Singapore - Crimson Sunbird

From a  Fauna/flora definitive set first issued in 2007, a huge flock of  Crimson Sunbirds   (Aethopyga siparaja) flew in from the official opening day of the Raffles Place Post office, Singapore. The sunbird is the lowest denomination of the set which ranged from 5c to $10.
The stamps on these covers are from the second printings "C"

Singapore-Our Garden in a City

My favorite type of bird covers are when I get multiples of the same stamp as you see here with the Orienttal Pied Hornbill. There's also a Crimson Sunbird  illustrated on these stamps .

Singapore-Our Garden in a City

A set of four very colorful attractive stamps from Singapore to highlight the many flowers and birds which can be found on this highly urbanized and well organized island state.
The birds are
1st Local-Collared kingfisher ( Todiramphus chloris)
50c-Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja) & Oriental Pied Hornbill ( Anthacoceros albirostris)
80c-Oriental Magpie robin ( Copychus saularis
$1.10-Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

Australia & Christmas Island - Birds

Clever artistic Karola illustrated the cover with the same birds as on the stamps and cancelled it in the birds correct habitat..the desert region of Lightning Ridge, NSW where lots of opals are mined. Stamps are from the 1979 Australian Birds series and the Silver-eye is on a Christmas Island stamp.
Australian Zebra finch (Taeniopygia castanotis)
Crimson Finch    (Neochmia phaeton)
Flame Robin    (Petroica phoenicea)
1996 Christmas Island  White-eye    (Zosterops natalis)