Many Of My Friends Know That I Collect Stamps,

from the UK pre 1950s,

but I still look at stamps from other places and times like these, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) has released a set of 12 stamps illustrated with beautiful artwork of endangered species, for the last 21 years, the UNPA has issued this stamp series in order to raise awareness of the need for protection of endangered animals across the globe, like the example above for the U.S.

American artist Amadeo Bachar created the artwork for the 2014 series, His background in marine biology and scientific illustration made him a particularly qualified artist to handle the task, Bachar's work has been featured in National Geographic and Scientific American, among other prominent publications, the above set is for Switzerland,

Europe is also included with these priced in Euros, the stamps are available to purchase here, also if you wist to see more of Bachar's work have a look here, it is well worth a look, he really is a talented artist.