San Marino
Date of Issue: 11th February 2025
one stamp (2.45 €)
These stamp is issued in a souvenir-sheet of 4 stamps The stamp depicts the so-called ‘San Marino Whale’ (scientific name
Titanocetus sammarinensis), an extraordinary cetacean dating back to the
Miocene period, whose fossil remains were found in 1897 in a stone
quarry near the summit of Mount Titano. The exceptional find aroused the
interest of the international scientific community. The original finds
are kept at the G. Capellini Museum of Palaeontology and Geology in
Bologna, while the right hemimandibula, a cast of the skull, ribs and
left hemimandibula are on display at the San Marino Natural History
Museum
