Traveling Birds-Clearly Postmarked

Two pairs of White-throated Sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis)

on two Canada 1969, Scott #469 stamps,

flying from HAGENSBORG, BC (British Columbia) and TORONTO, ONT (Ontario).

I have a collection of Bahamas Birds that are very interesting will post later have to compose them.

Puzzler, all your latest, and quite rare bird stamps are plotted on the map.http://g.co/maps/tpjra. The Pitta is the Noisy Pitta (Pitta versicolour). Its possible the Russel island sender of the stamps has all those birds in his vicinity.

@ Tefloncinco....you are welcome to upload to this thread any Bahamas bird stamps ( or any other birds stamps) with clear legible postmarks which can be added to the Google map http://g.co/maps/tpjra. Thank you.

I'm a great fan of birds on postal stationary so I was delighted to find this lovely card of the White-backed woodpecker( Dendrocopus leucotos) during a recent trip to Finland. Saw this woodpecker in the trees near the cottage by the lake .Cancelled in a pleasant lakeside town of Hirvensalmi.

Received from a friend holidaying in Szczicin,Poland, a modern colorful piece of postal stationary highlighting the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia). Poland is the world capital for these large birds http://www.bocianyonline.pl/kamery_en.html

In continuation of the Owl series from Taiwan here's the 2012 set on a registered cover from Nangang, Taiwan. This set also contains hidden initials in the engravings as did the 2011 set. The third and final set will be issued in 2013 which completes the total number of owl species seen in the country.
5$ Short-eared Owl ( Asio flammeus)
5$ Mountain Scops Owl(Otus spilocephalus)
10$ Brown Wood Owl ( Strix leptogrammica)
25$ Brown Hawk-Owl (Ninox scutulata)

Nice scan Akeela! I have these two series mint. Will look out for the third series next year. I didn't know about the hidden initial, will take a closer look! Any more story behind this? Initials of the engraver, I assume?

Sci-fi7, Here's a sample of what to look for.. I scanned the stamps at 600dpi then looked carefully til I found the initials
The names of the engravers: Lin Hong Song, Chou Mei Ling, Chen YuLing and Huang Lien Tsai.
The stamps were designed by Chi-jen Lai.
I've got similar scans of all the 8 stamps and can send them to you.

Just qualifying as a bird stamp? Various feathered things postmarked Portree on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.



Barn Owl postmarked Hawkshead... a village in England.

Scotzm, I love that multiple birds on the lady's hat and Isle of Skye cancel combination.

The Hawkshead cancel is a First Day of Issue cancel though, listed in the Stanley Gibbons catalogue. Pic from ebay:

Yes...looks like "Hawkshead" is machine applied... probably done at Tallents House in Edinburgh. Strike out Hawkshead as it was never near the place

Clear postmark from Hameenlinna, Finland cancelling a Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhul) on postcard of the same bird. Small is beautiful... this stamp only measures 2cmx3cm

Thanks for the great hidden info in the Taiwanese owls Akeela, I will check my stamps again :)

Finding those initials is at least as much fun as a Sudoku puzzle :)