Stamp: Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) (British Antarctic Territory (BAT) 1998)
Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) (British Antarctic Territory (BAT) 1998)
30 November (British Antarctic Territory (BAT) ) within release Birds goes into circulation Stamp Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) face value 10 British penny
| Stamp Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:GB-AT 279 |
| Yvert et Tellier: | Yt:GB-AT 293 |
Stamp is horizontal format.
Also in the issue Birds:
- Stamp - Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis alba) face value 1;
- Stamp - Antartic Prion (Pachyptila desolata) face value 2;
- Stamp - Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) face value 5;
- Stamp - Black Bellied Storm petrel (Fregetta Tropica) face value 30;
- Stamp - Antarctic Fulmar (Fulmarus Glacialoides) face value 35;
- Stamp - Blue Eyed Shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps) face value 40;
- Stamp - McCormick'Skua (Catharacta maccormicki) face value 50;
- Stamp - Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) face value 1;
- Stamp - Wilson's Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus) face value 3;
- Stamp - Brown Skua (Catharacta Ioennbergi) face value 5;
- Stamp - Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) face value 10;
- Stamp - Antarctic Tern (Sterna Vittata) face value 20;
Stamp Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) 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.
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae (/sfɪˈnɪsɪdiː, -daɪ/) of the order Sphenisciformes (/sfɪˈnɪsəfɔːrmiːz/). They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Highly adapted for life in the ocean water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage and flippers for swimming. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sea life which they catch with their bills and swallow whole while swimming. A penguin has a spiny tongue and powerful jaws to grip slippery prey
