Mandarin Duck - 1999
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Monday, January 27, 2014
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Sunday, January 26, 2014
Tonga - The Blue-crowned Lorikeet 1979-1980
Looking at self adhesive stamps on bird - you got to have a look at the Tonga stamps - one of the very first country to issue them and the unusual shape make them collectible .
They look beautiful mint / used .
The very first set was the Blue Crowned Lori with leaves in the background .
Used copies:
This stamps was printed in 1980 and it did get postally used -and I managed copy. The Mint copy has a high catalogue value and a wonderful stamp to have in a bird collection.
They look beautiful mint / used .
The very first set was the Blue Crowned Lori with leaves in the background .
1979
Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis
- 5s,11s,14s,15s,17s,18s,22s,31s,39s,75s,1p .
1980
5s no Leaves in background.
This stamps was printed in 1980 and it did get postally used -and I managed copy. The Mint copy has a high catalogue value and a wonderful stamp to have in a bird collection.
Now talking about Lori's - i had a encounter with the Rainbow Lorikeet on my last visit to Longleat zoo UK.It was just amazing feeding these birds in a zoo enclosure and they were very friendly.
Photos by : Anoop Wilson
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Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Ascension - Bird Favorites 1934 and 1963
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1934
Wideawake Tern or just wideawake. This refers to the incessant calls produced by a colony of these birds, as does the Hawaiian name ʻewa ʻewa which roughly means "cacophony".
This beautiful stamp - see closely shows a large colony of birds sitting closely , taking care of their eggs and nesting.
The 1963 set represents birds that are close to the Oceans and the seas. Its true that no birds spends its entire life at sea but many do. In the following stamp set the 6d - Sooty Tern spends a long time a before it returns to land to breed .
Some of them feed on land others believe to snatch away food in flight from others.
1963
The £1 high value stamp of the Red Footed Booby is my favorite , but i think this complete set with all these one of a kind "Oceans and sea birds" makes it a lovely to have in a collection
1d - Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
1½d - Black Noddy Anous minutus
2d - White Tern Gygis alba
3d - Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
4½d - Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
6d - Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
7d - Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
10d - Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
1s - White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
1s6d - Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
2s6d - Band-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro
5s - Red-footed Booby Sula sula
10s - Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
1£ - Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Thursday, January 16, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Argentina Child Welfare Bird Stamps
Some countries regular issue child welfare stamps, often annually, with an incorporated surcharge to raise funds for a particular charity. Argentina issued regular child welfare stamps from 1958 and some of the 1970 set is inscribed “Pro Infancia”.
1960
20c Andean Condor Vultur gryphus
50c Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
1p Magellanic Woodpecker Campephilus magellanicus
2p Huayco Tinamou Rhynchotus maculicollis
3p Greater Rhea Rhea americana
1961
1.80p Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
4.20p Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps
1962
4p Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
12p Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
1963
4p Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
11p Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
1964
4p Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
18p Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga
1966
8p Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
27.50p Rufous Hornero Furnarius rufus
1967
20p Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
26p Toco Toucan Ramphastos toco
10p Scarlet-headed Blackbird Amblyramphus holosericeus 15p Blue-and-yellow Tanager Thraupis bonariensis
1969
20p White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
26p Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatu
1970
20c Slender-tailed Woodstar Microstilbon burmeisteri
40c Chilean Flamingo Phoenicopterus chilensis
1974 & 1976
70c Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens
1.20p Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanica
7p Plush-crested Jay Cyanocorax chrysops
13p Golden-collared Macaw Primolius auricollis
1978
| 50p | Hooded Siskin Spinus magellanica | ||
| 100p | Double-collared Seedeater Sporophila caerulescens | ||
| 150p | Saffron-cowled Blackbird Xanthopsar flavus | ||
| 200p | Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus | ||
| 500p | Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus |
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Argentina Song Birds.
I was just focusing on the countries in alphabet "A" and surprisingly I picked up Argentina for collecting their Bird stamps.
I started from the 1928 - Airmails and Overprints Zepplins - which are good ones to collect and have high catalogue values ,but some very recent stamps made me wonder of their high catalog values...these are the Songbird stamps -1995 .
1995- Birds of Argentina
9.40p - Baywing also known as the Bay-winged Cowbird , and called Músico meaning a musician who are known to sing in flocks and whistle and vary the pitch in a song...and a "Chuk" as a simple call.
5p - Hooded Siskin is a passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds.
10p - Rufous-collared Sparrow also known as Chingolo in spanish and have meaning like White Throated .
All these stamps were high face valued stamps in 1995 and also not a large number were printed so its a demand and high value that drives these stamps catalogue value today.
Apart from a high catalog/retail values I think the birds mentioned here are beautiful and a essential set in an Advanced bird stamp collection.
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