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tantsbsac - Cute shrew! Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author. Here is an image of a stamp depicting an illustration of a fox from Buffon's Histoire naturelle, designed and engraved by Claude Haley, and issued by France on June 18, 1988 as one of a set of four stamps featuring Buffon's depictions of various animals, Scott No. 2125, Y&T No. 2541. - nethryk  |
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South African hedgehog ( Atelerix frontalis), designed by Phillip A. Heubsch, printed by photogravure, and issued by Botswana on August 3, 1987, Scott No. 410, plus a photo of one of these cute critters. - nethryk   |
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Here are images of a couple more stamps depicting small mammals and issued by Russia (USSR), designed by A. Isakov, printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on May 15, 1987, Scott Nos. 5554 & 5555, Zagorski Nos. 5763 & 5764, - nethryk Menzbier's Marmot ( Marmota menzbieri)  Honey badger ( Mellivora capensis)  |
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stampfan9 - Thanks! Glad you like 'em too. Here are images of a couple of stamps depicting, respectively, a stoat ( Mustela erminea) and a Eurasian red squirrel ( Sciurus vulgaris), designed and combined engraved by Sverre Morken and lithography, and issued by Norway on February 20, 1989, Scott Nos. 880 & 883A, Facit Nos. 1050 & 1051. - nethryk   |
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European polecat ( Mustela putorius), designed by Swedish artist Bo Lundwall (1953- ), engraved by Piotr Naszarkowski, and issued by Sweden on January 28, 1993, Scott No. 1929, Facit No. 1175, plus a photo of one of these little critters. - nethryk   |
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Hedgehog, designed and engraved by Zlatko Jakus after a photo by Gösta Tysk, and issued by Sweden on October 11, 1975, Scott No. 1142, Facit No. 940B. - nethryk  |
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Beecroft's tree hyrax ( Dendrohyrax dorsalis), aka the western tree hyrax, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by Ivory Coast on January 25, 1964, plus a photo of one of these nocturnal climbers. - nethryk   |
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