| Issue Date | 22.09.2017 |
| ID | Michel: Stanley Gibbons: UPU: Category: pR |
| Author | Design: Purna Kala Limbu Consultant: Dr. Ramesh Shrestha, Chief, Natural History Museum, Nepal |
| Stamps in set | 6 |
| Value | Rs. 10 - Pachyportax Rs. 10 - Hipparion Rs. 10 - Dorcatherium Rs. 10 - Hemibos Acuticornis Rs. 100 - Brachypotherium Perminese Rs. 200 - Giraffokeryx Punjabiensis |
| Size (width x height) | 35 x 45 mm |
| Layout | 40 stamps per sheet |
| Products | Stamp folder x 1 |
| Paper | Security Stamp paper with special gumming |
| Perforation | 13 (?) |
| Print Technique |
Offset Lithography / Photogravure |
| Printed by | Perum Peruri, Indonesia |
| Quantity | 5.000.000 |
| Issuing Authority | His Majesty's Government of Nepal Postal Services Department |
On September 22, Post Authority of Nepal in cooperation with Natural History Museum of Nepal issued the third stamp set of prehistoric animals. This time, stamp folder produced instead of FDC.
 Pachyportax, extinct antelope
that lived Miocene and Pilocene times, 15.97 to 3.6 million years ago
in Asia region. It fossils found in different rivers in west Nepal. |
 Hemibos Acuticornis
an extinct even-toed ungulate belonging to the bovidae family. Its
fossil remains were found in Europe and Asia include Nepal.
This animal was very similar to the current Indian buffalo, which is
probably the ancestor. It was characterized by elongated and not
prominent frontal bones; the horn cores of the horns did not have a
neck at the base, and the angle between the horns was variable but
usually comprised between 85 ° and 110 °. |
Hipparion
is an extinct genus of horse that lived in North America, Asia, Europe,
and Africa during the Miocene through Pleistocene ~23 Mya—781,000 years
ago. It is one of the first grazing horses. distingushed from modern
horses he has two vestigal toes instead of one, on every feet. |
Dorcatherium
is an extinct genus of tragulid ruminant which existed in Europe, East
Africa and the Siwaliks (Nepal) during the Miocene and Pliocene. |
| Brachypotherium
Perminese is an extinct specie of rhinoceros, that lived
in Europa, Asia and Africa through middle-upper Miocene period, 17-4
million years ago. The animals were characteristic of relatively shor
skull, short legs and probably had no horn. With an estimated
live weight of 5 tons, they were among the largest known rhinoceroses.
They lived in open forest landscapes, feeding on soft plant food. |
 Giraffokeryx
is an
extinct genus of medium-sized giraffid known from the Miocene of the
Indian subcontinent and Eurasia. It is distinguished from other
giraffids by the four ossicones on its head; one pair in front of the
eyes on the anterior aspect of the frontal bone and the other behind
the eyes in the fronto-parietal region overhanging the temporal fossae.
It has a brachydont dentition like in other giraffids and legs and feet
are of medium length. Wikipedia |
Related stamps:
| "Fossils of Nepal", Nepal 2013 | "Natural History Museum of Nepal", Nepal 2014 | "Prehistoric elephants of Nepal", Nepal 2017 |
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Acknowledgement: Many thanks to Prof. Dr. Ramesh Shrestha, Chief, Natural History Museum for his support.
References: Natural History Museum of Nepal, Wikipedia
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Last update 19.11.2017
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