Sunday 30 October 2016

Lesser Whistling duck & Lesser Adjutant Stork

 1998 Lesser Whistling Duck   ( Dendrocygna javanica)  and 

2014 Lesser Adjutant Stork  Leptoptilos javanicus) cancelled at Bogor, Indonesia  



                                        

India:Sarus crane & Painted stork

A mixed theme cover which has two definitive  bird stamps. The 2001, 4r Painted Stork ( Myceria leucocephala) and a year 2000, 1r Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) cancelled in Jaipur, India.

                                   
  

India:Sarus crane & Painted stork

A mixed theme cover which has two definitive  bird stamps. The 2001, 4r Painted Stork ( Myceria leucocephala) and a year 2000, 1r Sarus Crane (Grus antigone) cancelled in Jaipur, India.

                                   
  

African River Martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina)

                                 1980 African River martin. There are only two species River martins known, this one in Gabon & Congo, and another exists  in Thailand.
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Saturday 29 October 2016

American Kestrel ( Falco sparverius)

                               Mail art cover from the USA with 1995 American Kestrel stamps
                                

Northern Goshawk ( Accipiter gentilis)

   Issued  May 8, 2015 as a joint issue with Thailand to commemorate 40 years of diplomatic relations This is a prepaid cover which has been up-rated with matching stamps for international posting.
 The Northern Goshawk is a medium size raptor which inhabits the temperate parts of the northern hemisphere.


                                       
                                     

Golden Whistler 1965

Golden Whistler 1965 definitive  2/- airmail stamp  franked  Elwood, Victoria to USA