February 16, 2012

Fauna of Russia - The whales.

A set of two stamp was released on the whales found in Russian waters by Russia Post on 8th February 2012.

The first stamp depicts Orca whale which  In Russia, lives in the Bering and Chukchi seas in the north-east of Kamchatka, the Commander Islands.The second stamp depicts the Humpback whale. In Russian waters humpback whales are found in the Bering Strait and the seas of the Pacific Ocean and the Barents Sea.

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