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