Travel the World of Postage Stamps - Protected Animals - Cuban Racer (Alsophis cantherigerus) - Cuba 1984 - Michel Cuba 2888 - my hobby

over 2 years ago (Edited)

Travel the World of Postage Stamps - Protected Animals - Cuban Racer (Alsophis cantherigerus) - Cuba 1984 - Michel Cuba 2888 - my hobby.

Greetings friends!

I tried to ravel in the reason why the series Protected Animals of postage stamps, issued on the island of Cuba in 1984, in general, had a chance to exist.

Drawings depicting animals are very primitive, they do not give us an idea of the true appearance of animals.

I have only one explanation for this, these are drawings of a young relative, perhaps a son, or grandson of Fidel Castro, or, someone from close persons.

The issue of postage stamps is not an easy task, which goes through a lot of approvals and approval by the top government, if it is a state circulation of postage stamps, and not a private order. I doubt that in Cuba, a mere mortal will be able to issue his own series of postage stamps.

For a year now I have been negotiating in Ukraine about the issue of my own series of postage stamps, but I cannot achieve a result. So far, I am refused to include my series in the catalogs, only, the inclusion in the list of philatelic products, which does not suit me.

Therefore, I think that only Fidel's strong hand could confirm this horror.

So, on another postage stamp with a face value of 3 Cuban centavos, we see a snake Cuban Racer (Alsophis cantherigerus).

It is a harmless creature, but you will never recognize it if you compare it to the snake depicted on a postage stamp.

With the same success, you can recognize in this snake a snake, a cobra, a viper, or a black mamba.

How do you protect someone who cannot be recognized?

In those days, there was no wikipedia and you would have to trust this image, lol.

Let's take a look at this postage stamp.

Description of the postage stamp:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: Cuba.
Subject: # Fauna, # Animals, # Nature, # Cuba.
Series: Protected Animals.
Name: Cuban Racer (Alsophis cantherigerus).
Denomination of a postage stamp: 3 ¢ - Cuban centavo.
Michel's Cuba catalog code: 2888.
Episode release date: October 10, 1984.
Perforation: comb 12¾.
Postage stamp size: 33 x 45 mm.
Printing technology: Offset lithography.
Circulation: ?.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ ? - $ ?.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.06 - $ 0.19.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

Previous postage stamp from this series and a link to its description:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: Cuba.
Subject: # Fauna, # Animals, # Nature, # Cuba.
Series: Protected Animals.
Name: Cuban Solenodon (Solenodon cubanus).
Denomination of a postage stamp: 2 ¢ - Cuban centavo.
Michel's Cuba catalog code: 2887.
Episode release date: October 10, 1984.
Perforation: comb 12¾.
Postage stamp size: 33 x 45 mm.
Printing technology: Offset lithography.
Circulation: ?.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ ? - $ ?.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.04 - $ 0.17.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Canceled postage stamp

Previous postage stamp from this series and a link to its description:

Type: Postage Stamp.
Country: Cuba.
Subject: # Fauna, # Animals, # Nature, # Cuba.
Series: Protected Animals.
Name: Cuban Land Snail (Polymita picta).
Denomination of a postage stamp: 1 ¢ - Cuban centavo.
Michel's Cuba catalog code: 2886.
Episode release date: October 10, 1984.
Perforation: comb 12¾.
Postage stamp size: 33 x 45 mm.
Printing technology: Offset lithography.
Circulation: ?.
Estimated price for a clean postage stamp: $ ? - $ ?.
Estimated price for a canceled postage stamp: $ 0.07 - $ 0.21.
Photo: original from @barski collection.

Link to description:

Canceled postage stamp

To be continued!

You can see the development of the story of my postage stamp collection on my Leofinance blog.

Author @barski

Ukraine

I edited a photo in the program PhotoDirector, which I also installed on my smartphone.
For my publications, I do not use stock photographs, it is fundamentally important for me to use photographs that I have made with my own hands for publication and I can name them - authorial work.