Stamps Of Small Animals / Mammals / Fauna

Maki of Mayotte (Eulemur fulvus mayottensis), designed by J. L. Couput, engraved by Claude Jumelet, and issued for use in Mayotte on August 30, 1997, Scott No. 89.

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Here are images of the five airmail stamps in an exotic small mammals set designed by Laotian artist S. Rodboon, engraved by Roger Fenneteaux and Gilbert Aufschneider, and issued by Laos on October 7, 1965, Scott Nos. C47-51.

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Leopard cat (Felis bengalensis)


Phayre's Flying Squirrel (Hylopetes phayrei) Note: The scientific name for this animal is incomplete on the stamp.


Javan Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus)


Crestless Porcupine (Hystrix hodgsoni)


Binturong (Arctictis binturong) Note: The scientific name for this animal is misspelled (as "bingturong") on the stamp!

WWF stamps are very ornate and have this sort of subject matter almost exclusively

Nethryk, those last Laos stamps remind me of something about their design but I can't pin point it. The designs look somewhat medieval, like on a tapestry, kind of two dimensional rather than the 3D look artists go for now. Love the teeth. Nice doggie.

Hi Nethryk, lovely stamp from Mayotte showing a Maki, appreciate the strategically-drawn leaves .
This reminds me of the William Farquhar collection of natural history drawings, which were commissioned
by Farquhar during his time as British Resident & Commandant of Malacca from 1803- 1818.
As photography was not available then, painting was the only means of recording nature & wildlife.
However, drawings of mammals were 'politely' rendered & could not be entirely anatomically accurate.


Drawing of a Gibbon from the collection




Farquhar was involved in the discovery & identification of several indigenous species including the Binturong.

Drawing of Binturong from the collection




The actual animal

These stamps are part of the Singapore 2002 issue showing drawings from the Farquhar Collection.
The small mammals shown in these stamps include: Malayan porcupine, Malayan tapir, slow loris,
red giant flying squirrel, Asian small-clawed otter, giant squirrel & mousedeer.

Leng, good information on the Farquhar collection & the stamps featuring the drawings. I have seen the drawings in a museum in
Singapore but have not seen the stamps. haha agree about that Mayotte lemur/maki stamp.

Puzzler - Thanks. Yes, each artist has a unique vision.

Leng - Thanks. Maybe the maki was merely modest?

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a wolverine (Gulo gulo), designed by Ingalill Axelsson, engraved by Lars Sjööblom, and issued by Sweden on January 31, 1989 as one of six stamps in an endangered animals set, Scott No. 1723, Facit No. 1541.

- nethryk

What a beautifully engraved Wolverine stamp!

Honey badger (Mellivora capensis) on Kazakhstan 2009 stamp. The honey badger a.k.a. the ratel,
is more similar to the marten & weasel family than badgers.

Leng - Glad you liked the wolverine.

Cape Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis), printed by lithogravure, and issued by Swaziland on August 1, 1969, Scott No. 161. That pleasant-looking fellow in the upper left corner is King Sobhuza II (1899-1982).

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Red panda (Ailurus fulgens), designed and engraved by Lars Sjööblom after a photo by C. Larsson, and issued by Sweden on July 1, 1997, Scott No. 2238, Facit No. 2026.

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Desert Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) in the Réserve de Bouna, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet after an illustration by French zoologist Pierre-Louis Dekeyser (1914-1984), and issued by Ivory Coast in 1963, Scott No. 207.

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Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus, formerly known as Alopex lagopus), designed by Ingalill Axelsson after a photograph by Swedish naturalists P. Klaesson and B.O. Olsson, engraved by Majvor Franzén-Matthews, and issued by Sweden on August 24, 1983, Scott No. 1469, Facit No. 1265.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a wide-eyed tarsier, which I have identified as a Horsfield's or Western Tarsier (Cephalopachus bancanus borneanus), engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Sarawak on January 3, 1950, Scott No. 181, SG No. 172.

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European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), designed by Swedish artist Bo Lundwall (1953- ), engraved by Piotr Naszarkowski, and issued by Sweden on January 2, 1996, Scott No. 1926.

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