Stamps Of Small Animals / Mammals / Fauna

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Hedgehogs, a semi-postal (charity) stamp designed by Swiss artist Hans Erni (1909- ), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.}, and issued by Switzerland on December 1, 1965, Scott No. B350.

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Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), designed by Jacques Derrey, engraved by Jacques Gauthier, and issued by Saint Pierre & Miquelon on September 28, 1964 as one of a set of four stamps depicting mammals, Scott No. 373.

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American minks (Neovison vison), designed and engraved by Charles Mazelin, and issued by Saint Pierre & Miquelon on October 7, 1959, Scott No. 359.

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American mink.

This thread could last for years to come!

Squirrel, printed by photogravure, and issued by Tannu Tuva in March, 1935, Scott No. 62.

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Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla), designed by V.K. Liên, printed by lithography, and issued by Vietnam on June 5, 2003 as one of a set of four stamps featuring animals in Ba Vi National Park, Scott No. 2179, plus a photo.

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Hi Nethryk, Your Pangolins are great; being able to grab a hold with its tail that way perhaps gave him his name pentadactyla. I wouldn't want to tangle with those claws! (1965)

Kris Rascher -Thanks. That's what I would call a "high five!"

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a rodent custodian and a discarded aluminum can, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on June 13, 1983 to publicize an "Islands Clean-up Campaign," Scott No. 1521.

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Hi Nethryk, Could your Rodent be a hare with those long ears? He is such a great guy to clean up after litterbugs. I can't resist adding another Pangolin, this one busy with its long tongue.

It's Groundhog Day! Good excuse to say hello to an American Woodchuck (wuchak; Marmotta monax from the big wildlife set of 1987) and a European Murmeltier (Marmotta marmotta, from the new Swiss set of wildlife, 2014). The groundhog will surely go back to hibernation when he sees all that snow, the European cousin doesn't come out of hibernation anyway until there is a warm stone and plenty of greens to enjoy. (See also the marmots of February 2012 and September 2013 on this thread.)

Kris Rascher - Re: the custodian rodent being a rabbit- could be! You're guess is as good as mine.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a banded mongoose (Mungos mungo), designed by Belgian artist Mark Fernand Séverin (1906-1987), printed by photogravure,and issued by Rwanda on June 29, 1961, Scott No. 1038, plus a photo.

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PS: Punxsutawney Phil, the world-famous groundhog, saw his shadow yesterday, predicting six more weeks of winter.

Canada 2014 Baby Animals Issue, coil stamp, North American Beaver and young chewing on a tree branch. Denominated <P> Permanent.

Red giant flying squirrel (Petaurista petaurista), printed by lithography, and issued by Cambodia on May 4, 1993, Scott No. 1274. Note the misspelling of the scientific binomial name on the stamp (transposed "a" and "u")!

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