Going Ape

Thanks Laophil for the new additions to the topic.

Trying to think which ones have as yet been unseen...


This is an MS from Togo, a country with quite a few primate issues each year.
From 2024 with some of the usual suspects, like mandrill, orang-utan, gibbon and chimpanzee; but also the pygmy chimpanzee or bonobo, and another tamarin species realted to the golden lion tamarin, and as rare: the golden headed tamarin.

I think of them as "Rembrandt" primates because their iridescent golden facial fut contrasts so much with the black body fur - as the chiaroscuro human faces do in Rembrandt's paintings.

Many thanks, Cobie, for sharing!

Primates of Belize, issued on November 11, 1987 by Belize.

Black spider monkey (Ateles paniscus)

The black howler (Alouatta caraya)


20 Dollars banknote issued by Belize in 2003 depicting black howler monkey:

A striking set of 13 definitive stamps featuring different primate species was issued by Uganda on May 5, 2017. Here are the first six of them:

- Bush Baby (Galago sp.)
- Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
- Black and White Colobus (Colobus guerza)
- Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
- De Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)
- L'Hoest's Monkey (Cercopithecus lhoesti)

Here are the rest 7 stamps of the above 2017 primates of Uganda set.

- Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
- Vervet Monkey (Clorocebus pygerythrus)
- Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
- Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
- Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
- Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus kandti)
- Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)

Thanks Laophil: They are a a really nice set, and good to see primates other than Uganda's famous gorillas and chimpanzees. Also, unlike other African countries, they do not issue lots of sets each year!

Madagascar, too, issue only few sets but this year saw a set of two of the indri, the largest lemur species:

Great sheet, Cobie! I like prosimians, thanks for sharing.


Primates of Africa, issued by Burundi on December 1, 2011.

- Angola Colobus (Colobus angolensis)
- Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)

- Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
- Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)

Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) issued by Singapore on September 5, 2001 to to raise public awareness of the urgent need to protect this endangered species.

Issued in SS with the Orangutan shape.

The "for local addresses only" stamp issued also in a booklet contains ten self adhesive stamps.

Cover sent from Singapore to Stepanakert, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), via Armenia, franked with the 60c. Orangutan stamp + two other Singaporean stamps.

Thanks Laophil, for another lot of primate stamps!

Here is an FDC with the 2021 Malaysian primates issue:



It shows
60sen
Pig-tailed-macaque (Macaca nemestrina)
70sen
Silvered leaf monkey (Trachypithecus cristatus)
80sen
White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)

The cachet: Colour illustration of maroon langur and infant
Signed by designer, Mr. Lim Kooi Yong from Reign Associates Sdn. Bhd






The second FDC shown has the
RM3
Agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis)
In surround: Female with infant, adolescent.

There is another version of this MS, shown on the net FDC, with the other stamps of the issue:

Cobie, thanks for posting the lovely stamps from Malaysia. In the past, I tried scanning both the stamps and the FDC, but the results showed muted tones, almost black-and-white, despite the stamps being very colorful. At first I thought the issue was with my scanner, but after seeing the covers you posted, I notice that they also lack the original rich colors. Perhaps this is an intentional feature to prevent counterfeiting?

To show the stamps in their true, rich colors, I scanned the official Malaysian Post brochure.

I think that the back of your first FDC will be of interest to readers since it shows different primated of Malaysia.

Happy New Year Laophil and all other collectors, of primates or any other issues!

To try and answer your question, I don't think it is to prevent counterfeiting - but with some of the very detailed stamps you can not always get a good scan so photographing is better or with new issues, go to the official website and see if you can get a screen shot.

Most of my Malaysian items come across in better colours so let me try to show some:



I had to adjust this image to conform with the size requirements - still, not bad

Special cover, no 00625, with MS 740, M: 752D
Mamalia Yang Dilindungi di Malaysia, "Protected Animals of Malaysia"
RM2
Orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Stamp Exhibition, Philatelic Society of Kota Kinabalu, 2001

Cancels:
1. Philatelic Society of Kota Kinabalu, 29th Sept-01st Oct 2001, Stampex;
2. Two triangular cancels:
• Map of Kota Kinabalu, 29 Sept – Okt 2001, Pos Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu, Stampex;
• 30Sept 2001, Pos Malaysia, Kota Kinabalu
Cachet: Colour illustration of orang-utan stamp, North Borneo, 296, M: 217




This FDC has the MS of a series "Nocturnal animals" - the eyes reflect light in the dark!

MS of 2
"Nocturnal Animals, Haiwan Nokturnal"
RM 2, Tarsier (Tarsius bancatus)
RM 3, Slow loris (Nycticebus coucang)
In border: Loris and tarsier, heads

FDC with MS1478
Cancel: Mouse, Haiwan Nokturnal, 13 Mac 2008, Biro Filateli, Kuala Lumpur
Cachet: Colour illustration, night sky with moon backdrop for barn owl

Happy New Year to you too, Cobie and all SCF members!
Thanks for your answer. These are the only set of stamps out of thousands stamps I have that I scan and get nearly B/W colors. I will take your advice and will take an image using my cellphone.

New world monkeys, issued by Suriname on January 7, 1987:

- Colombian Red Howler (Alouatta seniculus)
- Three-striped Night Monkey (Aotus trivirgatus)
- Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
- Red Uakari (Cacajao rubicundus)

Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus), also known as Barbary ape, is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco, along with a small introduced population in Gibraltar. It is the only primate lives in wild in Europe.

Here is a selection of items from Gibraltar shows the Barbary Macaque.



Postal Stationary with Macaque printed stamp.

banknote and coins

Looking at page 1 of this thread, I was reminded of Barbary monkeys! I made a special trip two years ago to Gibraltar to see them, lots of fun. And thanks for the coin pix - there is also a 1p and a 50p coin with a monkey, as well as "Christmas coins".

There is also a lovely set of 4 coins, available plain or colorized, of 4 primate species: Barbary ape, chimpanzee, baboon, and Zanzibar red colobus.




The monkeys are a great attraction and guides are instructed not to let visitors feed them, or encourage physical contact (although I did put in a formal complaint about one guide, who when I reminded him, told me that he knew what he was doing. Obviously not, because that way monkeys become pests and can bite and attack visitors, as is the case in some Asian countries.

But back to Barbary apes:




This set is from 2022, "Tourist attractions", and the monkeys are among those:

Cercopithecus aethiops, commonly known as the Vervet monkey and Green monkey, is a medium-sized Old World monkey native to sub-Saharan Africa, recognizable by its grey-green fur and black face bordered with white. It is highly social and adaptable, living in multi-male, multi-female groups across savannas, woodlands, and forest edges.

I have many Green Monkey stamps, here is a small selection of them from Djibouti, Guinea, Barbados, Afars and Issas and Zaire.





Green monkeys in Virunga Park, Zaire.

Green monkeys, also known as red-white-blue - because of their white facial whiskers, and the male's vividly coloured nether regions ...




A recent issue, part of a set of 5 of African wildlife.