Stamp: Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (Montserrat 1973)
Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) (Montserrat 1973)
02 October (Montserrat ) within release Birds (1973) goes into circulation Stamp Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) face value 20 East Caribbean cent
| Stamp Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Stamp Number: | Sn: MS 238a |
| Stanley Gibbons: | Sg: MS 301 |
Stamp is square format.
On chalk-surfaced paper.Also in the issue Birds (1973):
- Stamp - Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) face value 20;
- Stamp - Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) face value 15;
Stamp Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) 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.
Birds (Aves), a subgroup of Reptiles, are the last living examples of Dinosaurs. They are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich. They rank as the class of tetrapods with the most living species, at approximately ten thousand, with more than half of these being passerines, sometimes known as perching birds. Birds are the closest living relatives of crocodilians.
