Birds Perched, Birds Flying, Birds Aground

Postcard received from collector in Fresno. One bird flown.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)

25c stamp from 1988 Definitives Booklet

Ross Dependency 100c stamp

Here is an image of an engraved airmail stamp depicting four European herring gulls (Larus argentatus) in flight, and issued by Cuba on June 26, 1956, Scott No. C139, plus a photo. Note: The wingspans of the three upper birds depicted on this stamp appear to have been exaggerated by the designer. For an adult male of this species, the actual average wingspan is 4.1 to 5.1 ft., and the body length is 2.0 to 2.2 ft.

- nethryk

Hummingbird, designed by Brazilian artist Darlan Rosa, printed by lithography, and issued by Brazil on June 5, 1992 for National Diabetes Day, Scott No. 2380.

- nethryk

arrived on a postcard yesterday:

From the CCCP 1981 bird series of 5 Song Birds- also as maxi-cards

10k Asiatic Paradise Flycatcher

From the CCCP 1981 series of 5 Song Birds- also as maxi-cards

32k Hodgsons Bushchat

I have the complete set of 108 stamps/cards from the Birds of the world stamp collection by the International Council for Bird Preservation.

Each bird stamp is attached to a card with an artists impression and having detailed explanatory notes on the rear.

Here is one from Grenada

Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata), designed by Liechtenstein artist Louis Jaeger (1930- ), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.), and issued by Liechtenstein on December 6, 1973, Scott No. 537, plus a photo.

- nethryk

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Atlantic yellow-nosed mollymawks (Thalassarche chlororhynchos), engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Tristan da Cunha on January 2, 1954, Scott No. 18, plus a YouTube link to a video of a pair of these small albatrosses courting on Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha.

- nethryk

1971 Pro Juventute pair. (From a set of 4)

10 C. + 10 C. - European Redstarts.

The other 4 are
20 C. + 10 C. - White Spotted Bluethroats.
30 C. + 10 C. - Peregrine Falcon.
50 C. + 20 C. - Mallards.

"Easter rooster," designed by E. L. Johansson, printed by lithography, and issued by Sweden on February 28, 1997, Scott No. 2223, Facit No. 2011.

- nethryk

Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting three species of penguins, from left to right: Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome); Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua); and King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), designed and engraved by French artist Jacques Combet (1920-1993), and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories on June 11, 1982 to publicize the PHILEXFRANCE 82 Philatelic Exhibition, Scott No. C70.

- nethryk

I've lost track of possible duplicates...............