Sh. 800: this issue celebrates the Tanzania Posts Corporation, which modernized mail services.
Sunday, March 21, 2021
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.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Monday, November 30, 2020
Saturday, October 17, 2020
SOUTH SUDAN
SSP 100: this 2020 issue features the world united in fighting Covid-19, with a map and the S. Sudanese flag inset at top.
Tuesday, September 8, 2020
Swaziland
E1.50: this colorful 1986 issue celebrates the passing of Halley's Comet, over an African savannah. This was a worldwide phenomenon widely represented philatelically.
Monday, August 31, 2020
TRANSKEI (Rep. of SOUTH AFRICA)
4c-16c: this 1984 definitive series was from the short-lived autonomous homeland of Transkei, now part of the Republic of South Africa, and shows music and cultural life, dancers, stick fighting and animal husbandry.
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Saturday, April 18, 2020
ANGOLA
Var: this 1970 sheetlet features transport, with a background showing the lovely Duque de Branganca Falls, and commemorates 100 years of postage stamps.
Monday, March 30, 2020
CENTRAL AFRICAN Rep.
100fr: local scenes are shown on this 2019 issue, including the Majorettes dance troop and landscape scenery along the Oubangui River
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
BOTSWANA
P2-10: this 2019 set shows varied landscapes of Botswana, with insets showing unique wildlife and flora. A great new addition to the ecotourism-oriented philately of Botswana!
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Sunday, November 24, 2019
Equatorial Guinea
400, 550, 650 FCFA: local fruit and flowers, including breadfruit and Cacao are pictured on this flora series from Equatorial Guinea
Monday, November 18, 2019
EGYPT
30p block of four: this local birds issue includes two species of bee eaters, a swallow and a roller.
Saturday, November 2, 2019
Saturday, September 21, 2019
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.
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