Penguins, Predators and Prey is a series of stamp issues featuring, in turn, each of the familiar Falkland penguins, together with some of their respective predators and prey.
published August 29th, 2013
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An Post issued a further eight stamps for its Irish Animals and Marine Life definitive series, illustrating Ireland’s biodiversity from the seabed to the mountain top. Biodiversity is an all-encompassing term used to describe the variety of all life and natural processes on Earth.
published August 12th, 2013
After releasing “Owls of Taiwan” stamp sets in 2011 and 2012, Chunghwa Post is following up with another set of four stamps in 2013 featuring Otus lettia, Tyto longimembris, Ketupa flavipes and Otus elegans botelensis. Printed in intaglio, the set is scheduled to be released on June 26, 2013. The designs follow.
published July 12th, 2013
This year, the stamps issued by the postal administrations that are members of SEPAC (Small European Postal Administrations Cooperation) will feature “animals” as their joint theme.
published June 21st, 2013
On 19 April 2012, the United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) will issue a set of 12 stamps depicting endangered species.
published June 16th, 2013
Weasel Mustela nivalis The tail of the weasel, brownish on the back and white on the belly in the summer, is slightly shorter than that of the other small carnivore, the ermine, and the hair at the end of its tail is never black. In the winter, the weasel turns white all over.
published June 15th, 2013
The silhouette of a deer now prances across this Deer (Forever®) Stamped Card. A fanciful graphic of a golden deer, surrounded by gold and green cattails and grasses, captures the graceful look of an animal that is found in many countries around the world.
published May 22nd, 2013
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
The brown rat is larger than the black rat and the male is larger than the female. An adult brown rat weighs around 200-400 g and is approx. 21-29 cm long, with a tail length of approx. 17-23 cm.
published May 3rd, 2013
In 1949, Switzerland’s white stork population disappeared, leaving a landscape totally devoid of bill clattering.
published April 29th, 2013
The four stamp motifs included in this year’s booklet were painted by Swedish artist Bo Lundwall.
published April 19th, 2013
The Tamaraw (Bubalus Mindorensis) is a small and shy buffalo, also known as wild dwarf buffalo. It has a pair of relatively straight backward pointing horns which are extremely stout.
published April 1st, 2013