Wednesday, December 23, 2015
EGYPT
125: this se-tenant sheet of 6 birds features local species such as the roller, hoopoe, sooty falcon, palm dove and bee-eater
Sunday, December 20, 2015
BURUNDI
1000fr: this 2011 fauna issue shows a pod of hippos, which are still commonly seen on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in and around the capital
Saturday, December 19, 2015
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Monday, December 14, 2015
Friday, December 11, 2015
BENIN
300fr: this 2010 issue celebrates the 50th anniv. of independence of Benin, showing the evolution of the national flag from 1960.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
MALI
500fr: this airmail issue celebrates the 10th anniv. of the Moon Landing, and shows an earlier stamp issued by Mali for the occasion
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
Saturday, December 5, 2015
Wednesday, December 2, 2015
GUINEA-Bissau
P2000: this 1992 WWF issue features a sub-species of Colobus Monkey native to the Guinean rainforest
Tuesday, December 1, 2015
Monday, November 30, 2015
Monday, November 23, 2015
Friday, November 20, 2015
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Monday, November 2, 2015
Sunday, November 1, 2015
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
LESOTHO
M1.50: this 1996 issue shows youth and children, and was issued to celebrate the 50th anniv. of UNICEF
Friday, October 16, 2015
MALAWI
K4: this high value from a birds definitive shows the Green Pigeon on its next, a common local species of thickets and borders.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Sunday, September 27, 2015
ZAIRE
Z100 overprint: In the final years of Zaire's stamp issuing history, it had an enormous number of overprints, in successively increasing values. Seen here is 100z overprinted on a 1982 soccer World Cup issue
Friday, September 25, 2015
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Sunday, September 13, 2015
Friday, September 4, 2015
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Friday, August 21, 2015
UGANDA
Sh. 30 Se-tenant: this sheetlet of stamps is a partial set showing savannah mammals and birdlife of the diverse ecosystems of Uganda
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
UGANDA
Sh. 7,500: with over 1,060 bird species, Uganda is a prized site for birdwatching, as celebrated by this issue featuring bee-eaters
Sunday, August 2, 2015
RWANDA
50fr: two values from a 1987 wildlife issue shows leopards in action in the forests and savannas of Rwanda
Friday, July 31, 2015
NAMIBIA
Postcard Rate: this recent birds issue features the Dune Lark, a wide-ranging species in the arid interior of Namibia
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
ZAIRE
Z3.50: this large format issue shows elephants in Virunga National Park, in the eastern DRC, one of the oldest nature reserves in Africa
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
SEYCHELLES
Two additional values of this set include the Green-backed heron and the Seychelles Bulbul
R2: this issue shows birds endemic to Indian Ocean islands. The Gray-headed Lovebird is a small parrot native to Madagascar, and the only lovebird with a range outside continental Africa
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