Showing posts with label Birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birds. Show all posts

Sunday, January 3, 2021

TRISTAN da CUNHA


 L3: this high value sheetlet shows the endemic Tristan Albatross, an enigmatic seabird only classified as a separate species in 1998.  Its global population numbers only some 1,500 pairs.

Monday, November 18, 2019

EGYPT

30p block of four: this local birds issue includes two species of bee eaters, a swallow and a roller.

Friday, August 9, 2019

BURKINA FASO

450, 600, 750fr: this se-tenant issue from 1985 shows songbirds: from top the Gonolek, Cordon bleu and Weaverbirds.

Sunday, August 4, 2019

Dem. Rep. of CONGO

FC1: this se-tenant set shows emblematic wildlife of Africa set in an aquatic setting with a waterfall.  Several of the species, such as the mandrill and giraffes, are typical of savannah ecosystems.

Friday, June 7, 2019

GUINEA

750fr: this Scouting sheetlet shows native birds and butterflies such as the Long-tailed Whydah, sunbirds and Ring-necked Parakeet

Saturday, March 9, 2019

ERITREA

Nf10: this sheetlet shows the wide-ranging Peregrine Falcon, perching as well as diving.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

GUINEA

50f, 100f: this Scouting issue features youth study of natural species, such as birds and butterflies.

Monday, December 17, 2018

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

500fr: this parrots series shows species that are non-native to Africa, but are colorful and prevalent in the pet trade

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

ERITREA

mini-sheet of 9 se-tenant stamps: this spectacular bird sheetlet features, from upper right the ground hornbill, roller, weaver, sandgrouse, francolin and various larks.

Friday, October 5, 2018

SENEGAL

50fr, 250fr: this Airmail issue features two colorful savannah species: the Carmine Bee Eater and the Red Bishop.

Saturday, September 29, 2018

SEYCHELLES

R1.50 this millenium issue features the Fairy Tern over seas lit by a glowing sunset.

Saturday, June 16, 2018

MADAGASCAR

1500fr: this Scouting issue celebrates island biodiversity, and shows scouts studying some of the very colorful local species depicted in the margins, such as endemic Malagasy birds and butterflies.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

SIERRA LEONE

    L9800 se-tenant strip: WWF set of Greater Flamingos feeding, breeding and taking flight

Friday, April 6, 2018

Rep. SOUTH AFRICA

B4: this spectacular issue features African species of the family Meropidae: bee eaters.

Saturday, November 11, 2017

CONGO

500fr: the Marsh Owl, a secretive nocturnal species is featured on this 1995 issue.

Friday, September 1, 2017

NAMIBIA

NSRate: this 2013 birds issue features the Damara Hornbill, a conspicuous species in the open brush

Saturday, August 5, 2017

NAMIBIA

N$2.90, 3.40: this set features two species of local Sunbirds, of the family Nectariinidae.

Sunday, May 28, 2017

SOUTH AFRICA

Intl Rate: Two values from a birds issue featuring Sunbirds, a unique family of nectar-sipping birds.

Monday, April 24, 2017

MALAWI

K115: this sheetlet features the endemic Lilian's Lovebird, a gregarious tiny parrot

Sunday, March 12, 2017

LESOTHO


30s se-tenant sheetlet: this stunning sheet shows birds of the highland veld or savannah woodlands of the mountain kingdom of Lesotho









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