Birds

PostNL issues a ‘Life in the North Sea’ commemorative stamp sheetlet today. This contains illustrations of plants and animals found in the North Sea region, drawn by four scientific illustrators from the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden.

In 2010 the Dutch stamp sheet entitled ‘Lang leve het bos!’was voted the best Netherlands stamp issue of the year. It features nature to be found in woodlands and was designed by Bart de Haas.

A mint, never-hinged stamp pair issued by South-West Africa in 1936. Below, five 1937 Edward VIII Coronation stamp pairs, South Africa. 2004 Football European Championship winners Greece commemorated by this set of four stamps. World Wildlife Fund stamps issued by…

Among the hundreds of stamps recently added to PostBeeld’s Freestampcatalogue I discovered items that took me back to a previous article published on April 29th, 2014, entitled ‘Tin Can Mail’. A wonderful lady, Betty Billingham, provided most of the information…

PostBeeld is the largest stampshop with a wide variety of stamps in stock. Every day new stamps are added to PostBeeld’s stock. Here’s an example of some stamps that have recently been added.

This year’s SEPAC theme is ‘Seasons’. SEPAC stands for Small European Postal Administration Co-operation and consists of the following group of small European postal administrations: Greenland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Åland, Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Gibraltar, Malta, Monaco,…

Guatemala is the only country in the world with its currency named after a bird. Rather a shame that other countries haven’t followed suit. If you live in America you might have Cuckoos in your bank account, in Britain you…

New stamps appear regularly with a variety of subjects. Below is a selection of recently-published stamps from around the globe.

Each year the Estonian Post (Eesti Post) issues a birdstamp entitled ‘Bird of the year’. The partridge, the plover, the shrike, the yellow wagtail, and the elk were the subject in previous issues in this series. This year, on the…

On February the 27th, Pitcairn issued a minisheet containing 3 stamps entitled “Albatross Giants of the sky”. These magnificent “giants of the sky” roam the southern oceans and Pitcairners are fortunateto experience the thrill of seeing these magnificent birds, mostly…

Sir Peter Markham Scott (born 14 September 1909, died 29 August 1989) was a British ornithologist, conservationist, painter, naval officer and sportsman.Scott was awarded a knighthood in 1973 for his contribution to the conservation of wild animals.