Old Birds Never Die..show Off Your Oldest Bird Stamps..

Thanks Akeela, whats the name of the bird on the Br Solomon 2'6 ?

The 1939 Br Solomons stamp is the the Melanesian Megapode or Melanesian Scrubfowl (Megapodius eremita) also inhabits Papua New guinea and has cousins in Far North Queensland

China 20 century (1920) Famine Relief stamp(not really postage used)


Japan 1874 12 sen Bird mail cancel


Above all my collectionsTXS!

It's a bird, It's a plane, no it's a Winged Globe

Interesting revenue/cinderella, charity seal ? stamp there Wayne. Would be good to have more information on this item, some are listed on ebay as being issued early in the 20th century.



any worthy bird stamp collection "must have" one of these.

which year did those wings cross the Atlantic

Akeela,
Obviously,the stamps is issued for the flood disaster in the the philatelists view point. First Issue of the China's charity stamp came with the disaster relief. Included the telecommunications, railway stations has issued these relief stamps. this 1cent value from eight kind of of face value a set (all of the 1 cent ,5 cents,10 cents and $ 1, $ 5, $ 10, $ 50).
The Government of Republic of China published in the 1920 (Yes!not "19 century" ,my fault b4). "Charitable relief nature" and "printed" contributions for the North China Disaster Relief. Itself is not a stamp, you can not use it to postal materials, but allow affixed to mail as a sealed paper or publicity relief.
You can ref.:http://www.ingentaconnect.com/conte...003/art00006

Wayne, thank you so much for the link about the charity stamps.

The US Trans-atlantic stamp was issued in 1939 - SG A852 / Scott C24.

Here are images of four 100+ year old birds stamps, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued for use in the State of North Borneo. However, these examples are probably CTOs.

- nethryk

Male Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) putting on a display, first issued in 1897, Scott No. 83, SG No. 100.


The following three stamps from the same set were first issued in 1909. Philatelic note: Neither the Palm Cockatoo nor the Cassowary are found in North Borneo. The Palm Cockatoo design seems to have been deliberately selected by the North Borneo Company either because someone in the firm loved the bird, or simply to make the set more appealing to topical stamp collectors. The Cassowary stamp was apparently a genuine mistake in design (the pictured bird was supposed to be a Megapode (Megapodius freycinet).

Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), Scott No. 145, SG No. 173.


Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros), Scott No. 146, SG No. 174.


Cassowary [which I believe to be a Dwarf Cassowary (Casuarius bennetti)], Scott No. 149, SG No. 176.

Nethryk they are attractive stamps which makes them popular with bird stamp collectors. Except for the Argus pheasant,they would not be included in a purists collection who only wants birds in their correct country. ! I've been fortunate enough to have seen all these birds in their right countries



You are probably correct, it's certainly not the Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) which has a large casque and neither does it have a single wattle of the Casuarius unappendiculatus.
re the CTO cancels- it's not easy to find a genuine cancel on these stamps

Here are some of my postal stamps from thematic birds.

New Zealand Kiwi 1898

This might be an eagle cancel. Can't be sure though. Even upside down it hardly resembles one.