Sunday, 25 October 2020

Birds

 

1976: Bird Protection (Design - Froitsheim)
A Golden Plover wearing its full finery which on this stamp almost looks like a hooded gold cloak.

1981: Birds (Design - Þ Magnusson; Engraver - G Betemps)

No dazzle on this monochrome Golden Plover but one could count its feathers.

2019: Europa - National Birds (Design - Tamer Lucarvic)

Another distinctive bird, the lapwing.  One of my favourites, I love its peewit call .  "Hark Hark the lark at heaven's gate sings" and our little beauty is the Horned (the male has tufts of feathers in summer) or Shore Lark.

1991: Animal Definitives 1990-02 (Design Celestino Piatti; Engraver Max Muller) 

Barn owls in their Sunday best

2001-04: Eagle Owl (Machine Stamps)

 

Sunday Stamps II theme this week - Birds - fly over to See It On A Postcard for more fine feathers

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3 comments:

  1. Mail Adventures25 October 2020 at 17:15

    How nice is that Swiss design!
    Anyway, I like all birds on stamps. They made me think of letters flying from the sender to the recipient...

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  2. violet s25 October 2020 at 20:41

    Those Swiss owls are adorable :)
    And tufted birds always make me smile.

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  3. Bob Scotney28 October 2020 at 16:21

    Lapwings seem to be fewer in recent years. I'd love to see a golden plover. Fine stamps

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