Showing posts with label WWF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWF. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 17, 2016

ANGOLA

Kw300,000: this WWF inflationary issue shows the Lesser Flamingo, a wide-ranging species

Thursday, May 26, 2016

CHAD / Tchad

50fr: this WWF issue shows the Addax, an endangered antelope native to the rugged interior of Chad

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

GUINEA-Bissau

P2000: this 1992 WWF issue features a sub-species of Colobus Monkey native to the Guinean rainforest

Sunday, March 29, 2015

CHAD

300fr: this WWF issue features the N. White Rhino, which was historically found in Chad but now extinct due to massive poaching

Saturday, January 10, 2015

NIGER

150fr: the Dammah Oryx is featured on this endangered mammal WWF issue

Saturday, December 20, 2014

SEYCHELLES

R1, R5: Two wildlife issues showing a Flying Fox hanging at its roost, and a female Black Paradise Flycatcher, an endemic species

Saturday, October 18, 2014

SENEGAL

45fr: the Ndama Gazelle is featured on this WWF wildlife conservation awareness issue

Sunday, July 20, 2014

MALI

200fr: this WWF issue features the Derby's Eland, a tall plains antelope

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

SWAZILAND

90c, 65c: two local wildlife issues feature the leopard and the Oribi

Saturday, May 10, 2014

BURUNDI

70fr: this high value from a WWF fauna set features the Cheetah, fastest mammal of the African savannah

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

MAURITIUS / Ile Maurice

R1: this WWF issue shows endemic spotted geckos basking on a branch

Thursday, February 27, 2014

RWANDA

15fr: this WWF issue shows two adult mountain gorillas, which inhabit moist forest in the Virungas range on Rwanda's northern border with Uganda and the Dem. Rep. of Congo

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

NIGER

200fr: a WWF fauna issue shows the Addax, a highly endangered antelope species of the Sahel

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

SENEGAL

200fr, 180fr: two wildlife issues, at top a 1986 WWF issue showing Ndama Gazelles, and below a green chameleon issued in 1990

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

MALAWI

20t: this WWF birds issue features a pair of Wattled Cranes at a nest with two eggs; this gregarious species inhabits water edges and savannah

Monday, October 14, 2013

BENIN

15fr: this WWF issue shows the Roseate Tern, a migratory species which was widely hunted in the past century. It breeds in Europe and winters in the tropics and Africa.

Friday, September 27, 2013

CAMEROON

40 fr: WWF Issue of 1988 showing the Drill, a primate species known only from the tropical forests of NW Cameroon, eastern Nigeria and the island of Bioko (Equatorial Guinea). The forest habitat that the Drill needs to survive is threatened by deforestation throughout its range. This species is sexually dimorphic, with males growing to almost twice the size as females.

Monday, August 19, 2013

CHAD / Tchad

700fr pair: this WWF set shows the Addax, an endangered ungulate native to the rugged interior of Chad

Monday, August 12, 2013

CENTRAL AFRICAN REP.

200fr: this se-tenant WWF issue shows the Shoebill Stork, a resident of wetlands and riverbanks in the CAR.

Saturday, July 20, 2013

ZAIRE

2z: this WWF fund issue was issued among the last before Zaire changed its official name. It shows the Okapi or Forest Giraffe, a shy forest species.

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