Saturday, May 11, 2013

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

Sunday, April 28, 2013

TUNISIA / Tunisie

450: this 1994 Philkorea Exposition issue features cultural attractions and stamp images in stylized sketches

SWAZILAND

E1: this cultural heritage issue features rock paintings at Nsangwini, a tourist site in a small shelter run by local community members

ZAMBIA

10n: the Black-cheeked Lovebird is a small parrot endemic to SW Zambia, where it has a very small range and is vulnerable to habitat loss

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

ZIMBABWE

$1.16: this 1993 issue shows a gem quality emerald, one of the many minerals mined in Zimbabwe; this stamp sports a clear town cancel from Bulawayo

UGANDA / l'Ouganda

400Sh: this recent local interest issue urges treatment of cattle to guard against disease

ZIMBABWE

35c: the colorful bird of paradise heliconia, a commonly cultivated tropical species, is featured on this 1994 flora issue

ZAMBIA

K1.70: this tourism issue featured walking tours to see lions, in Luangwa Valley National Park

Thursday, April 18, 2013

TANZANIA

Sh. 250: the colorful Catalina Goby is pictured on this freshwater fish issue

TUNISIA / Tunisie

350: this large-format 2005 issue celebrates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UGANDA

Sh. 100, 300: the Golden Monkey and Impala are shown on this local wildlife set

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