Show Your Animals On Stamps

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) in Kolmarden Zoo, designed by Ingalill Axelsson, engraved by Lars Sjooblom and issued by Sweden on May 15, 1991.

National Parks and Reserves of Brazil, issued by Brazil on September 4, 2006.

- Greater Rhea (Rhea americana)
- Bald Uakari (Cacajao calvus)
- Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
- Ingram's Squirrel (Sciurus ingrami)

LaoPhil, that's an interesting set. I thought the Bald Uakari looked a little creepy at first, but I searched photos of the species on iNaturalist, and sure enough, that's what they look like! Maybe a little less monstrous, but still...

Correct, Nils. I have several more Uakari stamps in my monkey stamp collection (one of my main and old collections), and will show them in the prrimate thread.

Wildlife Conservation, issued by the USA of September 20, 1972.

- Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
- Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis)


Issued in this set contains two more bird stamps.

Marsupial Animals, issued by Laos on September 21, 1984 to publicise the International Stamp Exhibition Ausipex '84, held in Melbourne, Australia

- Greater Glider (Schoinobates volans)
- Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
- Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
- Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisi)
- Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)
- Tiger Cat (Dasyurops maculatus)
- Wallaby (Wallabia isabelinus)
- Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)

Wildlife of Tanzania, Tanzania, 2015.

- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)
- Caracal (Caracal caracal)
- Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
- Zanzibar Red Colobus (Procolobus kirkii)
- Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)

Animals of Southern Africa, issued by Lesotho in 2000.

- African Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
- Leopard (Panthera pardus)
- Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
- Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
- Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra)
- Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii)






Issued as a sheet.

Marine life, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet and issued by the Comoros Islands on December 20, 1965.

- Spiny Lobster (Palinurus sp.)
- Smooth Hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)
- Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- Grouper (Epinephelus sp.)

Animals, issued by Guinea in 1968.

- Olive Baboon (Papio Anubis)
- Cheeta (Acinonyx jubatus)
- Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)

Central Asian animals, a set of 10 stamps issued by Tannu Tuva in 1935. Here are the five first stamps.

- Eurasian Badger (Meles meles)
- Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
- Sable (Martes zibellina)
- Corsac Fox (Vulpes corsac)
- Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra)

The rest five stamps of the 1935 Tannu Tuva animals set.

- Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx)
- Elk (Alces alces)
- Domestic Yak (Bos grunniens)
- Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
- Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

Animals in the National Zoos of Cuba, issued by Cuba on March 31, 2007.

- Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
- Galapagos Giant Tortoise (Testudo elephantopus)
- Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum)
- Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
- Leopard (Panthera pardus)
- Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
- Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)

Animals of Tuva, issued by Tannu Tuva in 1927 as part of a long definitive set of stamps feature domestic animals and daily life in Tuva.

- Red Deer (Cervus elaphus)
- Probably it is Siberian Roe Deer (Capreolus pygargus)
- Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
- Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries)
- Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
- Horse (mounted) (Equus ferus caballus)
- Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)

Endangered animals, a set of two stamps issued by Germany on May 10, 2001. Same designs self adhesive stamps were issued on July 12, 2001. Here are the self adhesive stamps.

- Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
- Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)


Self adhesive stamps were issued in a booklet contains five copies of the set.

First Day Cover. Commemorative postmark feature the Rhinoceros.

Commercial cover franked with the set (+ other Gorilla stamp :)) sent to Israel.

Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), Sologne Nature Reserve, designed by Huguette Sainson, engraved by Claude Durrens and issued by France on September 30, 1972.