Description
Date of issue: 17 February 2020
Artist: Sandra Macieira (Portugal)
Designer: Rorie Katz (United Nations)
Stamp size: 39.2 mm x 28.6 mm
Stamps per sheet: 16 (4 designs per sheet)
Printer: Joh. Enschedé Stamps Security Printers B.V. (Netherlands)
Process: Offset lithography
Perforation: 12 ½ x 12 ¾
Quantity:
US $1.20 14,000 sheets (224,000 stamps)
CHF 1.50 13,000 sheets (208,000 stamps)
€ 0.90 14,500 sheets (232,000 stamps)
The Designs
The $1.20 stamps depict the following endangered species:
- Sphyrna mokarran (Great Hammerhead Shark)
- Neophron percrnopterus (Egyptian Vulture)
- Phoenicoparrus andinus (Andean flamingo)
- Ovis ammon (Argali sheep)
The CHF 1,50 stamps depict the following endangered species:
- Leucogeranus leucogeranus (Siberian Crane)
- Addax nasomaculatus (Addax)
- Monodon monoceros (Narwhal)
- Falco cherrug (Saker Falcon)
The € 0,90 stamps depict the following endangered species:
- Panthera leo (Lion)
- Pelecanus crispus (Dalmatian Pelican)
- Phocoena phocoena (Common Porpoise)
- Equus kiang (Kiang)