Tuesday, May 28, 2013

SOUTH AFRICA / Afrique du Sud

R6: These airmail stamps are from a set of 5 featuring local birds, these show the Knysna Tauraco and the Cape Parrot

TOGO

90fr: this 1986 issue shows astounded villagers watching the passing of Halley's Comet

Monday, May 27, 2013

SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

D1000, D3500: Two recent fauna issues show the endemic Yellow-breasted Sunbird and a terrestrial hermit crab

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

UGANDA

Sh. 1200: this 2002 issue features the 8th International Conference on Women

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

SENEGAL

150fr: this 2006 Democracy and Freedom issue shows the right to protest and free expression

Saturday, May 11, 2013

SIERRA LEONE

L600 pair: two stamps from an African birds sheetlet: seen here are the Scarlet-Tufted Malachite Sunbird and the W. Violet-backed Sunbird

SUDAN

50d, 300d: a Zandi Dancer is featured at left, while at right a small format issue shows local buildings and architectural styles

ZAMBIA

K300: this colorful butterfly issue features the Gaudy Commodore

TANZANIA

Sh. 300: this world birds issue features the Thick-billed Green Pigeon, a species known from tropical forests of SE Asia

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

TANZANIA

Sh. 300: this tourism issue shows a pair of lions against a backdrop of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in the "Northern Circuit" of Tanzania's tourist sites and parks

SWAZILAND

10c: the aptly-named Gorgeous Bush Shrike, a savannah species, is shown on this early birds definitive issue

ZAMBIA

K4: the Bushbuck is a common site in Zambia's national parks, and featured on this fauna issue.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

ZIMBABWE

80c, $1.15, $1.75, $2.30: this 1996 issue shows various competitive sports played at the 6th All Africa Games

ZAMBIA

K2 on K5 overprint: this issue celebrates 100 years of the Trans-continental Telegraph in Africa

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