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Skip Navigation Links>Wild Camel

1993-3 Wild Camel — Special Stamps FDC

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of PHC released on February 20, 1993 a set of two special stomps entitled " Wild Camel" with a total face value of  1.80 yuan.

Wild camel, also named two-humped wild camel, the ancestor of domestic camels, is a kind of social animal living in desert. They can Subsist on coarse and sparse food. Camels are now valued for scientific study and economic use. Due to the change of natural environment and the impact of human activities, camels are now on the verge of extinction. Wild camel is now listed under the 1st Category of the Stote Protected Species in China.

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