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Demoiselle Crane (蓑羽鶴) ; Red-billed Toucan (紅嘴巨嘴鳥) and Black Crowned-Crane (黑冕鶴) Germany (2017) 2nd January, 2017. Bonn The French court painter Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) set…

New Entries This will be a brief post with some new entries from Uruguay... the period covered by this post goes from 1895 to 1930…

From left to right : Mediterranean Shag (地中海鸕鶿) ; Eurasian Hoopoe (戴勝) Gibraltar (1992, 2008) 25th August, 2016. Gibraltar Gibraltar has long been known as…

From left to right : Pacific Imperial-pigeon (太平洋皇鳩) ; Purple Swamphen (紫水雞) Streaked Fantail (點胸扇尾鶲) Vanuatu (2012) 21st September, 2016. Port Vila The Ruddy Turnstone…

Antillean crested hummingbird (鳳頭蜂鳥) British Virgin Islands (2014) 7th July, 2014. Road Town The Antillean Crested Hummingbird is a tiny hummingbird species with a small…

New Entries I think it is now time to return to the beautiful Madagascar stamps... with the work of some of the finest French Stamp…

From left to right : White-bellied Sea Eagle (白腹海鵰) ; Brahminy Kite (栗鳶) Black-winged Kite (黑翅鳶) ; Changeable Hawk Eagle (鳳頭鷹雕) Singapore (2016) 21st September,…

Red-billed Leiothrix (紅嘴相思鳥) China (2016) 9th August, 2016. Longdong, Guangzhou Red-billed Leiothrix is native to the Indian subcontinent. Adults have bright red bills and a…

Singapore Post Limited (SingPost) and Japan Post Co., Ltd. (Japan Post) released a joint stamp issue by Singapore and Japan to commemorate 50 years of…

The Colosseum or Coliseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy. Built of concrete and sand, it is the largest amphitheatre ever built. The Colosseum is…

Our Lady of La Salette is a Marian apparition reported by two children, Maximin Giraud and Mélanie Calvat  to have occurred at La Salette-Fallavaux, France, in 1846. On 19 September 1851, Pope Pius IX formally approved…

Wattle is a lightweight construction material made by weaving thin branches (either whole, or more usually split) or slats between upright stakes to form a woven lattice.…

This motif is the third of a 3-year series featuring beach finds. The 2017 label shows cork floats. Thank you Ella.

Neufchâteau is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Inhabitants are called Néocastriens. The Church of St. Nicolas, (shown on the stamp and cover). Church of Saint Nicholas of Neufchâteau,…

New Entries Today's post will show us a nice group of [Recess] printed stamps from Norway... the series shown are not all completed ,but the…

Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion, form, or both are specified.Choreography may also refer to the design…

“Pro Infirmis” is the largest Swiss organization active in the field of disability. The stamp on the FDC depicts the badge or emblem of this organisation.

Multi-Cultural Aland. Thank you Ella.

There is an oft-quoted saying mis-attributed to Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, during a famine suffered by her subjects: If they have no bread, “then let them…

Georges Perec (March 7, 1936 – March 3, 1982) was a French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. His father died as a soldier early…

The stamp on the FDC is one of a set of 8 stamps, commemorating Pioneers of Philately and very appropriately the first stamp is that…

Aland Postal Lorry.  Thank you Ella.

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, playwright, journalist, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and…

Bird of the year 2016 : Goldfinch (紅額金翅雀) Germany (2016) 11th September, 2011. Neckarwestheim 50th anniversary of BSV : Goldfinch (紅額金翅雀) Germany (2016) 6th November,…