Showing posts with label WWF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label WWF. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Thursday, May 26, 2016
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
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
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
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
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
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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