Thematic : Elephants.

Here is one of Botswana with elephants, of the series on the Chobe and other rivers, SG MS963:

Thanks James and Coby for sharing ur elephants.
James I was searching this label for long time, finally got it on a deal last week 10pc for $5.
Here comes some Italian elephants

Here are some more lelphants, known to me mostly because they keep the company of monkeys...



From the Netherlands, SG2540, Scott B744, from 2006. The sheet came with a "filter" which when run over the blue dots brought up hidden information - is there a topic for "Secret philately"?

Then I remembered the beautiful "African Animals" series from Togo..


Not sure of the catalog nr...

Here comes Elephant shaped letter box at Philatelic bureau thrissur (South India), the town have a special cancellation of elephant and hosts worlds largest elephant related festival. This is a carried cover posted at the elephant letter box.

I think the Parasol and the Elephant are a marriage made in heaven,
as is mashed spud and thick gravy.

Hi

Die proof of stamp engraved by master engraver Elie Timothée Loizeaux (1873-1956), from American Banknote Co.

jorgesurcl, is it from your collection or did you found it for sale somewhere, if so what was the price?

Hi our_elephant, this die proof was part of a lot which included other 11 die proofs of this issue of Belgian Congo.
The lot was sold by Cherrystone Auctions in $2,600 (july 2005)

Here are some more elephants that I found when looking for monkeys:

As usual, past my bedtime, and I'm scanning stamps. Too late to look through 21 pages of elephants, so I'll take my chances that this one hasn't appeared yet.
Thailand.

Here is an image of a semi-postal stamp depicting a child's drawing of a circus elephant and an acrobat, printed by photogravure, and issued by Netherlands on November 16, 1976, Scott No. B529. Note: Hoera is Dutch for "Hurray!"

- nethryk

Why do we call it a semi postal stamp?

Another MC

our_elephant - From Wikipedia: "A semi-postal stamp or semipostal stamp, also known as a charity stamp, is a postage stamp issued to raise money for a particular purpose (such as a charitable cause) and sold at a premium over the postal value. Typically the stamp shows two denominations separated by a plus sign, but in many cases the only denomination shown is for the postage rate, and the postal customer simply pays the higher price when purchasing the stamps." - nethryk

Outside the US, the name "semi-postal" is almost never used. They are more likely to be known as Charity stamps. Also, I think Scott is the only catalogue that places them at the end of regular listings, rather than in including them with other issues in chronological order.