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