Stamp: Penguins (British Antarctic Territory (BAT) 2023)
Penguins (British Antarctic Territory (BAT) 2023)
13 March (British Antarctic Territory (BAT) ) within release Frozen Planet II (2023) goes into circulation Stamp Penguins face value 1.60 British pound sterling
| Stamp Penguins in catalogues | |
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| Colnect codes: | Col: GB-AT 2023.03.13-04 |
Stamp is horizontal format.
Also in the issue Frozen Planet II (2023):
- Stamp - Killer Whale face value 80;
- Souvenir Sheet - Killer Whales face value 3.50;
- Stamp - Killer Whales face value 3.50;
- Stamp - Killer Whales and Seal face value 1.07;
- Stamp - Penguins face value 1.60;
- Stamp - Seal face value 1.45;
Stamp Penguins it reflects the thematic directions:
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia (also called Metazoa). All animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently, at some point in their lives. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives. All animals are heterotrophs: they must ingest other organisms or their products for sustenance.
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae (/sfɪˈnɪsɪdiː, -daɪ/) of the order Sphenisciformes (/sfɪˈnɪsəfɔːrmiːz/). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapted for life in the ocean water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage and flippers for swimming. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sea life which they catch with their bills and swallow whole while swimming. A penguin has a spiny tongue and powerful jaws to grip slippery prey
Marine life, or sea life or ocean life, refers to the plants, animals and other organisms that live in the salt water of the sea or ocean, or the brackish water of coastal estuaries. At a fundamental level, marine life helps determine the very nature of our planet. Marine organisms produce much of the oxygen we breathe. Shorelines are in part shaped and protected by marine life, and some marine organisms even help create new land. Altogether there are 230,000 documented marine species, including over 16,000 species of fish, and it has been estimated that nearly two million marine species are yet to be documented. Marine species range in size from the microscopic, including plankton and phytoplankton which can be as small as 0.02 micrometres, to huge cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) which in the case of the blue whale reach up to 33 metres (109 feet) in length, being the largest known animal.
