PHILATAX
Philat-tax (pronounces: "flat-tax") combines Philat-ely (the study of postage stamps and stamp history) and Tax-onomy (the science of classification of living and extinct organisms.)
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It is estimated that there are around 500,000 different postage stamps that have been issued world-wide by approximately 700 different countries. Some countries no longer exist (East Germany, Czechoslovakia), some countries have changed their names (Ceylon/Sri Lanka, Burma/Myamar). Often countries have issued stamps commemorating a species more than once, for example when they are commemorating their national animal (United States: the eagle), plant (Canada: the maple tree) or flower (France: the iris). | The study of taxonomy classifies all biological life and places each unique species into a biological kingdom. A widely accepted model* of all living things (which is being used on this website), classifies species in seven different kingdoms:
Total: over 2 million unique classified biological species. Scientists point out that there are millions of species yet to be classified. |