Stamp: Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (Alderney 2003)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (Alderney 2003)
03 July (Alderney ) within release Migrating Birds goes into circulation Stamp Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) face value 22 Guernsey penny
| Stamp Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:GG-AL 212 |
| Stanley Gibbons: | Sg:GG-AL 210 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Migrating Birds:
- Stamp - Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) face value 22;
- Stamp - Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) face value 27;
- Stamp - Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis) face value 36;
- Stamp - Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) face value 40;
- Stamp - Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus) face value 45;
- Stamp - Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) face value 65;
- Souvenir Sheet - Migrating Birds 2 Seabirds face value 2.35;
Stamp Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) it reflects the thematic directions:
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.
