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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Geneva/New York/Vienna, 7 April 2021</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p><br>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) produced 12 stamps highlighting species of wild fauna and flora that only occur in unique and limited geographical regions.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#1E1E1E"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Created
by Cuban American artist Juan Carlos Alonso, the 2021 stamps showcase 12 species, including six mammals, three plants, two birds and one reptile, all exclusively found in specific ranges.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(30, 30, 30);"><o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);"> </span></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">Link to article: https://cites.org/eng/UN_Stamps_CITES_endemic_Species_07042021</span></p>
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