Russia has been a member state of UNESCO since April 21 of 1954. To date, our country has 21 cultural and 11 natural World Heritage sites. Since 2010, the Putorana Plateau has been on the UNESCO World Heritage List as an area with unique Arctic ecosystems through which the reindeer migration is taking place.
The Putorana Plateau is a heavily dissected mountain range in the northwestern part of the Central Siberian Plateau, located in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. It was formed resulting from the eruption of a massive volcano approximately 250 million years ago, which wiped out more than 70% of all life within a radius of hundreds of kilometers. The plateau lies on the boundary between the taiga and the tundra.
The postage stamp provides an image of the Great Irkinda Waterfall, on the cliff there is a Putoran bighorn sheep; the margins feature the area surrounding the Nature Reserve with its typical flora and fauna.
The composition of the souvenir pack in cover “World Heritage of UNESCO. Putorana Plateau” includes:
- postal block №3649 “World Heritage of UNESCO. Putorana Plateau”;
- FDC with cancellation in Norilsk “World Heritage of UNESCO. Putorana Plateau”;
- vignette.
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Offset + glossy lamination |
480 pcs. |