The President of the Gay Republic of Kemp Land, His Excellency, President Aubrey McKinnon, announced a new set of stamps featuring Dinosaurs.

"The 30 cent stamp shows the Argentinosaurus," the President explained, adding "this is a genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur first discovered by Guillermo Heredia in Argentina. The dinosaur lived on the then-island continent of South America somewhere between 97 and 93½ million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period. It is among the largest known dinosaurs."

Gasps from the press gallery followed when the President unveiled the design for the 90 cent stamp. "This giant-size stamp features Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most well-represented of the large theropods. Tyrannosauri lived throughout what is now western North America, on what was then an island continent known as Laramidia. It was the last known member of the tyrannosaurids, and among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before the Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction Event."

The President then explained about the $1.35 stamp, the inland registered mail rate. "This stamp shows the Quetzalcoatlus northropi, a pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. Its name comes from the Mesoamerican feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl."

Finally, the top value was shown to the amazed journalists. "Patagotitan on the $3 stamp is a genus of titanosaurian sauropod from the Cerro Barcino Formation in Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Contemporary studies estimate the length of the type specimen, a young adult, at 37 meters with an approximate weight of 69 tonnes," he elaborated.

The President concluded by urging youth to study the extinct dinosaurs, and urged them to take action to reverse climate change so that no more extinction events occur in our lifetime.

• Date of issue was 2nd November 2019.

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