Stamp: Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) (British Virgin Islands 1956)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) (British Virgin Islands 1956)
01 November (British Virgin Islands ) within release Definitives goes into circulation Stamp Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) face value 2.40 British Virgin Islands dollar
| Stamp Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:VG 122 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Definitives:
- Stamp - Sailing-boat face value 1;
- Stamp - St. Croix Hornless Cattle (Bos primigenius taurus) face value 2;
- Stamp - Habor from Roudtown face value 3;
- Stamp - Mountain-Tour face value 4;
- Stamp - Saint Ursula(Emblem) face value 5;
- Stamp - Baech-szeane face value 8;
- Stamp - Launch „New Idea“ face value 12;
- Stamp - White Cedar face value 24;
- Stamp - Atlantic Bonito (Sarda sarda) face value 60;
- Stamp - Coronationsparty(1953) face value 1.20;
- Stamp - Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) face value 2.40;
- Stamp - Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) face value 4.80;
Stamp Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) 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.
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.
Pelicans (genus Pelecanus) are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before swallowing. They have predominantly pale plumage, except for the brown and Peruvian pelicans. The bills, pouches, and bare facial skin of all pelicans become brightly coloured before the breeding season.
