SOVIET UNION

SOVIET UNION / СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК.

Save the nature in the Arctic!
Arctic landscape with reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) and map of the Arctic lands.
Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 18.01.1989.
Face value: 10 Soviet kopek.
Design: Yury Artsimenev (1937-2019).
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 4,500,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 42 (x2) mm.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 5863.
- Michel No. 5922.
- Scott No. 5748.
- StampWorld No. 5721.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 5968.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 5601.
- Zagorski No. 5974.

The Arctic is a geographic and geopolitical concept that usually includes the lands and seas north of the Arctic Circle and the ice cap centered on the North Pole. It comprises regions of eight countries: the Russian Federation, Finland. Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Canada and Alaska (in the United States), and several seas belonging to the Arctic Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean (the main ones are: Chukchi Sea, East Siberian Sea, Laptev Sea, Kara Sea, Barents Sea, Norwegian Sea, Greenland Sea, Baffin Bay, Hudson Bay and Beaufort Sea). All eight Arctic nations are members of the Arctic Council, as well as organizations representing six indigenous populations. The Council operates on a consensus basis, primarily dealing with environmental treaties, and does not address boundary or resource disputes. The Arctic has been and is the subject of various territorial claims, which have led to some international conflicts.

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Thanks to Fadda Giuseppe for his contribution.