Going Ape

This came yesterday.

On January 23, 1968 Hong Kong issued this set of two "Year of the Monkey" stamps (SG #s 245-6) for Chinese New Year.

This June 4, 1969 10 pf value (Mi #338) of Berlin is one of a block of 4 se-tenant stamps from a souvenir sheet commemorating the 125th anniversary of the Berlin Zoo. The stamp's artwork depicts three orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus).

Six weeks into COVID lockdown, and still not posted a new ape!

Here goes:






From the Central African Republic, showing the endangered Coquerel's sifaka, a lemur from Madagascar, and on the stamp, the almost critically endangered crested macaque from Sulawesi.

The 4stamp MS shows Sykes monkey, as yet of Least concern;the Vulnerable East Javan langur;the mandrill, also Vulnerable; and the critically endangered Black and white lemur.

Here is Federal Republic of Germany's May 21, 1971 30pf stamp (Mi #678) showing a stylized, panoramic view of Nuremberg. The August 25, 1971 continuous/roller cancel publicizes the Nuremberg Zoo and features the face of a primate.

Gibraltar
EUROPA – Endangered National Wildlife
February 5, 2021
The stamp set shows Barbary Macaques, the only wild monkey population found in Europe.

Indonesia
Endangered Animals - The Orangutan
March 6, 1989
The minisheet contain two stamps depicting the Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), great apes native to the rainforests of parts of Borneo and Sumatra.

Malaysia
Fauna Definitive Issue
1979 - 1985
Set of eight, one stamp depicts the Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).

Trinidad and Tobago
Endangered Wild Animals
February 6, 2001
Set of ten, two stamps depict Red Howler Monkey and Weeping Capuchin Monkey.

Poland
Zoo Animals
August 21, 1972
Set of nine, two stamps depict Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and Lar Gibbon (Hylobates lar).

Orangutan, stamp of North Borneo under Japanese occupation, 1944:
Overprint: "Imperial Japanese Post, North Borneo"