SULTANATE of OMAN

Another beautiful cover from Oman, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2016 with the Arabian Oryx (Oryx Leucoryx), a medium-sized antelope and the smallest member of the Oryx genus, native to desert and steppe areas of the Arabian Peninsula. The Arabian oryx was extinct in the wild by the early 1970s, but was saved in zoos and private reserves, and was reintroduced into the wild starting in 1980.
In 1986, the Arabian oryx was classified as endangered and, in 2011, it was the first animal to revert to vulnerable status after previously being listed as extinct in the wild.