Portugal 2009 Charles Darwin and Flora and Fauna
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 12th February 2009
- six values in sheets, one value with sponsored label, and a miniature sheet
- Designed by: José Brandão and Elisabete Rolo (Atelier B2)
- Printed by: Cartor, France
- Print Process: lithography
- stamp format height 30½mm x width 40mm. Miniature sheet format height 95mm x width 125mm
- Perforations: 12.75 x 11.75 with cross cut-outs on vertical sides. Miniature sheet 11.75 x 12.75, cut-outs on horiz. sides
All the stamp designs bear a portrait of the Darwin in 1840 by George Richmond, and his signature, plus a drawing of flora and fauna (after George Beccaloni)
0.32€ ~ pair of Galapagos large ground finches, Geospiza magnirostris
0.32€ ~ Galapagos marine iguana
0.68€ ~ orchids
0.68€ ~ machaco (diana) monkey
0.80€ ~ duck-billed platypus
0.80€ ~ fossilised shells and skull of capybara (giant rodent)
Miniature sheet 2.50€ ~ coloured portrait of the young Darwin, pair of European stonechats, Saxicola rubicola
Border: watercolour of 1833 by Conrad Martens, 1801-1878 Beagle in the Murray Straits (in Tierra del Fuego)
sheet stamps
sheets of 50 stamps (single design)
sheet stamp with label
sheets of 20 stamps plus 20 labels
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