snakes' habitat has not been fully documented, and many snakes may utilize creeks and other waterways that are currently unexplored. This garter snake prefers wet and marshy areas, and because of its elusive nature, it is difficult to see or capture.

• Original Name: "Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia"
• Series: Reptiles
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-09-09
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾
• Printing: offset lithography
• Face value: 3 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 888

European legless lizard (Ophisaurus apodus)

  The sheltopusik, also spelled scheltopusik, or European legless lizard (Pseudopus apodus) is a large glass lizard found from southern Europe to Central Asia. Its common name comes from Russian: желтопузик, literally "yellow-bellied". It was previously in the genus Ophisaurus, but has been placed in its own genus Pseudopus.

• Original Name: "Ophisaurus apodus"
• Series: Reptiles
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-09-09
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾
• Printing: offset lithography
• Face value: 2 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 888

Chuckwalla (Sauromalus obesus)

  Chuckwallas are large lizards found primarily in arid regions of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Some are found on coastal islands. There are five species of chuckwallas, all within the genus Sauromalus; they are part of the iguanid family, Iguanidae.

• Original Name: "Sauromalus obesus"
• Series: Reptiles
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-09-09
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾
• Printing: offset lithography
• Face value: 1.5 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 887

Coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma Coronatum)

  The coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma coronatum) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard which can be found from Baja California north to California's Sacramento Valley. It is a widely divergent species with over 6 subspecies in their relatively small range. As a defense the lizard can shoot high pressure streams of blood out of its eyes if threatened.

• Original Name: "Phrynosoma Coronatum"
• Series: Reptiles
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-09-09
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾
• Printing: offset lithography
• Face value: 1 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 886

Iguana (Cyclura macleayi)

  In 1938, Bernard C. Lewis of the Institute of Jamaica joined an Oxford University biological expedition to the Cayman Islands. Lewis was able to obtain two blue iguanas, a male and a female, which were later lodged with the British Museum of Natural History. Chapman Grant, in a monograph published in 1940, formally described the blue iguana for the first time as Cyclura macleayi lewisi. Schwartz and Carey established the trinomial (Cyclura nubila lewisi ) in 1977. They held that the blue iguana was a strongly distinct subspecies of the Cuban iguana (C. nubila), the species which it evolved from and can breed with. They emphasized its overall bright blue coloration, and noted that further study could reveal it to be a distinct species. Frederick Burton reclassified the blue iguana as a distinct species in 2004, after years of research comparing scale counts on the heads of Caribbean iguanas, including those found on Little Cayman, Cayman Brac, Cuba, and the Bahamas, as well as mitochondrial DNA analysis performed by Dr. Catherine Malone, to re-examine the phylogeography of the different species.

• Original Name: "Cyclura macleayi"
• Series: Reptiles
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-09-09
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾
• Printing: offset lithography
• Face value: 0.80 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 885

Agamid lizard (Uromastyx acanthinuros)

  Uromastyx is a genus of African and Asian agamid lizards, the member species of which are commonly called spiny-tailed lizards, uromastyces, mastigures, or dabb lizards. Lizards in the genus Uromastyx are primarily herbivorous, but occasionally eat insects, especially young lizards. They spend most of their waking hours basking in the sun, hiding in underground chambers at daytime or when danger appears. They tend to establish themselves in hilly, rocky areas with good shelter and accessible vegetation.

• Original Name: "Uromastyx acanthinuros"
• Series: Reptiles
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-09-09
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾
• Printing: offset lithography
• Face value: 0.50 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 884

Aldabra giant tortoise (Testudo gigantea)

  The Aldabra giant tortoise (Aldabrachelys gigantea), from the islands of the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, is one of the largest tortoises in the world. Historically, giant tortoises were on many of the western Indian Ocean islands, as well as Madagascar, and the fossil record indicates giant tortoises once occurred on every continent and many islands with the exception of Australia and Antarctica. Many of the Indian Ocean species were thought to be driven to extinction by over-exploitation by European sailors, and they were all seemingly extinct by 1840 with the exception of the Aldabran giant tortoise on the island atoll of Aldabra. Although some remnant individuals of A. g. hololissa and A. g. arnoldi may remain in captivity, in recent times, these have all been reduced as subspecies of A. g. gigantea.

• Original Name: "Testudo gigantea"
• Series: Reptiles
• Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
• Year: 1987-09-09
• Subject: Animals
• Perforation: comb 12¾
• Printing: offset lithography
• Face value: 0.20 riel
• Number of catalogue Michel: KH 883

The Siberian Tiger

  The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), also known as the Amur tiger, is a tiger subspecies inhabiting mainly the Sikhote Alin mountain region with a small population in southwest Primorye Province in the Russian Far East. In 2005, there were 331–393 adult and subadult Amur tigers in this region, with a breeding adult population of about 250 individuals. The population had been stable for more than a decade due to intensive conservation efforts, but partial surveys conducted after 2005 indicate that the Russian tiger population was declining. By 2015, the Siberian tiger population has increased to 480–540 individuals in the Russian Far East, including 100 cubs. A more detailed census revealed a total population of 562 wild Siberian tigers in Russia.

• Original Name: "Амурский тигр"
• Series: Fauna of USSR
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1977-12-16
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 30 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4685
• Printing: Photogravure and Recess

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus)

  The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large flippered marine mammal with a discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. The walrus is the only living species in the family Odobenidae and genus Odobenus. This species is subdivided into three subspecies:[3] the Atlantic walrus (O. r. rosmarus) which lives in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific walrus (O. r. divergens) which lives in the Pacific Ocean, and O. r. laptevi, which lives in the Laptev Sea of the Arctic Ocean.

• Original Name: "Морж"
• Series: Fauna of USSR
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1977-12-16
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 30 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4684
• Printing: Photogravure and Recess

Sauralophus (Madagascar Postage stamp)

  Saurolophus is a genus of large saurolophine hadrosaurid dinosaurs that lived about 70.0–68.5 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous of North America and Asia; it is one of the few genera of dinosaurs known from multiple continents. It is distinguished by a spike-like crest which projects up and back from the skull. Saurolophus was a herbivorous dinosaur which could move about either bipedally or quadrupedally.

• Series: Prehistoric Animals Dinosaurs
• Country: Malagasy Republic
• Year: 1988
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 600 Fmg

Triceratops (Madagascar Postage stamp)

  Triceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur that first appeared during the late Maastrichtian stage of the late Cretaceous period, about 68 million years ago (Mya) 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.

• Series: Prehistoric Animals Dinosaurs
• Country: Malagasy Republic
• Year: 1988
• Subject: Animals
• Face value:  450 Fmg
• Number of Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 902

Arsinoitherium (Madagascar Postage stamp)

  Arsinoitherium is an extinct genus of paenungulate mammal belonging to the extinct order Embrithopoda. It is related to elephants, sirenians, hyraxes and the extinct desmostylians. Arsinoitheres were elephant-like herbivores that lived during the late Eocene and the early Oligocene of northern Africa from 36 to 30 million years ago, in areas of tropical rainforest and at the margin of mangrove swamps. A newly discovered species, Arsinoitherium giganteum, lived in Ethiopia ~27 million years ago.

• Series: Prehistoric Animals Dinosaurs
• Country: Malagasy Republic
• Year: 1988
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 250 Fmg
• Number of Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 901

Stegosaurus (Madagascar Postage stamp)

  Stegosaurus is a type of armored dinosaur. Their fossil bones have been found in rocks dated to the Late Jurassic period (Kimmeridgian to early Tithonian ages), between 155 to 150 million years ago, in the western United States and Portugal. Several species have been classified in the upper Morrison Formation of the western U.S, though only three are universally recognized; S. stenops, S. ungulatus and S. sulcatus. The remains of over 80 individual animals of this genus have been found. Stegosaurus would have lived alongside dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus, Diplodocus, Brachiosaurus, Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus; the latter two may have been predators of it.

• Series: Prehistoric Animals Dinosaurs
• Country: Malagasy Republic
• Year: 1988
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 80 Fmg
• Number of Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 900

Tyrannosaurus (Madagascar Postage stamp)

  Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning "king" in Latin), commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is one of the most well-represented of the large theropods. Tyrannosaurus lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia. Tyrannosaurus had a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids. Fossils are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the Maastrichtian age of the upper Cretaceous Period, 68 to 66 million years ago. It was the last known member of the tyrannosaurids, and among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.

• Series: Prehistoric Animals Dinosaurs
• Country: Malagasy Republic
• Year: 1988
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 20 Fmg
• Number of Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue 899

Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Muscipapa sordida)

  The dusky-blue flycatcher (Muscicapa comitata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

• Series: Birds
• Country: Sri Lanka
• Year: 1983-12-15
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 2
• Number of catalogue Michel: LK 642
• Perforating: comb 14¼ x 14½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 38 x 28 mm

Light-grey Arab Stallion (N. Sverchkov, 1860)

  Nikolai Yegorovich Sverchkov (Russian: Николай Егорович Сверчков, 1817, Saint Petersburg—1898, Tsarskoye Selo) was a Russian painter and engraver. The first exhibition of his work was in 1844. Sverchkov's Return from the bear hunt, exhibited in 1863, was bought by Napoleon III. For this and two other paintings (The Fair and The Station) Sverchkov was awarded the Order of the Legion of Honor. In 1864, after returning to Petersburg from abroad, Sverchkov painted Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich Attends a Military Parade in 1664, for Alexander II.

• Original Name: "Светло-серый арабский жеребец"
• Series: Horses in Paintings
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1988-07-20
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 5 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5854
• Perforating: comb 12¼ x 11¾
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 57 x 37 mm

Polar Bear

  The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a carnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the Arctic Circle, encompassing the Arctic Ocean, its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses.

• Original Name: "Белый медведь"
• Series: Fauna of USSR
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1977-12-16
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 16 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4683
• Perforating: comb 11½ x 12
• Printing: Photogravure and Recess
• Size: 52 x 37 mm

Desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis)

  The desert dormouse (Selevinia betpakdalaensis) is a species of rodent in the dormouse family Gliridae. This species was formerly placed in its own family, Seleviniidae, but it is now considered to be a dormouse, monotypic within the genus Selevinia. It is endemic to Kazakhstan.

• Original Name: "Боялычная соня"
• Series: Protected animals
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1985-08-15
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 5 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5539
• Perforating: comb 12 x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 28 x 40 mm

Pamir shrew

  The Buchara shrew (Sorex buchariensis) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is endemic to Tajikistan.

• Original Name: "Бухарская бурозубка"
• Series: Protected animals
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1985-08-15
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 2 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5537
• Perforating: comb 12 x 12½
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 28 x 40 mm

Black Sable

  The sable (Martes zibellina) is a species of marten which inhabits forest environments, primarily in Russia from the Ural Mountains throughout Siberia, eastern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia, China, North and South Korea and Hokkaidō in Japan. Its range in the wild originally extended through European Russia to Poland and Scandinavia. It has historically been hunted for its highly valued fur, which remains a luxury good to this day. While hunting of wild animals is still common in Russia, most fur in the market is now commercially farmed.

• Original Name: "Соболь чёрный"
• Series: Valuable species of fur-bearing animals
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1980-06-25
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 15 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4972
• Printing: Offset lithography Size: 30x42 mm

Nutria (Myocastor coypus)

  The coypu (from Spanish coipú, from Mapudungun kóypu; Myocastor coypus), also known as the river rat or nutria, is a large, herbivorous, semiaquatic rodent and the only member of the family Myocastoridae. Originally native to subtropical and temperate South America, it has since been introduced to North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, primarily by fur ranchers. Although it is still valued for its fur in some regions, its destructive feeding and burrowing behaviors make this invasive species a pest throughout most of its range.

• Original Name: "Нутрия белая азербайджанская"
• Series: Valuable species of fur-bearing animals
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1980-06-25
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 10 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4971
• Size: 30x43.5 mm

European Mink

  The European mink (Mustela lutreola), also known as the Russian mink, is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to Europe. It is similar in colour to the American mink, but is slightly smaller and has a less specialised skull. Despite having a similar name, build and behaviour, the European mink is not closely related to the American mink, being much closer to the European polecat and Siberian weasel (kolonok). The European mink occurs primarily by forest streams unlikely to freeze in winter. It primarily feeds on voles, frogs, fish, crustaceans and insects.

• Original Name: "Норка тёмно-коричневая"
• Series: Valuable species of fur-bearing animals
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1980-06-25
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 6 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4970
• Perforation:comb 12½x12
• Size: 42.5x30.5 mm

Arctic Fox

  The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. It is well adapted to living in cold environments. It has a deep thick fur which is brown in summer and white in winter. Its body length ranges from 46 to 68 cm (18 to 27 in), with a generally rounded body shape to minimize the escape of body heat.

• Original Name: "Песец вуалевый"
• Series: Valuable species of fur-bearing animals
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1980-06-25
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 4 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4969
• Perforation:comb 12½x12
• Printing: Offset lithography
• Size: 43.5x30 mm

Silver Fox

  The silver fox is a melanistic form of red fox (Vulpes vulpes). Silver foxes display a great deal of pelt variation: some are completely black except for a white coloration on the tip of the tail, some are bluish-grey, and some may have a cinereous color on the sides. Historically, silver foxes were among the most valued furbearers, and their skins were frequently worn by nobles in Russia, Western Europe, and China. Wild silver foxes do not naturally reproduce exclusively with members of the same coat morph, and can be littermates with the common red variety, though captive populations bred for their fur are almost exclusively mated with members of the same color.

• Original Name: "Лисица серебристо-чёрная"
• Series: Valuable species of fur-bearing animals
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1980-06-25
• Subject: Animals
• Face value: 2 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4968
• Perforation:comb 12x12½
• Size:30.5x43 mm

Gagea lutea

  Gagea lutea, the Yellow Star-of-Bethlehem, is a Eurasian plant species widespread from Spain and Norway to Siberia and Japan. Gagea lutea is a bulb-forming perennial herb with lanceolate leaves and yellow flowers.

• Original Name: "Гусиный лук жёлтый"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 20 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5281

Cyclamen elegans

  Cyclamen elegans (Cyclamen coum subsp. elegans) is a perennial growing from a tuber, native to the Alborz Mountains in northern Iran and southeastern Azerbaijan. It is native to forest in the Alborz Mountains of northwestern Iran and extreme southeastern Azerbaijan below 500 m (1,600 ft) elevation, where it can even be found growing in moss on the lower limbs of trees.

• Original Name: "Цикламен изящный"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 15 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5281

Anemone hepatica

  Anemone hepatica is a herbaceous perennial growing from a rhizome in the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), native to woodland in temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

• Original Name: "Печеночница благородная"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 10 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5280

Siberian squills

  Scilla siberica (Siberian squill or wood squill) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southwestern Russia, the Caucasus, and Turkey. Despite its name, it is not native to Siberia.

• Original Name: "Пролеска сибирская"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 6 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5279

Snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis)

  Galanthus (snowdrop; Greek gála "milk", ánthos "flower") is a small genus of about 20 species of bulbous perennial herbaceous plants in the family Amaryllidaceae. Most flower in winter, before the vernal equinox (20 or 21 March in the Northern Hemisphere), but certain species flower in early spring and late autumn.

• Original Name: "Подснежник белоснежный"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1983-06-14
• Subject: Flowers
• Face value: 4 kop
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5278

60th Anniversary of "Pionerskaya Pravda" newspaper (USSR postage stamp)

  Pionerskaya Pravda (Пионе́рская Пра́вда) is an all-Russian newspaper. Initially it was an all-Union newspaper of the Soviet Union. Its name may be translated as "Truth for Young Pioneers".

  The newspaper has been founded March 6, 1925 in Moscow. In the 1970s and 1980s its circulation approached 10,000,000 (almost every child in the Soviet Union had a subscription). Its title follows the name of the main Soviet newspaper, Pravda, as did multiple other newspapers. The newspaper continues to exist today, but now it is not associated with Young Pioneers, and the circulation is greatly reduced.

  Postage stamp was printed in USSR in 1985.

• Original Name: "Газете Пионерская Правда 60 лет"
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1985
• Subject: Anniversary
• Estimated cost: 5 kop. (at the rate of exchange 1985)
• Number of catalogue Michel: SU 5475

Virgin and Child, by Niccolo Abbate (1512 - 1571)

  Niccolò dell'Abbate, sometimes Nicolò and Abate (1509 or 1512 – 1571) was an Italian Mannerist painter in fresco and oils. He was of the Emilian school, and was part of the team of artists called the School of Fontainebleau that introduced the Italianate Renaissance to France. He may be found indexed under either "Niccolò" or "Abbate", though the former is more correct.

• Original Name: "Virgen y niño, Niccolo Abbate, 1512 - 71"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 6 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3065

Sed, by Jehan-Georges Vibert (1840 - 1902)

  Jehan Georges Vibert or Jean Georges Vibert (30 September 1840 – 28 July 1902) was a French academic painter.

• Original Name: "Sed, by Jean-Georges Vibert, 1840 - 1902"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 4 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3064

Bullfight, by Eugenio de Lucas Velazquez (1824-1870)

  Eugenio Lucas Velazquez (Madrid, February 9, 1817 - Madrid, 11 September 1870) was a Spanish painter belonging to romanticism, called in the past Eugenio Lucas and Padilla, when it is believed native of Alcala de Henares.

• Original Name: "Corrida, Eugenio De Lucas Velazquez, 1824-70"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 10 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3066

The five senses, anonymous Flamenco (XVII century)

• Original Name: "Los cinco sentidos, anonimo Flamenco, S. XVII"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 30 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3067

Two Children, Gutierrez de la Vega (1805-1865)

  Gutiérrez de la Vega and Carrizo (Seville, 1781 - Madrid, 1865). Spanish painter specializing in portraits and religious subjects. He was an honorary court painter, professor and deputy director of the Academy of Fine Arts of St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Seville and member of the Board of Artistic and Literary Liceo Madrid. 

  Postage stamp was printed in Cuba in 1986.

• Original Name: "Dos ninos, Gutierrez de la Vega, 1805-1865"
• Country: Republic of Cuba
• Year: 1986-11-05
• Series: Paintings from the National Museum, Havana
• Subject: Art
• Value: 2 с
• Number of catalogue Michel: CU 3063

Mini sheet "Dogs" (Sharjah and Dependencies postage stamps)

• Domain: Sharjah and Dependencies
• Year: 1972
• Subject: Animals
• Number of catalogue Michel: SH 1270-1275, SH 1292-1295

Portrait of pilot P. N. Nesterov (1887-1914)

  Pyotr Nikolayevich Nesterov (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Нестеров (born 27 February [O.S. 15 February] 1887, Nizhny Novgorod - died 8 September [O.S. 26 August] 1914, Zhovkva, Lviv Oblast) was a Russian pilot, an aircraft designer and an aerobatics pioneer.

• Original Name: "Пионеры воздухоплавания. П.Н. Нестеров"
• Artist: V. Pimenov
• Country: USSR
• Year: 1963
• Subject: Person
• Estimated cost: 10 kop (at the rate of exchange 1985)
• Number of catalogue: 2914 (Postage stamps of Russia and USSR, Vol.5 Edited by V. Soloviev, 2011, ISBN 978-5-86656-235-0)