hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Apr 15, 2024 5:32:32 GMT
Air mail stamp from Mali, issued in 1961, showing the gonolek bird ( Laniarius barbarus). This is YT #PA8a with the last E of "REPUBLIQUE" in the overprint missing.
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hrdoktorx
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Posts: 6,616
What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Apr 22, 2024 20:22:49 GMT
Today I received a selection of Angolan stamps from a colleague's relative in Portugal, and it will help me fill in quite a few gaps. First, I can now show an almost complete (only missing the highest 50 a. denomination) series of bird stamps issued in 1951:
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stanley64
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What I collect: Canada, USA, Netherlands, Portugal & Colonies, Antarctic Territories and anything that catches my eye...
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Post by stanley64 on Apr 25, 2024 10:09:20 GMT
As it is World Penguin Day, here is the Gentoo penguin pair as depicted on a 2d stamp from the Falkland Islands along with a couple of other feathered friends,
These three stamps are from the 1966 De La Rue reprints of the earlier Waterlow issues
1/2d, Falkland Islands Thrush (Turdus f. falklandii) - final printing with sideways watermark
2d, Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
2/, Kelp Geese (Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum)
The Falkland Islands bird definitive set was initially printed by the Waterlow & Sons who completed the initial printing of all 15 values and was released in 1960. Of the 15 values, two included penguin species found on the islands: the 2d Gentoo Penguin and the 5 1/2d Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome). The contract was later surrendered and all the original dies, transfer rollers, plates and perforating heads were transferred to Thomas De La Rue for subsequent printings beginning in 1961.
With multiple reprints, shifting vignettes, perforation variations, plate numbers, etc., this is one set, 'The Bird Definitives of the Falkland Islands' that could easily be a specialist focus...
Have fun and happy collecting!!
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Apr 27, 2024 15:24:49 GMT
Two stamps featuring flamingos, meant to mark 50 years of sino-spanish relations, issued by China in 2023:
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