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The latest USA raptor stamps each of 85c are: Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) Northern Harrier (Circus hudsonius) Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)  |
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A robin.  Postmarked at Glass... a village near Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. |
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Four Or five more for possible inclusion... Mountain Chat and Stone Chat postmarked MASERU in Lesotho.  Fish Eagle postmarked CHOMA in Zambia.  Pied Oystercatcher postmarked SYDNEY in Australia.  Volatinia Jacarina postmarked Sao Paulo in Brazil.  |
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A few new departure points for the map,thanks scotzm... still need lots more...:) |
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A parrot native to Brazil, the Blue-throated Parakeet (Pyrrhura cruentata), postmarked Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro.  |
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Here are images of a couple of birdies who flew in from Switzerland. Both semi-postal stamps were designed by Swiss artist Walter Wehinger (1911-1988) and printed by photogravure. - nethryk Woodchat Shrike ( Lanius senator), issued on November 28, 1968, and postmarked in Zurich in 1969, Scott No. B380.  Golden Oriole ( Oriolus oriolus), issued on December 1, 1969, and postmarked in Basel in 1970, Scott No. B387.  |
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Nice to see this one come home to roost occasionally. Here's a 1952 Canada Goose postmarked in London Ontario (which happens to be where my wife and both my daughters were born, not at the same time of course).  |
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a couple of birdies who flew in from Switzerland  can we claim these are the classics of traveling birds ? Quote:
A Reef Heron postmarked Port Vila, Vanuatu. nice image of the bird. It's also known as Pacific or Eastern Reef Heron Quote:
1952 Canada Goose this one gets onto my favorites list for bird stamps,as well as the 1946 Canada goose. All stamps now on the map. http://g.co/maps/tpjra |
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12-12-12- was a popular for posting letters. Here's a couple which arrived this week: A 2011 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) from Nantou in Taiwan 2009 Greater Painted Snipe( Rostratula benghalensis) from Nangang in Taiwan  |
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From Australia Fair Post Office in Southport on the Gold Coast, Queensland--- a flock on penguins..no, no its not a flock. It might be a huddle of penguins..does anyone know? Little Penguin ( Eudyptula minor) the smallest species of all penguins, grows to about 13 inches high.  |
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Puzzler will know the source of this one..thanks very much.  It's really disappointing that mine never reached you...it seems that registration is the only way to secure mail these days |
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| Edited by Akeela - 12/23/2012 10:44 pm |
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Hello Akeela,
I am sad yours did not arrive also. Sometimes we have temporaru postal delivery people who mix up the mail going to different apartsments here.
No problems though. It's the thought. Glad mine reached you safely. I do wish we had a circular cancellation here. |
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