Here you will see birds on stamps with clear postmarks to show where the birds have flown from. These places have been plotted on the Google map of Traveling Birds. http://goo.gl/JcbeKc . Click on any bird name beside the map to see the stamps. I hope you enjoy traveling with the birds.
Showing posts with label UAE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UAE. Show all posts
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Friday, 1 February 2013
UAE-Sea Birds
A 2010 minisheet with hexagonal stamps of the seabirds of the UAE . Sent registered from Deira Post Office in Dubai
Two out of the six stamps have incorrect names .
1 D Black headed gull wrongly named , should be Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
2 D Grey heron is incorrect name ,the bird is a Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta)
3D Little Gull Larus minutus,
550fils Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
450 fils Socotra Cormorant, 150 fils Crab Plover Dromas ardeola
Two out of the six stamps have incorrect names .
1 D Black headed gull wrongly named , should be Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
2 D Grey heron is incorrect name ,the bird is a Little Egret ( Egretta garzetta)
3D Little Gull Larus minutus,
550fils Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
450 fils Socotra Cormorant, 150 fils Crab Plover Dromas ardeola
Labels:
Caspian Gull,
cormorant,
Crab,
Deira,
egret,
Little,
Little Gull,
plover,
Socotra,
Sooty. Gull,
UAE
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