Stamp: Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) (Russia 2012)

Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) (Russia 2012)

08 February (Russia ) within release Fauna goes into circulation Stamp Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) face value 15 Russian ruble

Stamp Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in catalogues
Michel: Mi:RU 1788

Stamp is horizontal format.

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Stamp Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) in digits
Country: Russia
Date: 2012-02-08
Print: Offset and Lithography
Size: 62 x 32.5
Perforation: comb 13½
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 15 Russian ruble
Print run: 220000

Stamp Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) it reflects the thematic directions:

Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. They include animals such as cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters and polar bears. They are an informal group, unified only by their reliance on marine environments for feeding and survival.

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.

Stamp, Killer Whale (Orcinus orca), Russia,  , Sea (Marine) Mammals, Sea Life, Whales