UZBEKISTAN

UZBEKISTAN / O'ZBEKISTON.

25th anniversary of the Kitab State Geological Reserve.
Stamp issued on 01.12.2004 (with an attached label).
Face value: 100 Uzbekistani som.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 20,000 copies.
Size: 60 x 42 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 556.
- Scott No. 404.
- StampWorld No. 563.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 478.

The Kitab Reserve lies on the southwestern spurs of the Zarafshan Range (part of the Pamir-Alay mountains), in the Qashqadaryo region (East Uzbekistan), near Tadjikistan border, on the left bank of the Jindidarya River. It was created in 1979. The area occupied by the reserve is 39.38 km² (15.20 sq mi). For 120-140 million years in the area of the Kitab Geological Reserve a warm sea basin had been. Therefore, the main sights are paleontological and stratigraphical sections. These are the objects where one can observe the sequence of formation of rocks and study the fossils of ancient organic forms preserved in them. The Khojakurgan valley (in the stamp) is not only one of the modern episodes of wildlife, but also the recorded in stone the life story spanning more than 140 million years of Paleozoic time.