Sanda Project Stamps Collection

Pierella nereis (Liberia postage stamp)

2016-09-19T05:36:00.000-07:00

Pierella nereis is a butterfly species from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1782 from Brazil.

Series: Tropical butterflies
Country: Republic of Liberia
Year: 1974-09-11
Perforation: comb 14 x 13¾
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 60 Liberian cent
Number of catalogue Michel: LR BL73

Tourist Map of Cuba

2016-08-21T04:51:00.000-07:00

Original name: "Mapa turistico de Cuba"
Country: Republic of Cuba
Year: 1983, "Año del XXX Aniversario del Moncada" (XXX Year Anniversary of Moncada)
Publisher: Mapping company of Cuban Institute of Geodesy and Cartography (Empresa de Cartografia del Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia)

Rhinoceros (State of Oman postage stamp)

2016-08-11T05:02:00.000-07:00

Rhinoceros is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of these extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.

Series: Exotic wild animals
Country: State of Oman
Year: 1972

Wild animals (State of Oman postage stamps)

2016-08-11T04:58:00.000-07:00

Rhinoceros often abbreviated to rhino, is one of any five extant species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species. Two of these extant species are native to Africa and three to Southern Asia.

Bison or buffalo are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae. Two extant and four extinct species are recognized. Of the four extinct species, three were North American: Bison antiquus, B. latifrons, and B. occidentalis. The fourth, B. priscus, ranged across steppe environments from Western Europe, through Central Asia, East Asia including Japan,[1][2] and onto North America.

Hyenas or hyaenas are any feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Hyaenidae. With only four extant species, it is the fifth-smallest biological family in the Carnivora, and one of the smallest in the class Mammalia. Despite their low diversity, hyenas are unique and vital components of most African ecosystems.

The moose (North America) or elk (Eurasia), Alces alces, is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the broad, flat (or palmate) antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a dendritic ("twig-like") configuration. Moose typically inhabit boreal forests and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates.

The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine or Eurasian wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia, North Africa, and the Greater Sunda Islands. Human intervention has spread its range further, making the species one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widely spread suiform.

Series: Exotic wild animals
Country: State of Oman
Year: 1972

Scientific research vessel "Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin"

2016-07-04T23:13:00.000-07:00

"Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin" - scientific research vessel for controlling the spacecrafts to perform trajectory and telemetry, to liaise ground mission control points with the crews of space ships and stations. The largest and most powerful ship in its class.
Built in 1971 in Leningrad. Maximum length of 231.6 m, maximum width of 31.0 m, height of the board at the midsection of 15.4 m. Displacement with full stocks of 45,000 tonnes, sea gauge 8.5 m. The steam turbine power plant with capacity of 19,000 horsepower, the maximum travel speed up to 18 knots. Range continuous voyage of 20,000 miles. It has been attributed to the port of Odessa. From 1971 to 1991, the ship has fulfilled 20 cruises in the Atlantic Ocean. The main task was to control flights of satellites, manned spacecrafts and unmanned interplanetary stations.
After the collapse of the USSR the ship passed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence. It was not used for its intended purpose and based in the port of Yuzhny near Odessa. In 1996 the ship was sold for scrap at a price of 170$ per tonne for the Austrian company "Merkur Zuid" and disposed of.

Series: Scientific research fleet of USSR
Country: USSR
Year: 1979-12-25
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½
Printing: Photogravure and Recess
Face value: 10 kopecks
Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4910

Scientific research vessel "Cosmonaut Vladislav Volkov"

2016-07-04T23:10:00.000-07:00

"Cosmonaut Vladislav Volkov" - scientific research vessel designed to collect telemetry data from the spacecrafts and connection of ground flight control points with the crews of space ships and stations. Built in 1977 in Leningrad, as part of a series of four ships of the project "Selena-M".
Maximum length of 121.9 m, maximum width of 16.7 m, height of the board to the upper deck of 10.8 m; Total displacement of 8,950 tonnes of sludge 6,6 m; Main propulsion - diesel engine capacity of 5200 liters. The speed of 14.7 knots.
Marine reserves: oil - 1440 tons, lubricating oil - 30 tons, washing and drinking water - 600 t; Cruising range of 16 000 miles. Stocks have enough provisions for 90 days, water supplies - for 30 days. The crew consisted of 66 people, the expedition - 77 people. Navigation area seaworthy vessel is not limited. From 1977 to 1991 the ship complied with 14 expeditionary flights to Central and South Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and the Indian Ocean. The main task was to ensure control of the flight control center in charge of an operation conducted on manned orbital stations, control switching booster rocket stages during the launches of geostationary satellites and satellites with highly elliptical orbits.
In 2000, the vessel was dismantled in the Kaliningrad shipyard "Baltica".

Series: Scientific research fleet of USSR
Country: USSR
Year: 1979-12-25
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½
Printing: Photogravure and Recess
Face value: 6 kopecks
Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4909

Scientific research vessel "Ernst Krenkel"

2016-07-04T23:04:00.004-07:00

"Ernst Krenkel" - a specialized ocean-going vessel of ice class tonnage of 4500 tons, built in 1971 (Poland). Designed for comprehensive oceanographic and meteorological research. The vessel has committed a second (1997) and third (1998) Antarctic expedition. Total displacement of 4,500 tonnes.
Currently the ship is at berth of UkrSCES (Ukrainian Scientific Center of Ecology of Sea, Odessa), in the village of Yuzhny.

Series: Scientific research fleet of USSR
Country: USSR
Year: 1979-12-25
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½
Printing: Photogravure and Recess
Face value: 4 kopecks
Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4908

Scientific research vessel "Professor Bogorov"

2016-07-04T23:02:00.001-07:00

"Professor Bogorov" - scientific research vessel type "Valerian Uryvaev", is intended to carry out oceanographic research. Built in 1976 at the Finnish shipyard "Layvateollisuus" in Turku.
The ship was in charge of the Far Eastern Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1976-1991), and later the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1991). Maximum length of 68.77 m, maximum width of 12.42 m, total displacement of 1671 tonnes; the main engine - RBV 6M 358; the speed of 13,5 knots. Assigned to the port of Vladivostok.
The ship provided 11 laboratories, the crew was 32 people, expedition staff - 28 people.

Series: Scientific research fleet of USSR
Country: USSR
Year: 1979-12-25
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½
Printing: Photogravure and Recess
Face value: 2 kopecks
Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4907

Scientific research vessel "Vulcanolog"

2016-07-04T22:58:00.000-07:00

The vessel "Vulcanolog" (volcanologist) - scientific research vessel type "Valerian Uryvayev" of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Launched on April 26, 1976; it built at the Khabarovsk shipbuilding plant. It is at the disposal of the Institute of Volcanology, Academy of Sciences of the USSR.
The vessel is built on a special project and was intended for research submarine volcanism and seismic activity in the Pacific Ocean. Total committed 41 research cruises; visited Mexico, New Guinea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Malaysia, the area near the Kamchatka Peninsula. As a result of the geological research of the bottom patterns were identified in the Kuril-Kamchatka region, made up of tectonic maps, discovered and described seismically active faults.
After 1991, the ship was used for passenger flights.

Series: Scientific research fleet of USSR
Country: USSR
Year: 1979-12-25
Perforation: comb 12 x 11½
Printing: Photogravure and Recess
Face value: 1 Russian kopeck
Number of catalogue Michel: SU 4906

Endemic birds of Cuba

2016-06-24T00:11:00.000-07:00

Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
Mellisuga helenae are residents of Cuba, an island located in the West Indies. Today, bee hummingbirds inhabit the entire island and Isla de la Juventud, which is the largest of the islands off Cuba's southern coast. There have also been several bee hummingbird sightings on the neighboring islands of Jamaica and Haiti.

Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
The northern mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is the only mockingbird commonly found in North America. This bird is mainly a permanent resident, but northern birds may move south during harsh weather. This species was first described by Linnaeus in his Systema Natur? in 1758 as Turdus polyglottos.

Cuban Tody (Todus multicolor)
The Cuban tody (Todus multicolor) is a bird species in the family Todidae that is restricted to Cuba and adjacent islands.

Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala)
The Cuban amazon (Amazona leucocephala) also known as Cuban parrot or the rose-throated parrot, is a medium-sized mainly green parrot found in woodlands and dry forests of Cuba, the Bahamas and Cayman Islands in the Caribbean.

Zapata Wren (Ferminia cerverai)
The Zapata wren (Ferminia cerverai) is a medium sized grayish-brown bird that lives in dense shrubs of the Zapata Swamp, Cuba. It is the only member of the monotypical genus Ferminia.

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
The brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is a small pelican found in the Americas. It is one of the best known and most prominent birds found in the coastal areas of the southern and western United States. It is one of only three pelican species found in the Western Hemisphere. The brown pelican is one of the only two pelican species which feeds by diving into the water.

West Indian Woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris)
The West Indian woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris) is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands and Cuba. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Red-legged Thrush (Mimocichla plumbea)
The red-legged thrush (Turdus plumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in the Bahamas, Cayman Brac, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Puerto Rico. It formerly occurred on the Swan Islands, Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest. This species may be considered the Caribbean counterpart of the American robin, as it has similar habits, including being a common visitor to gardens and lawns.

Cuban Parakeet (Aratinga euops)
The Cuban parakeet (Psittacara euops) is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family that is endemic to the island of Cuba. It was extirpated from the Isla de la Juventud south of Cuba soon after 1900.

Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
El turpial oriental, carmelo, zacatero comun, pradero comun, cantor de pradera o chirlobirlo (Sturnella magna)2 3 es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Icteridae que vive en America. Se trata de un pajaro de tamano medio y de aspecto muy similar al turpial gorjeador.

Series: Endemic birds
Country: Republic of Cuba
Year: 1983-12-20
Subject: Animals
Printing: Offset lithography
Number of catalogue Michel: Mi:CU 2798-2807

Touristic map of Varadero (Cuba)

2016-06-13T06:43:00.000-07:00

Varadero is the beach: 20 kilometers of fine, white sand bathed by a warm sea of ever-changing blues and a radiant sun that guarantees a perfect tan, with everything you need to relate to the sea. But Varadero is also the city: a city that runs parallel tp the beach, offering many attractions.
This map will help you find your way to light-hearted entertainment at this magnificent beach, the sun`s favorite beach.

Original name "Mapa turistico Varadero"
Country: Republic of Cuba
Year: 19886
Publisher: Mapping company of Cuban Institute of Geodesy and Cartography (Instituto Cubano de Geodesia y Cartografia)

Phorusrhacos (Lao postage stamp)

2016-06-06T00:55:00.000-07:00

Phorusrhacos longissimus is an extinct, giant flightless predatory bird that lived in Miocene Patagonia. P. longissimus' closest living relatives are the much smaller seriemas. P. longissimus is thought to have lived in woodlands and grasslands.

Series: Dinosaurus
Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1988-03-03
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 47 ₭
Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1079

Scolosaurus (Lao postage stamp)

2016-06-06T00:53:00.000-07:00

Scolosaurus is an extinct genus of ankylosaurid dinosaurs within the subfamily Ankylosaurinae. It is known from either the lower levels of the Dinosaur Park Formation or upper levels of the Oldman Formation (the location of the type specimen's quarry is uncertain) in the Late Cretaceous (latest middle Campanian stage, about 76.5 Ma ago) of Alberta, Canada. It contains a single species, Scolosaurus cutleri. It is the oldest known North American anklylosaurid.

Series: Dinosaurus
Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1988-03-03
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 44 ₭
Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1078

Iguanodon bernissartensis (Lao postage stamp)

2016-06-06T00:51:00.001-07:00

Iguanodon is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that existed roughly halfway between the first of the swift bipedal hypsilophodontids of the mid-Jurassic and the duck-billed dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous. While many species have been classified in the genus Iguanodon, dating from the late Jurassic Period to the late Cretaceous Period of Asia, Europe, and North America, research in the first decade of the 21st century suggests that there is only one well-substantiated species: I. bernissartensis, which lived from the late Barremian to the earliest Aptian ages (Early Cretaceous) in Belgium and possibly elsewhere in Europe, between about 126 and 125 million years ago.

Series: Dinosaurus
Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1988-03-03
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 39 ₭
Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1077

Ceratosaurus nasicornis (Lao postage stamp)

2016-06-06T00:49:00.001-07:00

Ceratosaurus was a large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period (Kimmeridgian to Tithonian), found in the Morrison Formation of North America, and the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal and possibly the Tendaguru Formation in Tanzania.

Series: Dinosaurus
Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1988-03-03
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 7 ₭
Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1076

Trachodon (Lao postage stamp)

2016-06-06T00:47:00.000-07:00

Trachodon (meaning "rough tooth") is a dubious genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur based on teeth from the Campanian-age Upper Cretaceous Judith River Formation of Montana, U.S. It is a historically important genus with a convoluted taxonomy that has been all but abandoned by modern dinosaur paleontologists.

Series: Dinosaurus
Country: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Year: 1988-03-03
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12 x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 3 ₭
Number of catalogue Michel: LA 1075

Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

2016-05-13T13:30:00.002-07:00

The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae, breeding in Africa, central and southern Europe, and southern and eastern Asia. The Western Palearctic populations migrate between breeding and wintering habitats whereas the African and tropical-Asian populations are primarily sedentary, except for occasional dispersive movements.

Series: Capex `87
Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
Year: 1987-05-05
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 3 riels
Number of catalogue Michel: KH 873

Red Whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

2016-05-13T13:28:00.001-07:00

The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus) is a passerine bird found in Asia. It is a member of the bulbul family. It is a resident frugivore found mainly in tropical Asia. It has been introduced in many tropical areas of the world where populations have established themselves. It feeds on fruits and small insects and they conspicuously perch on trees and their calls are a loud three or four note call. They are very common in hill forests and urban gardens within its range.

Series: Capex `87
Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
Year: 1987-05-05
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 2 riels
Number of catalogue Michel: KH 872

Grey-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)

2016-05-13T13:26:00.002-07:00

The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.

Series: Capex `87
Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
Year: 1987-05-05
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 1.50 riel
Number of catalogue Michel: KH 871

Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

2016-05-13T13:25:00.001-07:00

The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl, and one of the most widespread of all birds. It is also referred to as the common barn owl, to distinguish it from other species in its family, Tytonidae, which forms one of the two main lineages of living owls, the other being the typical owls (Strigidae). The barn owl is found almost everywhere in the world except polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalayas, most of Indonesia and some Pacific islands.

Series: Capex `87
Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
Year: 1987-05-05
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 1 riel
Number of catalogue Michel: KH 870

Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina)

2016-05-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae. It occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although in nests in somewhat wetter habitats. There are two subspecies: B. p. pavonina in the west and the more numerous B. p. ceciliae in east Africa.

Series: Capex `87
Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
Year: 1987-05-05
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 0.80 riel
Number of catalogue Michel: KH 869

Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

2016-05-13T13:21:00.000-07:00

The hoopoe (Upupa epops) is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae. One insular species, the Saint Helena hoopoe, is extinct, and the Madagascar subspecies of the hoopoe is sometimes elevated to a full species. Like the Latin name upupa, the English name is an onomatopoeic form which imitates the cry of the bird. The hoopoe is the national bird of Israel.

Series: Capex `87
Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
Year: 1987-05-05
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 0.50 riel
Number of catalogue Michel: KH 868

Nubian Bee-eater (Merops nubicus)

2016-05-13T13:18:00.000-07:00

The northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus) is an African near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. Alternative common names include the carmine bee-eater or the Nubian bee-eater. It is closely to the southern carmine bee-eater where the throat is carmine (instead of blue).

Series: Capex `87
Country: Cambodia (R.P. Kampuchea)
Year: 1987-05-05
Subject: Animals
Perforation: comb 12¾ x 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Face value: 0.20 riel
Number of catalogue Michel: KH 867

Set of postage stamps "Sport Fishing" Part.2

2016-03-30T08:42:00.000-07:00

Coryphaena hippurus Linneo, original name in Spanish: Dorado. Coryphaena is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes known as the dolphinfishes. This genus is currently the only known genus in its family. The species in this genus have compressed heads and single dorsal fins that run the entire length of the fishes' bodies.

Megalops atlanticus Valenciennes, original name in Spanish: Sabalo. The Atlantic tarpon inhabits coastal waters, estuaries, lagoons, and rivers. Tarpons feed almost exclusively on schooling fish and occasionally crabs.

Acanthocybium solandri (Cuvier), original name in Spanish: Peto. Wahoo is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. It is best known to sports fishermen, as its speed and high-quality flesh make it a prize game fish. In Hawaii, the wahoo is known as ono. Many Hispanic areas of the Caribbean and Central America refer to this fish as peto.

Makaira ampla (Poey), original name in Spanish: Castero. The Atlantic blue marlin is a species of marlin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic blue marlin feeds on a wide variety of organisms near the surface. It uses its bill to stun, injure, or kill while knifing through a school of fish or other prey, then returns to eat the injured or stunned fish.

Series: Sport Fishing
Country: Republic of Cuba
Year: 1971-10-30
Perforation: line 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Size: 50 x 30 mm
Face value: 4, 5, 13, 30 ¢
Number of catalogue Michel: CU 1724-1727

Set of postage stamps "Sport Fishing" Part.1

2016-03-30T08:36:00.000-07:00

Albula vulpes (Linneo), original name in Spanish: Macabi. The bonefish is the type species of the bonefish family (Albulidae), the only family in order Albuliformes.

Seriola species, original name in Spanish: Coronado. Seriola is a genus of bony fish, commonly known as amberjacks. They are a large, carnivorous finfish popularly known for the firm texture and rich flavour of their flesh, which make them an ideal fish for aquaculture.

Micropterus salmoides, original name in Spanish: Lobina. The largemouth bass is a freshwater gamefish in the sunfish family, a species of black bass native to North America.

Series: Sport Fishing
Country: Republic of Cuba
Year: 1971-10-30
Perforation: line 12½
Printing: Offset lithography
Size: 50 x 30 mm
Face value: 1, 2, 3 ¢
Number of catalogue Michel: CU 1721-1723