FREE: Joint US-Soviet Issue 1990--Creatures of the Sea--Northern Sea Lions

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Up for auction or GIN is a pair of stamps from a series of four 1990 US-Soviet jointly issued "Creatures of the Sea" series. This pair represents the Northern Sea Lion.

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U.S.-Soviet joint issue

In the spirit of glasnost, the Postal Service and the Soviet Union jointly issued four stamps with a "Creatures of the Sea" theme in October 1990.

Two of the designs are by an American artist and two by a Soviet artist. The stamps depicted the dolphin, killer whale, northern sea lion and sea otter. These marine animals are common to American and Russian territorial waters.

The denominations are 25 cents for the U.S. stamps and 25 kopecks for the Russian stamps. Departing from its tradition, the United States followed the Soviet practice of printing "1990" on the stamps.

The two nations previously joined forces on a stamp issue in 1975, with a pair of stamps honoring the historic Apollo-Soyuz space mission.