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| 1985-89: Birds definitive (1st series) - Nuthatch |
Andre Buzan first birds stamps for Belgium appeared in 1985.
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| Goldfinch |
They would not be his last
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| 1997-1999: Birds (3rd Series) - Fieldfare |
He went on to create many more series, I'm guessing about 11
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| 2002-2005 Birds definitive - Cirl Bunting |
which included the change to the Euro. In 2010 Belgium post issued a mini sheet and stamps celebrating 25 years of 'Birds with Buzin' which featured raptors. Time marches on and this year another anniversary came along another mini sheet issue -
40 Years of Buzin Birds 'From Pen to Brush' featuring waterbirds.
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| 1978: Birds (Illustrator - Michael F Bryan) |
Another prolific stamp designer, Michael Bryan, who covered all manner of subjects for Botswana post including lots of birds. Unfortunately I know nothing about him except that from 1972 to c1988 he had created 194 Botswana stamps. Interestingly his first stamps in 1972 were on the subject of the Mafeking-Gubulawayo
Runner Post which would be reissued for its centenary in 1988 (A celebration of the 500 mile relay runner route across what was then the Bechuanaland Protectorate).
Sunday Stamps's A-Z - The Letter B - at See It On A Postcard
5 comments:
The American nuthatch and goldfinch look very different from their European counterparts!
Nice double B stamps! I didn't know "goldfinch" didn't refer to their coloring. I have lesser goldfinches, and they are a dull yellow.
You can see how Buzin's style has slightly changed over the years. I didn't recognize any of these birds - and it's interesting to see how different their names are in English, Dutch, and French!
Different styles, certainly. As I know nothing about birds, my preference always goes to the most colourful :)
They are all beautiful.
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