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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:35:13 GMT
My main topical collection is Birds on stamps. It mostly stored on stock sheets, but I have attempted a couple of pages of an album. My preferred birds are kingfishers, so here is a bit about knigfishers.  |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:36:30 GMT
A very nice FDC:  |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:37:31 GMT
A maxi card:  |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:39:15 GMT
Some more KFs  |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:41:28 GMT
 ...You guessed it, more KFs |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:43:09 GMT
And finally, for now some pages i created for a small online exhibition:  |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:43:49 GMT
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:44:29 GMT
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:45:51 GMT
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:46:34 GMT
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 22, 2013 3:55:52 GMT
John James Audubon:  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 22, 2013 21:02:56 GMT
Beautiful pages, perfs14! I am not a topical collector (at least not yet), but I happen to have some images of birds on stamps that I'd like to share.   |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 22, 2013 23:08:27 GMT
Here is a pane of the State Birds and Flowers issue of April 14, 1982. These tagged, perf. 10.5 x 11.25 stamps, designed by Arthur and Alan Singer, were printed photogravure (Andreotti) from plates of 200 subjects in four panes of 50 (Scott 1953-2002). Sheets of this issue that were perf. 11.25 x 11 were assigned Scott numbers 1953A-2002A.  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 23, 2013 0:18:11 GMT
Here is a bird that many in my country hold near and dear. This perf. 10 stamp, printed by photogravure and issued August 12, 1983 in booklet panes of 3, features an Eagle and the Moon.  |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 24, 2013 1:35:17 GMT
Here is a lovely bird stamp I recently found, but alas don't own yet!  |
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Post by Perfs14 on Jul 25, 2013 0:38:42 GMT
No topic on birds should fail to mention some of the most beautiful bird 'stamps' ever issued:The US Hunting licence stamps. It is indeed ironic that these were issued (by the US Fish and Wildlife service or previously the US dept. of Ag.) for the specific purpose of allowing people to kill the very birds they portray. Still, that's the 'glass is half empty view. The glass is half full view would consider the stamps as a way of limiting the number of birds being eliminated, and thereby conserve them. Whichever is the view you like; the stamps are very attractive for the most part, especially the earlier issues. I only own one, the scan below shows it next to one of Australian definitive issues to show its relatively large dimensions:(BTW it was a gift as these are not cheap ~ $45)  |
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Post by roos on Jul 26, 2013 10:15:12 GMT
Australia 1998 Endangered Birds WWF Sheetlet of 10. Each stamps has a face value of 5 cents.  Roos |
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Post by roos on Jul 26, 2013 10:16:26 GMT
Australia 1998 Endangered Birds WWF Sheetlet of 10. Each stamp has a face value of 45 cents.  Roos |
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 12, 2013 23:40:30 GMT
No topic on birds should fail to mention some of the most beautiful bird 'stamps' ever issued:The US Hunting licence stamps... In the U.S., hunting permit stamps were authorized by a 1934 Act of Congress to license hunters. Receipts from their sale go to maintain waterfowl in the U.S. (perfs14's the glass half full). Hunting permit stamps are valid from July 1 through June 30. The sale of the permit stamps to collectors was legalized June 15, 1935. Below is the $2 emerald stamp for 1957 (Scott RW24).  |
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 13, 2013 0:08:57 GMT
Cuba air mail, 1956, 12c gray blue depicting a pigeon (Scott C137).  |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 13, 2013 4:42:32 GMT
Batum Osprey.  |
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 13, 2013 17:56:40 GMT
I don't often regret not being rich, but last week I wished that I could have bid for thiswonderful item:  Here are just a few of the pages from it: |
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 13, 2013 17:58:15 GMT
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 13, 2013 17:59:54 GMT
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Post by Perfs14 on Aug 13, 2013 18:02:23 GMT
Final Bid? Pretty cheap IMO. |
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 13, 2013 19:12:15 GMT
The Federal ducks really are nice to look at!
The first page of the collection, alone, cataloged $725 for no gum stamps in 2011 -- and several times that for stamps with original gum.
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Post by tomiseksj on Aug 15, 2013 21:59:28 GMT
Returning to the more affordable, a booklet pane of 5 perf. 11 stamps featuring hummingbirds that was issued June 15, 1992 (Scott 2646a). |
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Post by rod222 on Aug 15, 2013 23:20:50 GMT
Australia : Pick the odd one out.... |
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Post by paleophilatelist on Sept 4, 2013 16:23:05 GMT
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