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