16 June (Barbuda ) within release International Year of the Ocean goes into circulation Mini Sheet 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Overprinted face value 25*40 East Caribbean cent
Mini Sheet 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Overprinted in catalogues | |
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Stanley Gibbons: | Sg: BX 2245a |
Mini Sheet is square format.
Sheet from Antigua & Barbuda with each stamp overprinted "BARBUDA MAIL" in black.Also in the issue International Year of the Ocean:
Mini Sheet 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Overprinted 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.
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.