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II I 1 I EDITORIAL MISCELLANY g Post BIRDPEX . 2 The last five or six issues of "Flight" have been enlivened by the business of BIRDPEX '98 its advance publicity, prospectus, lists of entries and awards, reports and a few pages illustrating a couple of the exhibits. That is just about behind us now, although the second extract from John Fosbery's intriguing display appears in this issue and l'm sure reminiscences from the exhibition will continue to crop up in § the pages of "Flight" for some time to come. David Cox has written a more measured article on the

. subject of thematic collecting as a counterweight to my, perhaps provocative, feature in the September ...... issue and you will also find an interesting 'new start' in the form of a feature on Chris Gibbins' bird stamps website in these pages. I hope to be able to provide at least occasional features about stamps on the internet. l'm sure that there will be many more goodies from the regular contributors - although none of us can go on for ever - but it would be good now if a few members who have rarely if ever put in a piece did so from time to time. Why not have a go? lt need only be a letter with a query of some kind or drawing attention to something slightly out-of-the-way. But it can easily be rather more - perhaps a

short feature on some aspect of your collecting or any extracts from your album or displays that might be . .

. of interest to members. l can cope with most formats of text and illustration but give me a ring | .,| l .I beforehand if l can help in any way. l can't see any problem in producing a quarterly magazine of 40 to i 60 pages from present resources but "Flight" is almost the only connection the Society has with upwards of 200 members and it does really need some fresh authors to keep it lively.

Thematic Stamp Albums Those who still have the March 1998 issue of "Flight" to hand are invited to look again at the feature entitled 'Bird Stamp Catalogue Project' in the Secretary's 'Newsbriefs' (p. 108) and at my publication of Mr Hoffmann's appeal for help in respect of birds of prey in the 'Philatelic World' feature (p. 115). Unfortunately none of us (apart from the Secretary) was able to offer any support - possibly because of the over-riding impact of BIRDPEX at the time, possibly for other reasons. The good news is that Mr I U .2 Hoffman's albums are now in publication and I have included a couple of pages about them later on in .l

the magazine. He has written - " - - .to at the moment thematic collectors are using various ways and reference points to store their collections, which also makes communication between collectors at times very difficult. My vision is to create a unified basis for collection which is so broad that it leaves room for the individual collector to personalise his or her collection. The main Bird collection for example depicts in general the total sets which might contain only one or two bird stamps, and thereby leaving it up to the individual to collect just the theme stamps or to collect the whole sets. On the smaller themes like the 'birds of prey' and the 'owls' there will be in eachn case two versions available. One version will depict the complete sets which contain the thematic stamps and the other will only depict the thematic stamps." lt should be well worth a look.

Apology

I hope my proof-reading carelessness is not putting members off submitting articles for "Flight", I have to say sorry to both A.J.Dechant and Bruce Cruickshank for the loss into limbo of my final comments on nomenclature policy on page 9 of the last issue. The final paragraph should have read as follows:

"(For a brief explanation of nomenclature policy in the "Flight" new issue listing I would refer you to my book review on page 210 of the last (June 1998) issue. Just now I am feeling very glad to have stuck to H&M (1980) because Bruce Cruickshank, who produces the 'Biophilately'? listing based on Clements, is finding the rate of change of structure there almost impossible to keep Up with and ruinous from the viewpoint of collectors' layouts.)" Founded August 1986

1 11 I I, I I I President: David Cox, "Lynnmoor", 16 Berryhill Road, CIRENCESTER, Glos.GL7 ZHE EQ 01285 651757

The Bird Stamp Society has been formed to cater for the large number of collectors who specialise in bird stamps and relevant material.

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PAGE FEATURE AUTHOR

64 NEWSBRIEFS I MEMBERSHIP CHANGES Secretary

67 MINUTES OF THE 1998 AGM Secretary

I . :~...... f ...... I R. ,J 70 "POSTBAG" Members Write

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i¢ v i I v 71 THEMATIC CIOLLECTING David Cox

72 "THE CYGNET" 0 JUNIOR COLLECTORS' CORNER Editor

73 BIRDS FROM THE TRUCIAL ARAB STATES I PART 2 John Fosbery

3I 81 Z HERE AND THERE Editor .2 I' xv 5 v.

82 THE BIRD STAMPS OF INDONESIA - PART 2 P J Lanspeary

85 BIRD STAMPS ON THE INTERNET Chris Gibbins

88 THEMATIC STAMP ALBUMS

p 90 BIRD DIARY Roger Chapman

98 DUCK STAMPS David Cox

A 99 RECENT NEW BIRDS IN THE PHILATELIC AVIARY Bruce Cruickshank § i I i I 101 A LIST OF ARTHUR SINGER PORTRAITS ON STAMPS P J Lanspeary

102 IDENTIFICATION PARADE / NEW ISSUE LISTING Editor et al.

December 1998 VoI.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 63 o

NEWSBRIEFS By the Secretary

As another year draws to a close it will be long remembered by me as one of the most successful in our short history. BIRDPEX was obviously the highlight of the year but a record number of new members, including juniors by the hatful, is also noted. We also lost one of our most senior, loyal and dedicated members in Tony Weatherley although I hasten to add that at the time of writing Tony is still in a nursing home.

Packet News On behalf of our Packet Secretary (Tony Wise) I would like to pass on his thanks for the response to the plea for more books. We have gone from the 'sublime to the ridiculous' and Tony has received a large number of books in the past few weeks. Please don't ...... stop at that though - the more the merrier! ...... Auction As you will all be aware I took on the running of the last auction. I would like to thank all those (and there were several) members who wrote in with notes of appreciation and suggestions for the new rules. l know Tony Weatherley's efforts were also appreciated but it is nice to receive the odd compliment now and again. The additional rules added as a result of letters received and comments from the AGM are: For overseas members .to Bay by Giro. . For overseas members to e giveni more time to pay as post sometimes takes 4-6 days. All vendor stock .to .be l.nsured y the vendor. Vendors' Commission Is 10%,

The auction itself, for me, sprung a few surprises. I knew it was popular but I didn't know just how popular. I was amazed at the number of bidders (58), and the amounts members were prepared to pay for some items. I hope that the realisation list does not.contain too many typos! The only disappointing aspect was the fact that I had no junior bids whatsoever. A number of our juniors have resigned through either formal notification or failure to renew their subscriptions therefore l have decided to include a small Junior Section this time around. Should there be no bids this time then I shall recommend that the Junior Section be abolished and ask those many vendors who submitted material for this. section to reappraise their reserves and their material will be included in future auctions for all members to bid against. With regard to the next auction. Doug Blake (at the time of these notes) has not yet moved house. I have not yet received all payments and thus cannot formally close down the auction and hand over all stocks. I feel that it would be most unfair to ask Doug to run the next auction given that he might be in the throes of moving house so I will run it. Doug's name will remain on the Committee list but please remember to send your bid forms to me and not Doug. I felt it also appropriate to urge as many members as possible to send open cheques with their bid forms. Those who did were able to receive their lots much quicker. l apologise for the confusion I may have caused regarding the return of Showgards. Those successful bidders will note that most did not have Showgards to return as I used other materials such as cardboard. This l do not need back. The note on the invoices was, to some extent, a hangover from my own club as it was their programs that I adapted for the Society. If you do receive your material in Showgards please return them with your next bid form as this will save you unnecessary postage. Given that I do not need immediate return of Showgards l hope you might appreciate that the open cheque system not only speeds up the whole process but it halves the postage bill. Under the old system bidders incurred postage twice - once for the bid form, once for the payment and the Society incurred postage once - to send out the goods. Under this new'system both the Society and bidders incur postage just the once. Finally I did include a note on the bid form to enable bidders to specify whether or not they would be interested in duplicates. 32 out of 58 bidders failed to complete this so I am afraid they did not get the offer. Some members put a '? against this note and thus l assume did not fully

Page 64 FLIGHT December 1998 VoI.13 No.2 understand what the offer was. The Society does have a number of duplicate stamps but with so much stock I felt it unwise to include the same item several times. So it was my intention to put in just the one item in the auction catalogue but make the offer of receiving a duplicate if a member was unsuccessful.

...... Society Day I have to say that the turnout for this was very disappointing, however I do thank ...... those members who wrote expressing their apologies for being unable to attend. In all we had ...... turn up - 6 X Committee and one other. Quite a lot of effort goes into organising . members . 7 x ...... this event so next year I shall probably revert to an AGM which coincides with a Stamp Show...... I would like to thank those members who contributed to the day and on your behalf to thank Mr ...... John Cornes who presented his 'tricks of the trade'...... g MEMBERSHIP CHANGES I I 1) To September 1998 /regret that there were several typos in last quarter's listing SO I am repeating the E ! new Members and resignations sections with the corrections underlined. E I l Editor I New members:

596 Mr M Warden, 1 Lyndhurst Avenue, Twickenham, TW2 6BG 597 Mr J Fosbery, 63 Sandringham Road, Buckled, Newton Abbott, TQI2 4HB 598 Ms A Broadhurst, Flat 4, 16 Westbourne Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 2HZ é 599 Miss K Ridoutt, 37 Church Road, Ilford, Essex, 1.§_2 7ET E 600 Mrs J Hooley, 11 Hill Farm Park, Pembroke Dock, Dyfed, §_A72 6QD I 601 Mrs B Dean, 7 Furrows Place, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5EH 602 Mr AJ Welch, Corner Croft, Collyers Road, Brockenhurst, Hants, SO42 7§.E 603 Miss S Airdrie, 4 Mir chin Orchard, Aylesbeare, Nr Exeter, Devon, EX5 2BY

604 Mr B Skovsboll, c/o Dansk Optikcenter, Gentoftegade 47, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark I 605 Miss BJ Baldwin, Beechmead, Knobfield, Abinger Hammer, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6RJ z § E Resignations: I I; 5 I 8 A Weatherley

Q I E 302 RF Pea! 5 503 M Williams s I I 54_8. A Wallis i g i I E Q a

E Q 2) To December 1998:

I I 1 3 Changes of Address: ! E i i

P II 265 Mr D Callam, Knowle, Broad Lane, Bracknell, Berks, RG12 9BL. I I I E g I 559 Mr G Aitken, 6 Belhaven Park, Muirhead, Glasgow, G69 9FB

467 Mrs J Williams, 23 Sanderson Road, Westoning, Bedfordshire, MK45 5JY !

550 Mrs M Visser, Griend 1442, 8225 Lelystad, The Netherlands ! I E E § s /continued overleaf E i

. 5 I I I December 1998 VoI.18' No. 2 FLIGHT Page 65 ! I /continued from previous page § I 2 I s I ? New Members: I 3 3 1 607 Mrs J Sadler, 'Treetops', 39 Keristal Avenue, Chester CH3 5XA. » a I 608 Miss G Swinscoe, 63 Jubilee Road, Watford, Herts, WD2 6JL. s

) 609 Mrs JE Lane, 138 The Welkin, Lindfield, Nr Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RHI6 2PL

I § 610 Mr P O'Donoghue, 36 Drumbawn, Drumclay, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, N Ireland e BT74 6NX i I 611 Mr B Clegg, 52 Old Hall Road, Tingley, W Yorks, WF3 QE

612 Mr D Day, 10 Muir Road, Maidstone, Kent, MEl5 6PX ~e. 613 Mr s Scarsbrook, 1 Davey's Court, Bedfordbury, London, WC2N 4BW ;

} I Resignations through formal notification: I a I 574 Mstr R Hatton (Junior) i 300 Dr M Williamson 570 Mstr S Wood (Junior) 183 Dr RR Kley E e

a I Resignations through failure to -renew subscriptions (these may .QQ reinstated): Apologies if any member appears on this list who has paid since 2 Nov 98, i.e., the time of writing these notes. -

Secretary 480 T Armstrong 373 P Ball 22 RM Brewer 579 A Coleing (Junior) 349 AJ Colton 220 A Cunningham 194 A Feeney 572 R Galloway (Junior) 252 D Hanna

573 F Harvey (Junior) 577 R James (Junior) i. I 35 M Lillistone 1 :5 P 567 I Lister 425 DV Low i 590 R Lyon (Junior) 440 JE Malmstigen 564 C McRae 362 A Ofek 571 J Payne (Junior) quo 3 ? 2 540 R Pimblett 149 RF Powell 1 I 2 s 465 DE Thomas 575 I A Wenyon (Junior) i ? g E ll.u.»l-Hlilqhlm-ns

II ,a 4 Torres Australes a. Antarczlques Frangaalaas Torres Australes a 9!?_!,2'9l1§U¢§&§i?;'§S§.L8.'*'5§

2.60 2.60 4 RFC

French Southern and Antarctic Territories - 2/1/98 Fisheyes control - pair and label Birds on left-hand stamp reckoned to be species of gull (on sea) and albatross's (flying)

Page 66 FLIGHT December 1998 VoI.13 No.2 \ ...... Ii ...... 4 ...... Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 13 September 1998 at Worthy Down .

Present:

Mr D Cox President Mr R Martin Chairman Mr R Chapman Editor Mr M Petch Treasurer Mr K Macrosson Committee member Mr G Hors ran Secretary

Mr K Symonds w' um- um-

...... Apologies: ...... Mr D Underwood Committee member Mr A Wise Packet Secretary ...... Dr S Moore Mr A Austen ...... Mr TE Johnson Mr R Todd ...... Item 1: Minutes of the Previous Meeting. . The minutes were accepted as a true record.

Proposed: Mr D Cox Seconded: Mr K Symonds r Carried

Item 2: Matters Arising from Previous Minutes. The Treasurer indicated that 31 x members had taken the opportunity to pay their subscriptions by standing order. At the time of the meeting a substantial number of UK members had not renewed their subscriptions purely as a result of forgetfulness. As a result a significant number of reminder letters would be required. The President therefore asked the Secretary to urge more UK members to consider payment by standing order. Standing order forms are available from either the Treasurer or Secretary. Afternote: Members should note that there are still 26 x members who have either failed to notify the Society that they intend to resign or still have not paid their subscriptions (as at 2 Nov 98).

Item 3: Committee Members' Reports. The Committee submitted verbal reports to the meeting. The following items are deemed worthy of note:

Secretary - Several new members including 15 x juniors. Packet Secretary - A vast upturn in the number of books received. Editor - Need items from a wider variety of members, it is the same few who provide the majority of articles. Treasurer -We are still solvent!

I.Q The meeting asked that the Secretary write to the Packet Secretary to see whether or not it would be feasible to make interim payments on packets subject to a limit of £5. The rationale behind this request is as follows: . . Members submit their books to the Secretary who runs several small circuits. Once the book ...... finishes the 1st circuit (and assuming there is sufficient material) it is sent round a 2nd circuit, ...... 3rd and so on. Books can therefore be out for a considerable period of time (6 months to 1 ...... year is not unusual). To encourage members to submit more books it was felt that if interim . . . .. payments were made then the vendor would at least receive some payments at more frequent . . intervals. .

December 1998 Vol.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 67 The president noted that the accounts for 1995/96 did not reflect a transfer from the packet account (profit from packets/auctions). This figure was deemed to have been subsumed into the figure that appeared in the following year's accounts. Although this was accepted the actual transfer figure for 1995/6 should be made known to the membership. The Secretary was asked to pursue this with Mr Wise. ltem'4: BIRDPEX Report and Aceounts. The meeting was briefed by the President on BIRDPEX '98. This included a summation of the costs that have been incorporated into the accounts. BIRDPEX was universally acknowledged by the floor as a resounding success and it was felt that this success was down to one person, namely , Mr Cox, our President. Mr Cox in response however did state that he did receive a lot of help from Mr Francis Kiddie and certain organisations and that without this help the show would not have been the success it was.

Mr Cox also wished to thank the Editor for his considerable efforts that he puts into our marvelous magazine.

Item 5: Election of Committee. It was announced in Flight that Mr R Martin would stand down as Chairman. As at 13 Sep 98 (the day of the AGM) the Secretary stated that he had not received any nominations for this post. The Secretary also stated that he had not received any nominations for other posts nor had he received any resignations.

Chairman: . After a short discussion Mr K Macrosson offered to become the Society's Chairman.

Proposed: Mr K Symonds Seconded: Mr D Cox Carried

The outgoing Chairman was thanked by the meeting for his efforts and in particular his willingness to reassume the appointment for the year in which BIRDPEX was held.

Vice-Chairman: Mr H Wright appointed in absentia. Afternote: Mr Wright apologised for his absence and agreed to serve on as Vice- Chairman.

Editor: Mr R Chapman

Treasurer: Mr M Petch

Packet Secretary: Mr A Wise

Auction Secretary: Mr D Blake Aftenote: Appointment to be assumed when house move has been completed.

Committee Members: The members prior to the meeting were: Mr D Underwood and Mr K Macrosson

As most will be aware Derek Underwood suffered a major heart attack earlier this year and I am pleased to report that he has now almost made a full recovery. Derek was unable to attend the meeting but did state (and these are his exact words) If the Society is willing to have 'a silly old bugger like me on the Committee then I will willingly stand'. The response from the door was to the effect that the Society already have 8 x silly old buggers (includes

Page 68 FLIGHT December 1998 VoI.13 No.2 the Presidentl) so one more wouldn't do any harm! He was therefore duly re-elected. All appointments less those of Chairman and Secretary were proposed by Mr G Hors ran and seconded by Mr K Macrosson.

The other Committee member is now the Chairman but whilst Ker served on the Committee he did replicate and distribute Flight as well as maintain the membership database. The replication of Flight and its distribution is now performed by the Secretary, Ker has offered to continue to maintain the membership database. The post of Committee Member is one whereby the Committee could call upon that person for help should the need arise. As stated above Ker played a key role in ensuring Flight got to your doorstep. Both members have contributed to the running of the Society in the form of help at BIRDPEX and attendance at Bird Society stands at major stamp exhibitions. There are of course times when the Committee member has very long quiet periods and thus has very little to do. This is more likely now that BIRDPEX is over and Flight distribution is done by the Secretary. Nevertheless the Society has a vacancy for a Committee member who should be prepared to help out as and when requested. Volunteers to Secretary - please.

Item 6: Any Other Business. Auction: A number of comments were made about the auction, the procedures were ratified subject to two additional rules namely: ' Insurance of vendor's stock is the responsibility of the vendor. Vendor's Commission is 10%. It was suggested that the minimum reserve for a single item be set at 50p. This received a mixed reaction and so it was decided to let things stand as is for the time being pending the results of the current auction. Aftemote: The auction for 3 Oct 98 has now closed and all items in that auction with a reserve of 50p or less were sold. It would appear therefore that these items are popular with the membership and thus their inclusion will continue. .

It was also proposed that the new Auction Secretary be permitted to operate a separate bank account. Currently the Packet Account is used for the Auction and this requires the Auction Secretary to send all cheques to the Packet Secretary who then issues the cheques to successful vendors. This does incur additional postage and potentially enforces a slight delay in finalising the auction. The Secretary was asked to write to the Packet Secretary outlining the views of the meeting and publish the outcome in due course. .

The meeting noted that a Junior Section had been introduced and this was welcomed.

Birdpex 2002? The meeting felt that BlRDPEX should become a regular event held every 4 x years. The $64,000 questions were who would take this on, when and where? No conclusion was reached.

Next Meeting. The venue and date for the next AGM to be decided by the Secretary. Afternote: The Society Day was introduced based on a questionnaire distributed in Flight some 2 years or so ago. The attendance has been very poor at both and this either suggests that a Society Day is either not required or it is in the wrong location or it does not have enough to attract the membership. I am open to suggestions but failing such the next AGM wilf,- in all likelihood - be held in conjunction with HAMPEX 99.

There being no further business the meeting closed at approx 12.45 hrs. Secretary

December 1998 Vol.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 69 -d . *. . What eagle?

- 4 JI \ n 1 11 .y 1 l \. `*Y - m St. Pierre & Miquelon 1998, 10f looks more like a White-tailed Sea Eagle than Bald .

.1 L Eagle. If it is the latter it must be a juvenile with no white feathers on the head. In

POST+ * + | 4 4 support of the Bald Eagle, this species is more of a migrator than the White-tailed. ., *N 1 - . BAG4 P.J.L.anspeary (96)

St. Pierre & Miquelon 1998 (No SG. No. known) - Head of an Eagle, with greyish blue plumage and large yellow hooked bill. lt is inscribed, in French, 'Large Migrators' (actually 'Les Grands Migrateurs' - possibly better translated as 'Great Migrators' and not implying anything about the size of the birds - Editor) and named as 'the Eagle with the white head' or 'White-headed Eagle', depending on how one translates it. (L,aigle a tote blanche - Editor). In the background is a silhouette of a white~headed Eagle which could be the 'Bald Eagle', Haliaeetus leucocep.halus. l do not think that Howard & Moore 1980 includes the area in its range, but perhaps 'great' (or 'large') migrators refer to a passage through as a migrant to other parts. l suppose H.albicilla is a migrant possibility. The plumage colour is not right, but the beak is, but the silhouette is not this bird. l - - - should be grateful for your considered diagnosis.

P.S. I cannot find in Forbush & May anything to suggest it could be plumage of an immature Bald Eagle. A picture of a 'dark phase' is given, but nothing akin to the stamp. Dr. H Moore (310)

Both the above texts are extracts from letters which were sent to 1'l,\$RRBiBT-MIQUELONRB ....-.L me (personally) in the order printed. replied directly to the first but when I received the second lt seemed worthwhile to air the questions in "Flight", The eagle head in the foreground has an orangeyellow bill and a yellow eye-ring but all the plumage detail is engraved in violet on a white background. The bird (little more than a silhouette) in the background is generally coloured in a brownish 10;06 Xi 5li}i'diE tone but the head shows a contrasting white.

My original reply (to Phil Lanspeafy) ran as follows:

"I do have the St. Pierre stamp and agree that the drawing of the head does not show the 'bald' appearance, although the sketch of the flying bird does. It may just be that the engraver chiselled all the lines to show the feather detail, leaving the white background to stand for the general coloration of the head. After all, with only the head in view, there is no scope for showing the change of colour at the breast-line - or as you say, it could be intended as a juvenile. The inscription 'L'aigfe a -tote blanche' also indicates that the bald eagle was in the artist's mind; the French name for the white-tailed is 'Pyrgargue a queue blanched Your 'migratory' point and the fact that the white-tailed is never more than. a vagrant to St. Pierre from SW Greenland adds to the evidence that 'bald' is the best identification." i I N To pick up one of Dr. Moore's supplementary points, Howard & Moore 1980 is not particularly helpful § about the Bald Eagle's range - particularly with regard to its. movements. There is no indication (the symbol ">>' is ordinarily used in H&fvf) that the bird is migratory at all. Yet North American field guides E show a large movement south in winter to central and southern USA of birds that breed in Canada and Alaska. in passage they occur from coast to coast in between and many also winter on the east coast at

*. least as far north as St. Pierre & Miquelon. Southern Newfoundland is also indicated as part of their I I breeding range. My 'Bald Eagle' identification rests but l should be glad of some support! In particular l *I ! F should like to have it confirmed that 'L'aigle a tote blanche' is the ordinary French name for Haliaeetus i leucocephalus.

. . . .. Editor ...... FLIGHT December 1998 Vol.13 No.2 . . Page 70 . . .

...... THEMATIC COLLECTING ...... By David Cox (1) . I . . .

As a follow on to our Editor's thought on thematic collecting (September issue) and his invitation to . . . debate this subject, I would like to add my own ideas for the future...... Regarding present F.l.P. Thematic rules, I personally have no problems with that. However I must admit . .. .. to someone seeing the General Regulations of the FlP for the Evaluation of Competitive Exhibits, and . . E the Special Regulations produced for each class including Thematic Philately, it must be quite frightening 3

and may turn some collectors away from exhibiting. With all competitions, be they local or International, i"

there must be rules, and if one takes that path then you have to abide by the rules of that Governing s Body. Having exhibited at National and International level, I have no complaints. I do feel however 5 something needs to be done to encourage more collectors to exhibit. At BIRDPEX '98, I introduced two new competition classes into a National Exhibition, the One Frame (16 page) competition and an Open Class. Both classes attracted entries, especially the One Frame Class, with sixteen entries, ten of which were first time exhibitors. Since my first visit to New Zealand I have long been full of praise for the One Frame Competition, and I have continually said we in the U.K. should follow their example, and introduce s a breath of fresh air into our philately. One Frame Competitions fill very useful functions:- (1) They can be the first step towards a larger exhibit at National level. (2) They can provide a challenge for the experienced collector/exhibitor to enter something new.

3 Most important I the One Frame gives more collectors the opportunity to take part in the fun - ( ) of exhibiting, which in turn is good for viewers and judges. 16 page competitions are held successfully also in Australia and the U.s ,. A .. As in the traditional classes it is deemed necessary to have an introduction to help not only the judges but the viewers' comprehension of the exhibit.

Thematics of course should include a plan of the exhibit. The One Frame competition is not just for thematics but caters for all classes of philately. The essence of these competitions is to encourage good exhibiting, and to encourage collectors to take up this activity, (indeed simply to encourage collectors to mount their stamps etc. on pages). There is a certain freelance element in 16 page exhibits which perhaps is absent from National and International exhibiting, and the judges do not feel bound by concepts and rules which may apply at the higher level of competition. To give some idea of the popularity of the One Frame Competition in New Zealand, a nation-wide competition was held at Christchurch in 1996 and attracted 178 entries. I introduced the Birdpex Open Class to allow any bird related exhibit not catered for in the traditional classes to take part. Within this class one could include

non philatelic material, but there were no hard and fast rules. My personal view is that our National E Exhibition should be following many other countries and introduce a Social Philately Class. What is Social Philately '? The objective is to provide an interesting exhibit with maximum freedom for exhibitors to display their collection as they wish, using philatelic material, but the difference is that the exhibitor I can use up to 30% of non philatelic material such as, postcards, photographs, phone cards, cigarette cards and letterheads. l have even seen medals, Cinderella items, in fact anything within reason-which will enhance the exhibit. In the Stamp Show 2000, I see an Open Class has been intr6duced along the lines of Social Philately. While I am pleased to see this, l am concerned that it should be introduced IE firstly into an International event. At Stampex, we have an Open Class where competitors must use I

. i. stamps and/or other philatelic material. Visitors to Stampex judge the one they like best not quite Social . - . . . . . Philately. .

Finally, one further very important point in my view is the cost of exhibiting. To exhibit 3/4 frames at Stampex, the frame charge is £45/60 , I know many collectors who think twice about paying out this amount. When one aspires to International level, of course the cost increases, for example when l exhibited at Capex '96 in Toronto, the frame fee was £17.50, for 5 frames £87.50, on top of this was a conveyance charge payable to the Philatelic Trust of £12.50 per frame X 5 = £62.50 making a total of £150. I see the frame fee for Stamp Show 2000, is £31 .II .

So maybe the One Frame Competition will be popular just from that point of view, whatever happens, if anything, the idea of competing must be sold to the collector. It will mean a lot of work by the officials to encourage and help us all to obtain the maximum fun from our collecting. Believe me, exhibiting can be a most rewarding experience and great fun.

December 1998 Vol.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 71 aW THE CYGNET

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TOPICAL SPOT Cinderellas

~r You may have come across this term in a stamp magazine or on dealers' boxes etc. at a stamp fair and wondered what it meant. Cinderella was of course the neglected girl in the fairy story who wasn't allowed to go to the ball with her step-sisters and had to pass her time tucked away in the kitchen out of sight. Her name has come to stand for stamp-like material that has to be kept at the back of the album and never put on display. Only 'proper' postage stamps issued by genuine postal authorities are allowed to enter for most exhibitions, Cinderellas are frowned on.

Yet many people still collect them, and for people interested in bird stamps they offer a lot of interest. Some of the most fruitful sources of bird-related Cinderellas are British island issues. Lundy Island, which lies 15 miles off the Devon coast in the Bristol Channel, is a case in point. For many years now it has issued unofficial postage stamps - or 'labels' as they are more correctly called. They are not valid from the Post Office's point of view so you have to put a GB stamp'on your letter or postcard to get it delivered in mainland Britain - but Lundy labels have been accepted by boatmen to carry mails ashore. Lundy labels are not priced in £s and ps, the 'puffin' is the local currency Used on the label (I don't know how many puffins you get for a £) and many of them carry illustrations of this of this attractive bird. Here is a sample of puffins on Lundy labels overprinted for the present Queen's coronation on 2nd June 1953.

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, H § SEA BIRDS J 3 at* ¥ \ ., 2? 0 \ * There have also been many local label issues from w SEA BIRDS ! I I I § Scottish islands. You may find sets showing birds Q l v

§ .i .,*1. { from St. Kilda, the Summer Isles and Eynhallow. u r { f so I l 1 More recently, Iona St. Columba's holy island off the l A - . : g4 hlfhn . • l E, larger island of mull - has issued a set of five labels ..- 3 enau-e-»- . F .:e F ..r 'lliiildau .; .F .:. • __| 1* g .J .e .e *1 J - showing eight seabirds puffin & fulmar, razorbill 8. .e .: )»" - I `¢°.* . in" • .. A *°*l .I ..;... `"*2'{ .I S-z .. 1: . 4 z . I .4 guillemot, gannet, shag & cormorant and nanx . . . SEA BIRDG .. o . et) shearwater. You may be able to make out from the be) SEA BIRDS .. i \ 153 . 33 .. 1; . 3 illustration that the bird logo set in the top right-hand . I . £1 ... Zn .. I . r- A . E. | , I . 1 corner of each label is also a puffin. But lona does 1 . Raznlbill »i "4 1* : . 71. i . _L =*{ 1 .. D I- .. a - . . not seem to have set up its own currency yell l~ . s II IE r . I Mun Sbearwaltt i . I . 51J . "9*L'-* 'z .. .. 5: . i .. g. §fl.l»llC Guillemot itll!!-Inn; . as . 3* . There was a happy ending to the original Cinderella . » . . \ §s° \4 4 r.r L 1 5, - v .. 1J*H-y;; -l_an . ... ,¢ Q *j)*."_¢"l . s . story. Cinders _.<11Q. get to the ball. in the end and she ...... 41 . 1 .. SEA BIRDS ... met her Prince Charming there. I am pleased to say that things are looking ... in .. `\ ...... better for stamp Cinderellas too. Nowadays more and more exhibitions hold .. '/ .. ./ ... . • `. bi/ . x,<_*.7 special competitions within which Cinderellas can be shown alongside genuine .. ,u .. u . » v-. . of .. stamps and related material. (You may have read about this in the article on .. .. Anna . .. the previous page by David Cox, our President.) it's right that restrictions .. . ¢HN¢»h-1 E . g F . .. should remain on the types of material accepted for more formal exhibitions but . Isli- . . it's good too for those back-of-the-album favourites to be shown and admired ...... from time .. to time...... Editor ...... Page 72 .. FLIGHT December 1998 Vol.13 No.2 ...... i §

4 1 'I r BIRDS FROM THE TRUCIAL ARAB STATES /4

1* By John Fosbery (597) "Forbidden" , Birds 1

In the early part of this century some of the more conservative philatelists became concerned at the growing proliferation of 'superfluous' stamps-denominations or entire issues which were not strictly necessary given the existence of adequate definitives to cover the full range of postal charges. They saw the introduction of commemorative and other short-lived pictorial stamps a symptom of what we would nowadays call the 'dumbing down' of the hobby. They formed the SSSS--the Society for the Suppression of Superfluous Stamps---to combat the perceived evil. It failed. In the second half of the century a new wave of superfluous stamps began to emanate from countries with small, mostly illiterate, populations. Many of these might more accurately be called spurious stamps, issued purely to raise money from collectors, often being released directly to the philatelic world from agencies without ever going near the supposed country of origin and never, or hardly ever, seeing active service in the mails. This abuse caused the philatelic establishment to 'blacklist' such issues, and the major catalogue publishers hid diem away at the back of the book. However, many of these stamps are very attractive, and illustrate subjects of considerable interest to people who arrange their collections along thematic lines.

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so --gcliiiu I I I I . .11 . .. ¢.§.¢IA$ ...... stamps bearing images of birds issued by (or TRUCIAL STATES . for) a group of Middle Eastern states--hence IPMUHINAKY "*?) lwdsrllur l»euO the title: "Forbidden" Birds. They are pre- »¢r~u»1snn¢ unoefonnvnv-u *Qduh lm "¢\*'4) sented with a view to suggesting that at least \o¢l\Trvdi San's , ,,,,,, Tludll he: WI some of these stamps might have a valid :=::::: **"¢°* • ...... O n i oo uoq s \l.l..l'l.OII . • • D .. 1 * • g l I \ . . OC* lo\»\ I. ooooaooool .. • • . so • • 4. ¢ . . . .Q...... place in thematic collections.This would be of . oogiloilgoo. 0.1.10 ...... *l0IOOO*.\0...... lll;~-----;;;..-...... ;-Ag...... • I1»l\»»l¢oo°-*oo...... so .. a 44 • • • ...... particularly the case where the birds are not OO .. do • ...... 11x8• . . m ...... 0 . 0641000000905. . tOO...... - . . . . - . . . . .--...... --» ...... ob oowooooo ...... ¢a»¢\.Oo...... illustrated on more conventional stamps, or ...... an . . ofwe I* .no BEE. . . 'lg ...... 0° . . -aaeooqlon. . uioosoo...... ¢l*¢¢¢»¢ooo¢O...... to extend displays featuring the work of par- ...... * . or o u oo .oo ...... of!! . ....O'lO. . 8° ...... no . O0»¢.OOl . . . 10...... 100000 . so . 1 »\a1¢\¢0. . . . ticular artists, designers or printers. O6§\cl¢¢l» . . i".**O Uéhu.l i¥dv»l Clone I--v.¢oo. .. l*l'l\IO\OO*Q. Oao»*¢¢¢0ooQ. . . 100»¢1\¢\0.8 O¢1¢1 .rot.. .. ¢loO 1\»\O\¢0 000»»¢1¢sooo. . . ¢¢li¢IO¢§OI. OO*»l.l.OOIO. . . s»o.o1oa.l\l1 ..O.QI.¢OO\\. . l»\»\\»»-no ¢l§l§o¢e.0o It is not intended to force this view- obit.-uoooovi .. »o»»*»»oOo 'O*.llOI' ¢l¢»»»tlo°O\ .. .ouooo.l0 ll*tQ..¢\l¢l . . QQOQOIOO Qoodviioiag .. . neo con-gona 000@ 1111000 . OIO.l*I.Io.O .. Ollllliill ».¢-- "§vOO .. 0 000 11 n1 1 point upon you. But please have a look and ...... 1l¢Ahlll ...... so #Org .. iconic so Outs .. Oiligeioc We

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December 1998 Vol.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 77 Forbidden or

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December 1998 VoI.13 No 2 FLIGHT Page 79 Forbidden--

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Page 80 FLIGHT December 1998 Vol.13 No.2 ...... ,I ...... I . r I . I I .. / / ...... v . 4 . I I I • . I I I ...... dl . . • ...... Scottish definitives and GB commemoratives . . Readers of the GB philatelic press can hardly have failed to notice that a move is afoot to give Scotland its own stamps, with designs more distinctive than the regulation issue of country Machins. The Post

Office has acceded to Scotland's ever»growing pressure for more autonomy and, in 1999, the Mach in . .. . . definitives will be replaced by pictorial designs using themes suggested by the general public in . Scotland. True, there is no plan announced yet for specifically Scottish commemoratives (outwith the incidental Scottish subjects like Edinburgh Castle that appear in the issues for the whole of the UK) but the feeling here is that it must come. Then we can hope for some good local wildlife subjects from time to time. And why not?

Perhaps Scotland's move will lead to the general abolition of Machins and the adoption of more attractive definitives. All UK thematic collectors must hope so. I apologise to any BSS members who " 'R l* .. ... %~=...... are deeply into Machins, but GB now has more than 150 years' worth of royal heads on stamps, surely s that is enough to appease the most avid specialist.

The impending millennium will at least result in an expanded GB commemorative stamp programme for 1999. This got me excited at first, but when the first details appeared in the press it became clear that natural history subjects will be scarce. Monthly issues, each consisting of four stamps, will celebrate 'British innovation and achievement over the past 1000 years'. The twelve themes are to be: inventors, travellers, patients, settlers, workers, fans, citizens, scientists, farmers, soldiers, Christians and artists - in that order. The trick is clearly going to be spotting incidental birds in the designs.

Completion of Jersey Seabird Definitives "Stamp Magazine" for November reported that August 21st would see the fourth and final Jersey Seabirds & Waders issue, completing the definitive series. The eight stamps, designed by Nick Parlett as were the previous issues, will have a total face value of £2.84. We don't know the species involved as yet. Any guesses?

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The latest monthly lists are always available. The latest list comprises 20 x pages of predominantly UMM stamps covering all periods but mostly 1985 onwards including those elusive 'singles' and much Foreign (and thus more difficult to acquire) material.

December 1998 VoI.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 81

3 THE BIRD STAMPS OF INDONESIA on PART

By P.J.Lanspeary (96)

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in (6 Sul; 'agp- i,MII»:n la,¢» A 1995 flora and fauna issue featured two of Indonesia's more spectacular birds.Peacock-pheasants are small dainty birds with plumage of intricate designs. The males display like peacocks but are rarely seen as they live in dense, humid, leech-infested tropical jungle. The specific part of the scientific name given on the stamp, 'schleiermacher', refers to a sub-species which occurs in Borneo and Sarawak and is local and rare. The other geographical form is 15.4.

iiwwaun lH(3DNfS{A 8?i'\lBLn< lHUONlSlA found in Sumatra and has an area of chestnut colouring on the wing.

The other 150r of the 1995 issue features the Maleo Fowl which has an unusual life style. It is the largest and most striking member of a small family of chicken-like mound buildiNg birds found in eastern Indonesia. They are now restricted to the island of Sulawesi where they live in lowland forest areas. At breeding time both birds look for somewhere suitable to dig a nest. They join together to dig a deep pit using their large feet and claws. After a period as long as three hours, including rest time, the female lays an egg and the pit is refilled. Incubation is effected by the heat of sun-baked sand or, depending on location, volcanic heat. The eggs are subject to predation by monitor lizards and a number of decoy pits are usually dug. The Maleo . lays proportionately one of the largest eggs of any bird. Although about the size .. . of a domestic hen their eggs are more than twice the length and five times the . weight of a chicken's egg. They are considered a delicacy and thetrade in them oteoouosuoosonooo is illegal but it is still possible to find eggs for sale in Jakarta markets. Their large :Lie alarm, scxaww szuuu I5'f¢"'14I ¢-H-Isla size enables the young hatchlings to be fully feathered when they leave the eggs and ready to fly for cover soon after burrowing out of the mound. 9999909.10

A 1996 issue included on a 300r the Sulawesi Hornbill which is the larger of the two species

1 511 of hornbill on the island. The same portrait un . | was used for a 2000r miniature sheet brought out to mark Aseanpex '96, The Sulawesi, or Red-knobbed Hornbill, is common and an

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4 Black-naped Oriole and the same portrait was 5&?Q*A iv used for a miniature sheet released in 1997. This .portrait is more life-like than that in the 1965 set.

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u *8:' 1 HP .¢ '67, FQ4 &"§ to; mwonnsu ';>;d¢,.,m¢.;'h 297 The most recent issue at the time of a °~; 1~r.u11\c £048-ML I u.l¢u'»L\ and I I `:: Ann D3N7l11L,0I(l JMUJUA v writing is a miniature sheet marking the JI-l'~»\f.a s£¢¢44A1;)¢ s ale.-!u1 1-:Aa ...,,;*.§ 1997 National 'Love Flora: and Fauna' °"'QE" °"'QE" Day. Within the design are two l250r values one of which contains a fine portrait of a Brahminy Kite. There are four geographical forms of this handsome bird of prey one of which is resident in Indonesia. For the most part they are scavengers, taking EPUBLIKJHDOHESI REP carrion and relatively small prey such Awe as rodents, reptiles, crabs and large insects. They are par ticularly associated with wet places and are the commonest birds of prey around rice paddies. Because of their liking for pests they are rightly regarded as being beneficial to agriculture. Nests are nearly always placed in trees, often as high as 150 feet above \ the ground and usually near a river or lake. Two eggs are laid normally and incubation is mainly by the female. In India the Brahmins are a priestly caste and the name 'Brahminy' was given to this species by Europeans in India because it was a sacred bird to the Hindu deity, Vishnu.

A piece about the bird stamps of Indonesia would net be complete without reference to Garuda, a mythical bird. The first fabulous birds of any significance appeared in the Middle and Far East. The most important was Garuda, a gigantic bird-of- prey who, in Hindu mythology, was believed to bear the sun-god Vishnu on his daily journey across the sky. Garuda was probably derived from real birds such as the Crested Serpent Eagle, the Lammergeier i and the Brahminy Kite. In time he began to be depicted with human arms and legs. The cult of Garuda spread from India to other eastern countries and Indonesia adopted him as the name and trade mark of their national airline. Apart from symbolic versions on stamps celebrating various anniversaries of 1 the Indonesian Airline, Garuda is portrayed on Special Delivery Stamps brought out in 1967/8/9. The same design is used for the three issues. The resemblance to any sort of bird is tenuous, about the only avian characteristic being the wings.

Indonesia's bird stamps are sound rather than spectacular. Only native birds have been shown and, apart from the 1963 Greater Bird of Paradise, all the stamps bear the scientific name. Falls from grace are the name given for the Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, 'pusillus' instead of 'galgulus' and the surprising choice of sub-species for the Rainbow Lory and the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, both of which refer to varieties not found in Indonesia. The portraits are generally realistic both with regard to colour and posture. Some tend to be stylised especially those in the 1983 set of Birds of Paradise.

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If r 1 -kw* 8 "-In to Java and Bali. . \ 1 Y 1 s a* *n t 'I . _ Halcyon cyanoventris Editor 35000r MS Javanese (Wattled) Lapwing Vanellus macropterus i ; December 1998 VoI.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 83 BIRD STAMPS OF INDONESIA - CHECKLIST 1963 Liberation of West lrian 6r Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea epode) 964 1965'So cal Day' 4r + or Pied Fantail (Rhipidura javanica) 1022 6r + 1r50 Zebra Dove (Geopelia striate) 1023 12r + 3r Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus) 1024 20r + Sr Black~naped Oriole (oriolus chinensis) 1025 30r + 7r50 Java Sparrow (Padda oryzivora) 1026 1980 Parrots 75r Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) 1699 100r Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulus) 1600 200r Rainbow Lory (Trichoglossus haematodus rubritorquis) 1601 250r Rainbow Lory, 350r Pesquet's Parrot, 400r Chattering Lory MS 1602 1981 Cockatoos 75r Salmon-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis) 1637 l00r Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita galerita) 1638 200r Palm Cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus stenolophus) 1639 150r Sulphur»crested Cockatoo, 350r Palm Cockatoo MS 1640 1982 World National Park Congress, Bali, 11 - 22 October 1982 100r Rothschild's Mynah (Leucopsar rothschild) 1682 250r King Bird of Paradise (Cincinnurus regius) 1683 500r MS Rothschild's Mynah MS 1684 1982 Birds of Paradise 100r Arfak Parotia (Parotia sefilata) 1686 150r Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) 1687 250r Red Bird of Paradise (Paradisea rubra) 1688 200r Arfak Parotia, 300r Red Bird of Paradise, MS 1689 1983 Birds of Paradise 110r Wilson's Bird of Paradise (Diphyllodes respublica) 1721 175r Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastuosus) 1722 275r/500r Black-billed Sicklebill (Drepanomis albertisii) 1723/4 I

1984 E I 75r Lauterbach's Bowerbird (Chlamydera lauterbachi) 1765

110r Flamed Bowerbird (Sericulus aurous) wee i I 275r Arfak Bird of Paradise (Astrapia nigra) § 1787 § aI f 325r Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorhina so*oerba) 1788 § § 75r and 325r combined on MS issued for 'Philo Korea 984' F ¥ 1992

... 100r White-crested Laughing Thrush (Garrulax leucolophus) 2053 ... . 5 5 200r Common Golden-backed Woodpecker (Dinoplum javanense) 2054 400r Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) 2055 500r Amboina King Parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) 2056 3000r White~crested Laughing Thrush (as 100r) MS 2057

1993 U.N. Environmental Awareness Campaign .. . . 700r Java Hawk Eagle (Spizaetus bartels) 2096 ...... 1993 Birds and Tree Flowers ...... 300r Orange~tailed Shame (Capsychus pyrrhopygus) 2119 . . . 300r Southern Grackle (Hill Mynah) (Gracula religiosa) 2120 ...... 1994 Love Flora and Fauna -» All 150r . . .. . Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) 2160 . .. . Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot (Loriculus galgulus) 2161 .. . . . Timor Helmeted Friarbird (Philemon buceroides) 2162 . Amboina King Parrot (Alisterus amboinensis) 2163 Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoieuca) 2164 ...... 1994 ...... 2165 . 3500r MS Timor Helmeted Friarbird (as 2162) ...... 1995 Flora and Fauna ...... 150r Maleo Fowl (Macrocephalon maleo) ...... 150r Malay Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron malacense) ...... Page 84 FLIGHT December 1998 Vol.13 No.2

...... BIRD STAMPS OF INDONESIA m CHECKLIST (continued) ...... 1996 ...... 300r Sulawesi Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) . . . . . 300r Rothschild's Mynah (Leucopsar rothschild) ...... Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) .. 300r . . . . Rothchi!d's Mynah . 1250r MS ...... 1996 Aseanpex '96 . 2000r MS Sulawesi Hornbill

1997 Pacific '97 2000r MS Black-naped Oriole E 1997 National Love Flora and Fauna Day 1 250r MS Brahminy Kite (Haliastur Indus) 1998 NVPH Stamp Exhibition, The Hague 5000r MS Java Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris) 35000r MS Javanese Wattled Lapwing (VaneIlus macrqpterus)

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(The information on this site Is for the enjoyment of other. collectors* and bird enthusiasts; no stamps are sold here) . _ Additions to the site 11/11/98 Two MS* from Indonesia _annum- _»*h-I-an--ni --H. -;- _ New on the Web r ,__--_- Definitive set from Tonqa

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_.is OStrich, Greater Rhea, Lesser Rhea, .: -I.5 1 About my Collection of Bird Double-wattled Cassowary, and Dwarf 1 'lu Stamps Cassowary. to the site, and describes Welcomes you Mexico It's contents. If this is your first visit, Identification of birds on the 1996 Wildlife Sheet please read this page. | Uruguay .Birds on the. Liqhthouses set Rwanda

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http://www.bird-stamps.orgl The illustration on the previous page is the home page of Chris Gibbins' new website on the above

address. Chris is BSS Member No.4 one of the founders u- and the site reflects the range of his bird stamp interests. Your editor is still a tyro web surfer but has managed to look through all Chris has to show (as at in November) and there follows a brief resume of each of the general features shown on the home page.

'About my collection of bird stamps' This is where Chris describes his collecting principles he concentrates on birds on stamps that are endemic to the country of issue - and, incidentally, lists the contents of his bird bookshelf, raising pangs of envy over many titles. 'Two MS from Indonesia' These are the stamps that I have added and illustrated as a 'stop press' to the end of Phil Lanspeary's article on page 83. 'New on the Web' This contains topical information on new issues that Chris has gleaned from here and there, often x with full colour illustrations. Data has been lifted for the new issue listing! 'Definitive set from Tonga' This appears in the current new issue listing. The display is fully illustrated in colour.N . \ 'Ostrich etc.' In this feature Chris shows pages from his species-based albums. 'Mexico' Here Chris has carried out an identification analysis of the 1996 Mexico issue that was listed in "Flight" 12/1, based on data provided~by Bruce Cruickshank(73). 'Uruguay' The product of Chris's researches is illustrated on this site and is reflected in some wholesale changes appearing in the current 'Identification Parade'. I 1

'Rwanda' ! This looks back to the 1975 Rwanda 34f Sacred Ibis stamp and queries the identity of the nearer bird. I have reproduced this query on the opposite page in the hope that somebody may be able to help.

If you are on the web Chris's site is a must. But be warned - it can take up hours of your time.

E 5 I will try to keep pace with the more topical features of Chris's site as I put each issue of "Flight" to 5 bed - though of course, a quarterly magazine cannot possibly keep up! 2. Other Sites

1.r *g ns There are many other sites dealing with stamps but no other that I know of is devoted to bird > stamps. One good general stamp site is Joe Luff's Philatelic Resources Pages, on - http://www.execpc.com/~joeluft/resources.html I find it particularly useful as an entry into the websites of dozens of different postal authorities but it contains many other lists and features.

. . . Some comments on Chris's ibis question, opposite ...... I can only add some indirect clues. The American Topical Association's handbook and "Collect Birds .. .. . on Stamps" both offer only 'Sacred ibis'. The field guides say that immature sacred ibises don't have ...... the adults' bare neck; they have black and white mottled feathers over the head and neck, but the hair- ...... do of the bird in the stamp portrait is a most definite crest. The crest is shown white while the rest of . . . . the bird is a dark olive brown. Any ideas? ...... Editor . .

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...... Note Regarding the Second Species of Ibis with the Sacred Ibises on the Rwanda 1975 34F ...... JCIS . 1've always disliked of bird stamp.; where one of the stamps shows more than one species, because it usually .. . . IT1€dlls that I have to purchase a second set (sometimes more) .. so that I can place a stamp on the pages of both species . . . . . in my collection...... This mute concerns the Mit of 8 issued by Rwanda 111 1975. I have never seen any discussion about the bird in the foreground of the 34F stamp, which is always described as showing only Sacred Ibis (Threskiomis aethiopicus) 24-1 *

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As can be seen from the stamp, the bird in the foreground is obviously not the same as the pair 'm the distance. It has a creamy white crest giving a ragged neck appearance. What we can see of its body is olive green. Its head appears to be without feathers and looks like dark brown wrinkled skin with a slight tinge of green.

After checking ibises in my field guides, I decided that this was probably the Olive Ibis (Lampribis olivacea) 24-1 1. The description in the "Field Guide to the Birds of West Africa" by Serle, Morel and Hartwig (1977) is brief. It is compared with the Hadada Ibis (Hagedashia hagedash)24-13. It is similar in size but distinguished by its long crest. In the "Field Guide to the Birds of East and Central Africa" by Williams (1963) there is a similarly brief comparison with the Hadada Ibis - "slightly larger with a crested head".

Now that I have seen a picture of the Olive Ibis in the "Checklist of Birds otlEastern Africa" by van Perlo (1995) I think that I may have been misled by the "crest".

Illustration in the Checklist

Has anyone else tied to identity this odd Ibis?

December 1998 Vol.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 87 so F I THEMATIC STA P AL~U S

Collecting of thematic stamps has over the last decade become more and more popular which is reflected in the fact, that approximately 30% of all thematic stamps issued in the world were issued during the last 10 years.

But whereas those who collect stamps of individual countries can arrange their collection in a variety of pre-printed albums, for the thematic collector this has remained a dream - up to now!!!

The reason for-this is the complexity and diversity in the field of thematics. For example from 1840 up to now, the United Kingdom has issued approximately 2000 stamps and in comparison to this, the flower albums alone illustrates over 25000 stamps arranged alphabetically in individual countries. To achieve this at~a reasonable price has only become possible with the advanced computer technology which only became available in the last few years. In October 1998 we published illustrated albums for the following themes: ORCHIDS OWLS ROSES BIRDS OF PREY FLOWERS (complete) BIRDS (complete) FLOWERS & BUTTERFLIES (combined on one stamp) In addition to this, we will provide titled but not illustrated album pages for any theme required. . . .

...... Updated pages for the illustrated albums will be published in 1-2 year intervals, depending on the numbers of stamps issued and we intend to publish new illustrated themes at a rate of 2-3 per year.

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December 1998 Vol. 13 No a 2 FLIGHT Page 89 1 ... BIRD DIARY / I Roger Chapman (58) ! [4 r "The Birds of Scotland"

My shelves dedicated to bird books are overflowing. A large, and growing, section contains field guides to birds found in the different regions of the world and for species in the various families. There are books on specific subjects (migration, weather, counting etc.) and personal writings by birders past and present. A treasured section contains bird artists' work - Bewick, Gould, Audubon, Thorburn, Scott, Singer, Brockie etc. - and there are some more practical volumes of check lists, dictionaries and other reference works. important sections for any active birder are the 'Where to watch birds in - ' genre, and a selection of basic ornithological works. There are also a few 'coffee table' books - which I try to minimise because that item of furniture tends to be covered in newspapers and magazines.

Bird atlases are one category of very substantial books that I have not mentioned. These are usually the culmination of years of work by teams of professionals and volunteers who have charted the incidence and order of magnitude of species of birds found in particular areas, nowadays generally with reference to grid patterns of squares of different sizes. "The Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland" (1976) based on 10-km squares - was an early example of this kind of work, it has since been updated (1992)

...... and was followed by a corresponding atlas of wintering birds (1987). On a wider front, 1997 saw the . .. publication of a European atlas of breeding birds based on a 50-km grid square and, close to home for . me, 1998 brought a monumental 2-km grid square atlas of breeding birds in southeast Scotland.

For Scotland as a whole the standard current species reference work is 'Birds in Scotland" (1986) by the late (sadly deceased in May of this year) Valerie Thom. The mapping in this volume is a broad distillation of the Scottish squares in the 1976 British atlas but its treatment of each species is historical as well as geographical and it deals extensively with the relationship of the birds with their habitats. While its mapping approach was novel, it was not the earliest review of its kind for Scotland. Throughout Valerie Thom's work, credit is given for the historical records of an earlier age, with the frequent citation of "(B&R)" as a main source. The foreword to the book by Dr. W.J.Eggling - a renowned botanist and ornithologist closely associated with the founding of the isle of May Bird Observatory in 1934 - begins thus:

"The publication of this book would have pleased beyond words both Dr. (Evelyn V.) Baxter and Miss (Leonora Jeffrey) Rinfoul. Their The Birds of Scotland (1953)' contained the fruits of almost two lifetimes spent observing and collecting birds throughout Scotland, examining meticulously old records, much correspondence, and the unearthing of new facts. All this at a time when the watching of birds was in its infancy, was almost entirely the occupation of amateurs, and was not at all a suitable pursuit for ladies! Professional study had only just begun."

These two ladies laid the foundation of systematic bird records for Scotland, both by their wide-ranging personal journeys and contacts with contemporary birders (such as Eagle Clarke, Fraser Darling and James Fisher) and by a close study of historical records of observations by all sorts and conditions of men (and a few women) in Scotland. Thus a species account might begin with a mention in Sir Robert Sibbald's list (1684), continue with a reference to Pennant's "Tour in Scotland" (from 1771 to 1776) via references to the Old and New Statistical Accounts (compendiums of local data commissioned from parish ministers in the late 18th and mid 19th centuries) and a host of others up to more recent sightings. The geographical references in (B&R) are often very precise and usually at least defined to the old county boundaries. -

Of course, "The Birds of Scotland" is long out of print and anyone in search of it must be prepared to E frequent second-hand book shops looking for the two volumes,originally priced at E3, 3s. I was lucky enough to light on a good copy, still quite fresh in its covers but priced rather more than £3.15, about a Q I year ago and it now takes UP a prized place on my shelves. The dust jackets show a crested tit (Vol.1) E and a golden eagle at its nest (Vol.2). These illustrations, along with the general run of the illustrations, are in black and white but there is a coloured frontispiece to each volume. These show the two bird E

species then regarded as endemic to Britain - the Scottish Crossbill and the Red Grouse. I s a $* Il 3 1 I

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v In Baxter & Rintoul S time, the red grouse, Iagopus scoticus, was generally regarded as a distinct species which included an Irish race, l.s.hibernicus. Nowadays, the red grouse is lumped with the willow grouse, iagopus lag opus which has a circumpolar distribution. (The willow/red grouse is in fact a ...... ptar'migan, as its placement in the genus 'lagopus' shows, and 'willow ptarmigan' has become its up~to~ date name. One common characteristic of all ptarmigans, as distinct from grouse, is that their feet are feathered.) Although it has lost its species status, the red grouse is strikingly different from the willow ptarmigan in appearance, the latter having white primaries, secondaries and feet all the year round and even more white on its upper body in winter, while the red grouse never has more than its feet white.

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/ 3 s December 1998 Vol.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 91 Another stamp that shows the willow ptarmigan (at least according to the Eriksens) is a very early one, the monochrome (deep blue) 12c value from the 1897 Newfoundland set commemorating the 400th anniversary of its discovery (by Europeansl) - a pioneering thematic issue containing one of the very few 19th century stamps that feature in my collection of European bird species. There are three birds shown on the stamp and 'PTARMIGAN. NEWFOUNDLAND SPORT' is inscribed below the picture. 'Ptarmigan' is the name usually given, in Britain, to the rock ptarmigan, lagopus mutus a resident of the Scottish Highlands. Both the rock and willow ptarmigans are native to Newfoundland and, except in winter plumage when the rock ptarmigan goes white all over, the two species are not easy to distinguish - especially on a blue monochrome stamp. The American Topical Association's description of the Newfoundland birds as 'ptarmigan (unidentified)' is probably the honest approach. The Eriksens, in Gibbons' 'Collect Birds on Stamps' unreservedly identify them as 'willow/red grouse', perhaps because of the strong barring on the wings and the 'game bird' context. The ATA/Erikson split is the same for the 1933 Newfoundland 5c 'Air Post' showing a biplane causing ptarmigans to lift from a snowy ridge and NEWFOUNDLAND inscribed 'PUT TO FLIGHT' Here the birds are much sketchier and in more ~ or less winter plumage, so the 'willow/red grouse' identification is more 5 problematic, particularly since the birds appear to have risen from above the tree line. 'You pays your money and you takes your choice' as the saying goes. Anyway, they're certainly not red grouse and l'm glad l wasn't 'S #May producing the "Flight" new issue listing in 1933.

...... I 2 § 2 I I I i E ; Scottish crossbill, Loxia scotica seems to be hanging on to specific status within the ornithological §* E community by the skin (or rather the size) of its beak. Recent DNA studies suggest that it might E eventually be regarded as con specific with the parrot crossbill, L.pytyopsittacus. Neither of these

: species has as yet appeared on stamps, though there must be hope that one will be shown in due 1 s .4 course following the introduction of Scottish commemoratives next year. There are plenty of stamps I -z showing the common (or red) crossbill, L.curvirostra however and since scotica has in the past been regarded as a race of curvirostra it is worthwhile looking at these. Distinctions in the field seem to depend on bill size (pytyopsittacus>scotica>curvirostra), song and habitat. The first two of these are for eagle-eyed and owl-eared experts only. The ordinary birdwatcher can only assume that when a scots pine cone with its top prized open for the seeds drops at his feet in the remnant Caledonian forest (as happened to me last year) it's the work of scotica - elsewhere, particularly if the cones are spruce, it's curvirostra. There is a fourth Loxia species, the white-winged (or two~barred) crossbill, L.leucoptera which can more readily be distinguished in the field. The following table, with illustrations might help to sort them out -» or it might make matters even more complicated.

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...... White-winged Crossbill, Loxia Ieucoptera . . . . ¢ . . .. . This is found in eastern Europe, northern Asia, Japan and North America. Audubon . . Q. . In . captured it stripping the seeds from some broad~»leaved tree in one of his plates, . . e .. . 1 . although larch and spruce are more usual foods. Aitutaki, Liberia and St. Vincent . . . .. all produced Audubon bicentenary versions of this plate on stamps in 1985. The \

I - . Aitutaki $1.15 value is the only one that shows Audubon's two pairs of birds so l am . . . reproducing it here. The servo white wing flashes show up clearly, they, together with _ 4 its smaller size, usually separate it in the field from the other crossbills. in any -» case, it only appears in Britain irregularly and nobody has (yet) suggested that the Scottish crossbill is the same species. (Got runes

Red (or Common) Crossbill, lllll"lllll II llll!ll'!l Loxia curvirostra IL

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This crossbill is confined to the Old World, occurring from Scandinavia to western Siberia. Like the Scottish crossbill its favourite food is pine seeds. Jonson describes it as a rare vagrant to Britain (mainly to the northern isles) but the number of visitors is increasing, a pair bred in Norfolk in 1984 and two pairs bred in north-west Scotland in 1991 following a considerable influx the previous autumn. More recently, and interestingly, there were seven adults at five nests in 1995 in areas where Scottish and red crossbills are found and the RSPB is currently doing work trying to sort the matter out. As l have said, there are no stamps depicting parrot or Scottish crossbills, but since bill gmmusvawm size is really the only visible difference any of the other excellent representations might

stand in for them. The petite Faroe Islands 4k50 stamp could well show a pair of r I vagrant parrot crossbills rather than the indicated red crossbill.

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Scottish Crossbill, Loxia scotica ... . . Igor( | :H-'al I-asia nvranenra .. . .. Perhaps enough has been said Scottish pine forests . l - - scots pine - .Q 4 .a l . . intermediate bill size. With bill size and food so .. critical, this beautiful ...... illustration of the red crossbill's beak alongside some pine cones - the 2k ...... § .. I Czechoslovakian . Kcfss value from the 1983 fauna and flora set - serves to close ...... Cas/»losfoz coM . this chapter. For the present - . . . 3

...... an I- . a I b I Baron's Haugh again

lwrote with enthusiasm about Baron's Haugh the RSPB 'town centre' reserve - in my first Bird Diary piece, back in September 1996. Our Group has visited it twice since then and each time it has produced some good sightings, including both unexpected birds and exceptionally good numbers or views of more common species. We had hopes that a September visit (previous ones had been in July and late November) would give us a chance of birds on the move as well as residents and winter arrivals. Although the rain was falling steadily as we journeyed to the reserve it had ceased by the time we got there and remained dry, if mostly dull, all day. On arrival at an RSPB reserve it is always a good idea to check the bulletin board. This is compiled by the wardens to report the different species and numbers of birds seen there recently. Baron's Haugh is no longer manned full time so we found that the bulletin board had last been updated a fortnight earlier. Nevertheless, we had hopes that the water rail, five ruff and little Stint would still be there and intended to search the wigeon flocks carefully to see if we could find the reported chloe wigeon - a South American vagrant - or more likely escapee.

Aswe walked down the hill from the car park to the lagoon we had a good omen in the sight of some hundreds of lapwing swirling around in their characteristic flight. This was to be a constant feature of the day, the b.irds were feeding and resting all over the lagoon but every so often they would take flight following some disturbance. We never saw the raptor - or whatever was disturbing them -though someone we met said that a sparrowhawk had been about. We went first to Marsh Hide because the notice board by the car park said-that a water rail had been present there - a bird that tends to skulk in the reeds and which has proved elusive to our Group. From the hide we had views of a good number of water birds on or beside the lagoon - cormorant, teal, moorhen, pochard, gadwall, mallard, coot and mute swan. A kestrel hovered nearby and there was a pied wagtail on a mud spit. At last - - a water rail appeared out of the reeds and gave us some stunning close-up views of its subtle colouring. lt was feeding busily there for quite some time.

I The water rail is widely distributed throughout Eurasia and northern Africa so it is perhaps surprising that there are only five representations of it on stamps. This is probably because of its quiet colouring since the gaudy purple swamphen from the same family scores 30-odd. Nevertheless the wafer rail is an attractively marked bird. lt is well shown in its typical habitat on this Essen '78 strip from Mauritania.

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...... So, on round the path to Causeway Hide. From this new perspective there was much more to be seen ...... on the lagoon. New species were shoveler (in some odd plumages), tufted duck, wigeon (but not, alas, . . . the chloe wigeon), little grebe (diving close by) and heron (stalking even closer - some of us observed . . .. . the black streaky marks down the front of its neck with some surprise, though the field guides show them . . . clearly). A ruff - regretfully not in breeding plumage was made out across the lagoon (five had been .. .. recorded on the notice board) and no fewer than three more water rail were sighted in different directions .. an amazing feast of these generally secretive birds. A flock of long-tailed tits appeared in some willow scrub in front of the hide and we heard a wren singing nearby.

The next section brought us round to the bank of the river (Clyde) where we were graced with a late 1 whitethroat, robins, blackbirds, goldcrests and a tree creeper. At the first hide on the river side of the lagoon ('Phoenix' presumably so named because it arose from the ashes of one burnt by vandals) there began the saga of the little bird that thought it was a lapwing. Whenever the lapwings were disturbed it flew with them, settling to feed with them again on landing. lt was never very close and, being so small, it was first labeled by us as a dunlin. Later, both here and at the next hide (Centenary) we followed it some more and changed our identification to common sandpiper - largely because of a salient of white plumage showing against the darker upperparts. We left it at that for a while and concentrated our efforts on deciding whether the godwit feeding on the opposite bank was bar or black- tailed, 'opting conclusively for the latter when it began preening and displayed its tail fully. By this time we had counted ten. ruff feeding among the lapwing, doubling the notice board's tally.

r Most of the birds whose males form a 'lek' in the springtime, like the black grouse, capercaillie efc., come from the Phasianidae family, comprising pheasants and grouse. The ruff is an exception. ii is a member of the Scofopacidae, a broad family which includes sandpipers, snipe, phalaropes etc. The English name refers directly to the extravagant collar that it develops each year for the lek. (The female of the species, which of course does not develop a ruff, is known as a reeve. The sexes are alike outside the breeding season. The scientific name, philomachus pugnax,

means combative in .. ,- .»- .n ~~--~~~~ -1 l I Greek and Latin respectively, which obviously refers to the males' lekking behaviour. The French name for the ruff is 'combatant varie', the second part referring to the bewildering range of colours and patterns between individual males' lekking plumage - and even between the females' to some extent. A good deal of this variety can be seen on stamps. For example the 1979 Mali 200f value shows a bird with a white ruff, while the 1989 Lesotho 5m miniature sheet shows one with a much more colourful ruff (in shades of orange) as well as featuring a female/non~breeding bird in the surrounds.

Next there was an incursion into the hide of.knowledgeable-sounding members of the Hamilton Group visiting their local patch and the question of the identity of the 'little bird' was reopened. They argued § that the mystery bird was too small to be a sandpiper and we had recognised that it neither flew nor 3 bobbed in the usual way of that species. They were adamant that it was the little stint that they had ~§ seen earlier, back over in Marsh Hide, and l think all of our group who could really make out its features at all (not including the writer) just about agreed with them. So we scored it as that, it was certainly very small!

December 1998 Vol.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 95 Little stints, measuring only12-14 cm in length, breed on the Arctic coasts of Europe but migrate to the Mediterranean down to South Africa or India for the winter. Perhaps the fact that they are only

-..°"." ","'T"1"":T-' -- ` ' occasionally seen on passage in temperate Europe (mainly in autumn) izrnwn-*r CaHdl'L$}shlu!'i accounts for the fact that they have been neglected even more than water rails by stamp designers. There are just three examples. The triangular

l 1963 A/lauritanian 25f value shows a wooden design like the whole of that issue. The 1993 Maldives stamp from the 3r50 composite sheet is not a bad

q | l .kg ' I 1 illustration of a male bird, but the best representation is on the Lesotho 1989 c \ g E 65s value from the 'Migrant Birds' set of four designed by Tracy Pedersen - the set to which the 5m miniature sheet with the rut is associated. [

Always on the lookout for a kingfisher at Baron's Haugh and following the advice of some anglers, we carried on along the river bank past the turn-off back to the car park. A grey wagtail and a little grebe were seen on this stretch but no kingfisher - in spite of patient waiting and watching. But the Group was rewarded for its diversion in another way, there was an otter swimming near the surface of the river, just showing its back and head from time to time. . . . . All II first°"ate sit B ron's Haugh 'th thlnQ and sting peflmg- I \ In a lt was a other v to 8 WI one neW Mtere hip all day. ` S

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As the colder weather draws on fewer and fewer birds are seen when you begin to climb. On most 'hill- walks' the best birding usually occurs early and late - at lower altitudes where there is more vegetation. By way of compensation, the birds that are seen on the open hillside-can be spectacular - particularly the r raptors. One late October morning on a bright sunny day with a bitterly cold wind, my wife and I had begun to climb a ridge in upper Balquhidder - leading north from a farm established on the Site of a former house of Rob Roy Macgregor. We were only a few hundred feet above the valley floor when I spotted a bird with a rich, barred russet plumage and white rump showing up well in the sunlight. lt was flying slowly, close to the ground across the valley and after a few minutes it slid out of sight over a ridge. lt was most definitely one of the 'compensations' - a hen harrier going about its business in the 'fashion of its species. More specifically, it was a 'ringtail' the term commonly used for females/juveniles I (very difficult to distinguish in the field) in contrast with blue~grey male which was commonly known as the blue hawk. As recently as the 17th century naturalists of repute regarded the blue hawk and the i ringtail as distinct species. The hen harrier has recovered reasonable numbers in mainland Scotland I after being virtually extinguished here 2 or 3 decades ago' Illegal persecution continues - mainly.by E grouse moor keepers- but stronger protection measure have had a salutary effect.

5 Until recently there were just six representations of the hen harrier on stamps if you count the bottom as left silhouette on the Netherlands 1995 MS as well as the 80c value in the same set. They fit neatly on . Page 1 for the species in my album - as illustrated opposite. A common New World name for the . . . . species seems to be 'marsh hawk' as inscribed on the stamps for both the Turks & Caicos pair and the ...... Tuvalu Audubon issue, the latter showing a ringtail dismembering something and an alternative name of .. . . . 'northern hawk'. Both the isle of Man 1986 and Portugal 1993 stamps show male birds in characteristic . . . . . V-winged flight, the latter being a particularly pleasing design. The Portuguese name 'Tartaranhao . . . . azulado' clearly bears some affinity with 'blue hawk', as does the Dutch name, inscribed as 'blauwe ...... kiekendief, which l take to mean blue hen thief - although my Peterson, Mountfort & Heller field guide . . . . . (Which gives Dutch, French, German and Swedish translations of the English species names' as well as . alternative North American names) quotes it as 'blauwe kuikendief' and my Dutch dicfionaty confirms that aiken = hen!

Those who have worked through the new issue listing before reading this article will have noticed that I shall have to start another hen harrier page because the German set of five endangered birds that appears there includes a pair of hen harriers at the nest with three chicks. l couldn't resist showing the whole set here because it is so delightfully drawn by a real wildlife artist - one Joachim Riess, previously unknown to me. The reeds reflected in the rippling water on each of the tabs are a particularly fine

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Latest news from around the world. ARGENTINA, confirmed that the series ends after 1996 issue. AUSTRALIA, confirmed that the series ends after 1996 issue. CROATIA, issued their first Conservation Duck Stamp 1997 features Mallards. ISRAEL, 1997 issue features a Mallard. RUSSIA, Red breasted Goose is on the 1997 stamp. U.S.A. Junior Duck stamp. ¢**#*##***#***»**¢*#***$~ The 1998 issue features American Black Ducks, Erik Peterson of Michigan, took first place in the Federal Junior Stamp Contest. Erik aged 18,a student, I won this year with an acrylic painting, he will receive a $2,500 scholarship and a trip to Washington DC. 40,000 students throughout the United Staes participate annually in the JuNior programme

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JERSEY 1997, 63p 27-76 MADAGASCAR TEAL, Aras ibernieri, I1I"'2l 'II E E I ANA TIDAE (F12/1) a i Length 16 inches, sexes alike, endemic. Head tan with brown cap, neck light ; brown. Upperparts brown edged with tan. Chest tan-ochre, abdomen and I3 g undertail coverts spotted with brown. Metallic green wing-bar framed with E white. Tail brown edged with tan. Iris brown, bill reddish, legs reddish. r I Si Habitat: marshes, lakes, mangroves. Range: lowlands of W Madagascar. 3 Reference: Langrand, O., "Birds of Madagascar". Chev. J A Bernier, fl. 1834, was a French naval surgeon, botanist & collector.

. .. -~-...... -_ ...... JJ ... |.. *§. .. i HONDURAS 1997, 2.151 32-14 COLLARED FOREST FALCON, Micrastur semitorquata, FALCONIDAE (F12/1) Length 19-24 inches, sexes alike, resident. A large falconwith a small head, rounded wings and a long, rounded tail. The 'collar' is a crescent-shaped dark stripe on each side of the face. Adults have three phases, (a) light -- blackish above, white below, black tail with narrow white bands (b) tawny -- similar but white replaced with butT (c) black -- blackish_ throughout, tail has grey bars Habitat: heavy forest in lowlands & lower mountains. Range: Mexico to n Argentina & Brazil. Reference: Peterson, RT. & E.L. chafer "Mexican Birds".

VIETNAM 1997, 14,000d ms 35-172 IMPERIAL PHEASANT, Lophura imperialis, PHASIANIDAE (F12/3) Go ring Chou A Length 24 inches, sexes differ, resident. The whole sheet is a necessity because the abdomen, w»=hn»hvi¢'tNam" legs & tail of the male and the names of the sp 14.000 are in the lower border, also' the name of the artist. The male is dark, metallic blue & has a short crest. The tail is 15 inches long. Bare area round the eye is red. The female is chestnut-brown, with narrow buffy streaks on back & underparts, which are paler than the upperparts, outer tail feathers are black. Habitat: dense forest & brush on limestone mountains. Range: c Vietnam and adjacent Laos. Reference: King, B., M Woodcock & E C Dickinson, "Birds of South-East Asia".

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December 1998 Vol.13 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 99 VIETNAM 1997, 400d 35-184 ELLIOT'S PHEASANT, Syrmaticus elliot, PHASIANIDAE (F12/3)

n s 1;:.%"4"y "?' , Length 32 inches, sexes alike, resident. Crown dark grey, hind-neck light Wilt Nam grey, sides of neck greyish-white, throat and foreneck black. Large bare Bam china area round eye and rest of face bright red. Mantle and breast coppery 400 spotted with black. Lower back, rump and upper tail coverts blue-black barred with white. Abdomen white. Tail silver-grey with broad chestnut bars. Wing chestnut with steel-blue inner coverts. Habitat: Forest, mixed woodland, bamboo stands. Range: se China. Reference: Meyer de Chauensee, R., "Birds of China". Daniel G Elliot, 1835-1915, was an American ornithologist and author of monographs on Pittidae (1861), Phasianidae (1870), Para diseidae (1873) and Bucerotidae (1877).

'**":l°.\.\t¢as47% ..,.. *F p s ROMANIA 1997, pre-stamped envelope, 4001 73-65 EURASIAN PYGMY OWL, a i I I : ; i 1 • Glaucidium passerinum, STRIGIDAE (F13/2) 2\," *si 1, I {¥;']\'=' e * ,¢~= . "J. 4 ' Q, f *l ~»` 11 . . , ,,1 ¢ i, .* ". . s »'¥ .* Q' ,i ,. F ,:s'=i\ 54 \ . 1 .. 9, I:."" PH ), f* 1» s1u¢"°1 .i*é" ° . . Length 6% inches, sexes alike, resident, rare. Looks like a diminutive version of the + 1 3 gl /" . . > *.5 -5, 44:*;§%" ~<=-=€x,. . 2 V * .. ¥ r; . I w .1 » // + " * .3' . p .r' o . i.*\ * r I -I I ~».».£.».* 13 'Q *Q- Jr V j° 3 ,, ' ¢ -.r¢'* 4 r : . f i 1 Tengmalm's (or Boreal) Owl (73-431). Upperparts are brownish with white spots, J, l 11" ..v , / 1.,\.s .~ .$ T;,".;, u V , O A o " 8' x s'=4l~» L • ¢ 0 2 ... I/~ *:,. , -I \ '¢:lu it Q. ".4 . . finely speckled on the head. Breast light with dark spots and streaks. Tail has five QA ' Q .-J' < v* N 4 I r, » r au 3a" I Q 4 Q ...*\ / " ' of .!z-` I ` ' 9"o r. 1 * _ s narrow, white bands. The facial disc is poorly developed. §: .or.. ?'1'4 I

f I Habitat: mature coniferous and mixed forests. Range: nw & c Eurasia. I I I 'HOM§NIA 400L I. Reference: Flint, V.E. et al, "Birds of the USSR". I

. * a- 4° *I i * Q 's WE ' "°*;~§¢; '¢~§° GHANA 1997, 400c 96-74 BEARDED BARBET, Lybius dubius, CAPITONIDAE -°}, . . !,* "f 'o =§.1 . -\"-+.$ 'f (F12/3) ...=.'m.:-=8§' a Length 10 inches, sexes alike, resident. The face is red with a black moustachial stripe, bare skin around the eye is yellow. Upperparts are black with a white rump. ¥ T Underparts are red with a broad, black breastband and white patches on the flanks. to §2 The bill is massive grooved with'a. tuft. of bristles at the base. ` Q Habitat: wooded grassland, open woodland. Range: Senegambia to Central Africa. et"pa Reference! Serie, Wef al, "Birds of West Africa; Fry, C. H. of al, "8irds of Africa", Vol.lll. (1400

BRAZIL 1997, non-denominational. 154-161 BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT,

Volatina jacarina, EMBEREZINAE (F12/3) * Length 4 inches, sexes differ, resident. The male (on stamp) is a small finch, all blue-black with a concealed white spot at the junction of wing and body. The

. ... female is brownish, lighter below. The bill is straight-edged and sharp~pointed. .. Habitat: weedy pastures, roadsides, gardens. Range: Mexico to Chile and s Argentina. Reference: Peterson & Chalif loc. cif.

CANADA 1998, 45c 163-71 ROSY FINCH, Leucosticte arctoa FRINGILLIDAE (F12/4) (Note that the stamp is inscribed 'GRAY-CROWNED ROSY FINCH' which is a separate species to most modern authorities but remains a race (L.a.tephrocotis) in H&M (1980) parlance - Editor.) Length 5% inches, sexes differ, resident. The male (on stamp) has forehead to forecrown black, hind crown and nape pale grey, rest of upperparts warm brown with dark streaks on back & rump, upper tail coverts tinged pink. Flight feathers black-edged pink, median coverts pink. Tail black edged buff. The female is duller with less pink. Habitat: tundra, alpine meadows, rocky screes. Range: n Alaska to California. e Reference: Clement, P., A Harris & J. Davis, "Finches and Sparrows". -luv ¢¢ we*-inn-#mlw rdvnivvt "°- *

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...... IDENTIFICATION PARADE All members are invited to write to me on any point concerning the identification or description of new issues no matter how tentative their judgment may be; confirmation is sought especially for "alternative" identifications in the "CORRECTIONS" section and all those in the "QUERIES" section of this feature aS well as for identifications marked with a "?" in the New issue listing. Corrections are expressed in terms of .Howard & Moore (1980) no matter what reference numbers and names are used by the contributors Editor

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F8/4 CHINA (PR) 3y50 27-59 MANDARIN (Lucky Animals set) Aix galericulata correction: CHINA (TAIWAN) n u Editor

F12/1 URUGUAY Lighthouses (5 @ 5p) After fisting this set again (without identifications) in F12/4 I drew attention to the F12/1 identifications in the F13/1 'Identification Parade'. Now Chris Gibbins has come up with different identifications for all four birds identified to species in F12/1 and a probable identification for the fifth - the tern! I have not seen this set but Chris has pUtiilustrations of them on a web site alongside illustrations of the species he believes them to be - taken from "Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica" by de la Pena and Run boll, an excellent new work from Collins. Seeing them thus, and following Chris's notes on key features, l have to agree with his

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sometimes the illustrations have been turned through a mirror. So, here they are: . . 117-66 HOUSE MARTIN, Delichon urbica correction 117-6 WHITE-RUMPED SWALLOW, Tachycine ta leucorrhea 117-12 PURPLE MARTIN, Progne subis correction 117-14 GREY-BREASTED MARTiN, Progne chalybea 62 - Species of TERN . . idenfir7cation 62-57 SWALLOW-TAILED (or ANTARCTIC) TERN, Sterna vittata 62-6 HEERMANN'S GULL, Larus heermanni correction 62-9 BAND-TAILED GULL, Larus belcher 58-63 KNOT, Calidris canutus correction 58-73 WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER, Calidris fuscicollis Many of these new identifications have the added benefit of being better for the southern South America range. F12/2 SOUTH AFRICA 1r20 7-1 KING PENGUIN 1r70 61-4 ARCTIC SKUA

11'20 ARCTIC SKUA . correction . .. . . 1r70 KING PENGUIN Editor . . F12/3 INDONESIA 300r 93-44 HELMETED HORNBILL, Rhinoplax vigil F13/1 corrected to 93-25 CELEBES HORNBILL, Aceros cassidix corrected back! 93-44 HELMETED HORNBILL PJL Sorry about the double change back to Square 1. Both my informants are now in agreement. F12/4 ARMENIA 200 30- Species of EAGLE (20.2.98) value correction 250d 30- Species of EAGLE Editor F12i4 CHRISTMAS ISLAND - The values of the four stamps listed were: 5c Christmas Is. Frigatebird: 10c Eastern Reef Heron, 25c Sooty Tern & 45c Brown Booby. GSM F12/4 MALDIVE ISLANDS. In addition to the 25r MS with Archaeopterix listed in association with the 28 stamp @Dinosaur" set, one of the stamps - 5r in value, also showed Archaeopterix. The issue date of the set was 20.11.97. GSM

Page 102 FLIGHT December 1998 Vol.13 No.2 F13/1 GUINEA 9 @ 300f Scouting etc. The identifications, some of them tentative, made in the last issue were based on TEJ's sightof the set. I still have not seen them but RO now has. Again, some of the species are only suggested. There are four differences between the lists and at this stage I can only highlight them in the hope of further clarification. No .= I reading of the set produces solely West African birds. Editor : F13/1 73-84 BOOBOOK OWL , Ninox novaeseelandiae alternative 73-127 SHORT-EARED OWL, Asio flammeus F13/1 73421 GREAT GREY OWL Strix nebufosa alternative 73-109 AFRICAN WOOD OWL, Ciccaba woodfordii F13/1 30-153 GREAT BLACK HAWK, Buteogallus urubitinga alternative 30~196 GOLDEN EAGLE, Aquila chrysaetos F13/1 30-175 RED-TAILED HAWK, Buteo jamaicensis alternative 32- Falcon sp, F13/1 IRELAND £1 detlnmve booklet consists of 3 @ 30p blackbird plus 2 @ 5p wood pigeon not 2 @ 5p corncrake as reported. See F1213 for the booklet containing one Q corncrake and 3 @ 32p peregrune falcon. Editor F13/1 ISRAEL 60p 69- Species of PARROT (Pets) identification 69-50 CRIMSON ROSELLA Platycercus elegans Editor (The tabs take the form of 45° perforations across the bottom left hand corners of the square stamps.) F13/1 ST. VINCENT 90c 86- Species of MOTMOT probable identification 88-4 RACQUET~TAILED ROLLER RO Coracias spatulata F13!1 SURINAM 509 99-40 YELLOW-TUFTED WOODPECKER 24259 69-223 BLUE-HEADED PARROT should be 509 69~223 BLUE-HEADED PARROT 24259 99-40 YELLOW-TUFTED WOODPECKER PJL Ft3/1 TURKEY 1501 (73) Two stamps x 2 named owls value correction 150,0001 Editor F13/"I UKRAINE 20k 154-3 CORN BUNTING Emberiza calandra correction 116-77 SKY LARK Alauda arvensis GSM/Editor

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11037 11037

57062 57062

58067 58067

73042 73042

10010 10010

11039 11039

30029 30029

30038 30038

30050 30050

88001 88001

1998 1998

bill bill

inscribed inscribed

is is

Seabirds. Seabirds.

COMMON COMMON

HERRING HERRING

WHITE WHITE

BROWN BROWN

KllllIIIWAKE KllllIIIWAKE

KITTIWAKE KITTIWAKE

LESSER LESSER

WHIMBREL WHIMBREL

TURNSTONE TURNSTONE

Seabirds. Seabirds.

WHITE-TAILED WHITE-TAILED

ARCTIC ARCTIC

MAGELI_/N MAGELI_/N

DOTTEREL DOTTEREL

EAGLE EAGLE

BONAPARTE'S BONAPARTE'S

BROAD-BILLED BROAD-BILLED

National National

WESTERN WESTERN

50th 50th

Hesh-coloured Hesh-coloured

RUPPEL'S RUPPEL'S

BLUE-EYED BLUE-EYED

Seabirds. Seabirds.

Scouting Scouting

AMERICAN AMERICAN

GREAT GREAT

DOVE DOVE

YELLOW-NOSED YELLOW-NOSED

BLACK BLACK

AQUATIC AQUATIC

COMMON COMMON

§"w¢5 §"w¢5

IP* IP*

a a

J J

""*t-»* ""*t-»*

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anniv. anniv.

"Rissa "Rissa

BLACK-BACKED BLACK-BACKED

parks. parks.

etc. etc.

1st 1st

2nd 2nd

of of

BALD BALD

* *

Tridactyla",should Tridactyla",should

and and

composite composite

Defence Defence

(See (See

composite composite

there there

F13/1) F13/1)

Services Services

is is

sheetlet sheetlet

no no

sheetlet sheetlet

TERN TERN

PELICAN PELICAN

NODDY NODDY

OWL OWL

GULL GULL

TROPICBIRD TROPICBIRD

ROLLER ROLLER

KITE KITE

WARBLER WARBLER

EAGLE EAGLE

GRIFFON GRIFFON

ALBATROSS ALBATROSS

GULL GULL

PRION PRION

SKUA SKUA

SANDPIPER SANDPIPER

GULL GULL

CORMORANT CORMORANT

PRION PRION

Add Add

red red

appear appear

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2 2

; ;

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, ,

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as as

on on

College. College.

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two two

6 6

follows. follows.

the the

stamps. stamps.

/' /'

\. \.

stamps. stamps.

GYGIS GYGIS

STERNA STERNA

PELECANUS PELECANUS

RlSSA RlSSA

RISSA RISSA

BUBO BUBO

ANOUS ANOUS

ACROCEPl-lA1_US ACROCEPl-lA1_US

DIOMEDEA DIOMEDEA

PA PA

HALIAEETUS HALIAEETUS

CORACIAS CORACIAS

LARUS LARUS

STERCORARIUS STERCORARIUS

PHAETHON PHAETHON

LARUS LARUS

NUMENIUS NUMENIUS

MILVUS MILVUS

CALIDRlS CALIDRlS

PA PA

LARUS LARUS

GYPS GYPS

EUDROMIAS EUDROMIAS

ARENAR1A ARENAR1A

PHALACROCORAX PHALACROCORAX

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stamps stamps

lower lower

CHYPTlLA CHYPTlLA

CHYPTILA CHYPTILA

College College

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GARRULUS GARRULUS

OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS

PALUDICOLA PALUDICOLA

BUBO BUBO

RUEPPELLl RUEPPELLl

HIRUNDO HIRUNDO

TENUIROSTRIS TENUIROSTRIS

DESOLA DESOLA

MIGRANS MIGRANS

CHLORORHYNCHOS CHLORORHYNCHOS

ARGENTATUS ARGENTATUS

ALBA ALBA

TRIDACTYLA TRIDACTYLA

PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA

LEUCOCEPHALUS LEUCOCEPHALUS

MARINUS MARINUS

MORINELLUS MORINELLUS

PHAEOPUS PHAEOPUS

LEPTURUS LEPTURUS

TRIDACTYLA TRIDACTYLA

MA MA

PARASITICUS PARASITICUS

A A

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TRlCEPS TRlCEPS

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English English

appearance appearance

names. names.

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CORACHDAE CORACHDAE

LARIDAE LARIDAE

PELECANIDAE PELECANIDAE

S S

LARIDAE LARIDAE

A A

PRO PRO

ACCIPITRlDAE ACCIPITRlDAE

DIOMEDEIDAE DIOMEDEIDAE

PRO PRO

LARIDAE LARIDAE

ACCIPITRIDAE ACCIPITRIDAE

LARIDAE LARIDAE

CHARADRIIDAE CHARADRIIDAE

SCOLOPAClDAE SCOLOPAClDAE SCOLOPACIDAE

Pl-IAETHONTIDAE Pl-IAETHONTIDAE

LARIDAE LARIDAE

SCOLOPACIDAE SCOLOPACIDAE

LAFWDAE LAFWDAE

STERCORARIIDAE STERCORARIIDAE

PHALACROCORACIDAE PHALACROCORACIDAE

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CClPITF?lDAE CClPITF?lDAE

to to

VINAE VINAE

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any any

other other

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. . . ik*- ik*- 1998 NVPH Stamp exhibition, The Hague, October '98. 84048 JAVA KINGFISHER HALCYON CYANOVENTRIS AL CEDINlDAE 57021 JAVANESE WATTLED . LAPWING VANELLUS MACROPTERUS CHARADRIIDAE

13.5.98 CartoonS. 1 of 3v in MS. Boy with magnifying glass viewing bird stamp. \ JAPAN 13.3.98 Greetings. 1 of 5. 80y Hearts and pair of 69075 BUDGERIGAR MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS PSITTACIDAE

I. NJ *.- KOREA (NORTH) 6.3.98 Korean jewel paintings. 1 of 4. 500 ? species 40010 "GREAT wH»l1E CRANE GRUS LEUCOGERANUS GRUIDAE /' or 'r .=-*.' / _ '.-", ,» *»" 1' be--:-au' m f .»<"~ 1 KOREA (NORTH) 10.8.98 Korean embroidery. 1 of 4v. and ms. Jr*"10ch 'White herons in a forest' ? sp, 20049 GREAT EGRET EGRETTA ALBA ARDEIDAE

. . ; 4." .of £;.~§ E f4w ms 'Pine and Cranes' 40000 *f!-=z § EJ [email protected] CRANE GRUIDAE G) I KOREA (SOUTH) 19.2.98 Definitive. `i "50w 43099 WATER COCK GALLICREX C/AlEREA RALUDAE / _/ x._../ LESOTHO 10.8.98 Prehistoric creatures. 2nd sheetlet. 1 of 9. is

IL.a 2m 1 DAWN BIRD ARCHAEOPTERYX LlTHOGRAPI-lICA EXTINCT K 10m ms Coelophysis and - 1 DAWN BIRD ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA EXTINCT (

LIBERIA 1.7.97 Flora & fauna. From sheetlet of 9 & 2 ms. (1 ms listed in F12l3.) ,»*"50C 69094 PEACH-FACED LOVEBIRD AGAPORNIS ROSElCOIJJS PSITTACIDAE ,F

F / I/'50C 20000 Species-of » . NIGHT HERON ARDElDAE ./50c 93046 SOUTHERN GROUND HORNBILL BUCORVUS LEADBEATEll BUCEROTIDAE $2 MS 88005 RUFOUS-CROWNED ROLLER CORACIAS NAEVIA CORACIlDAE / $2 MS 20053 GREY HERON ARDEA CINEREA ARDEIDAE

LIBERIA 1998 Birds of the world. 32c 151064 OLIVE-BELLIED SUNBIRD NECTARINIA CHLOROPYGIA NECTAR/NlIDAE f 32c 157172 SEVEN-COLOURED TANAGER TANGARA FASTUOSA THRAUPlNAE we m /' 32c 87006 RED-THROATED BEE-EATER MEROPS BULOCKI MEROPlDAE (Q CD . 320 86009 BLUE-CROWNED MOTMOT MOMOTUS MOMOTA MOMOTIDAE -A ca co

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130f

2.2¢

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300f

300f 300f

300f

NIGER

450f

NIGER

NB.

The

surrounds

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CALEDONIA

three

(Illus.

chain,

bird

species

ANTILLES

values

103)

freed

slaves

from

the

and

set

26.8.98

3.12.98

21.1.98

121010

157010

151037

138024

70002

83034

22001

40008

41001

27083

25001

15008

62070

73064

73042

30198

62086

19004

73123

30039 32052

30169

66000

98030

57026

73127

1998

1997

reported

Birds

SCARLET-RUMPED

GRASS-GREEN

GOLDEN-FRONTED

HAMMERKOP

GREY

SARUS

LIMPKIN

GREATER

WHITE-TAILED

Endangered

GREAT

"PEACE"

HAWK

FAIRY

Sheetlet

VERREAUX'S

COMMON

KEEL-BILLED

WHITE-TAILED

SPOTBILL

PIED

BROWN

LONG-EARED

LANNER

AMERICAN

Coastal

SHORT-EARED

150th

EAGLE

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SCARLET-CHESTED

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."\

anniv.

F13/1

birds.

the

DOVE

PLANTAIN-EATER

GOLDEN

world.

were

species.

abolition

SEA

(continued)

the

values.

TROGON

TANAGER

TERN

FRIGATEBIRD

PLOVER

NODDY

DUCK

CRANE

FALCON

EAGLE

OWL

LEAFBIRD

OWL

OWL OWL

FLAMINGO

SUNBIRD

EAGLE

TOUCAN

FLYCATCHER

HAWK

PELICAN

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..-¢"'-

same

4v.

slavery

issue

(not

date.

composite)

HARPAGTES

PLUVIALIS

FREGA

CHLORORNIS

ANOUS

GRUS

STERNA

CRINIFER

CHLOROPSIS ANAS ANAS ARAMUS

FALCO

SCOPUS

PHOENICOPTERUS

HALIAEETUS

ASIO

RAMPHASTOS

SURNIA

BUTEO

ASIO

AQUILA

NECTARINIA

FICEDULA

PELECANUS

BL/BO

French

Empire.

@$1

STOL/DUS

DOMINICA

NERElS

DUVAUCEIJI

POEClLORHYNCHA

MlNOR

BlARMICUS

AURIFRONS

UIJJLA

UMBRETTA

FLAMMEUS

RIEFFERII

BUBO

OTUS

GUARAUNA

PISCA

ALBICILLA

RUBER

HYPOLEUCA

ANTIGONE

VERREAUXII

SULFURATUS

SENEGALENSIS

OCCIDENTALlS

ALBICAUDATUS

TOR

FREGA

LARIDAE

TROGONIDAE

LARIDAE

CHARADRIIDAE

ANA

THRAUPINAE

IRENIDAE

GRUIDAE

SCOPIDAE

FALCONIDAE

MUSOPHAGIDAE

STRIGIDAE

STRIGlDAE STRIGlDAE

ACCIPITR1DAE

ARAMIDAE

STRIGIDAE

NECTARINIIDAE

PHAENICOPTERIDAE

ACCIPITRIDAE

PELECANIDAE

MUSCICAPINAE

ACCIPITRIDAE

RAMPl-lASTIDAE

COLUMBIDAE

TIDAE

. PHILIPPINES 26.2.97 National symbols. Re-issue of 6 values (1 bird) from 1993 set. (See F9l3) 5P With 'Pilippinas' in blue 83031 PHILIPPINE TROGON HARPACTES ARDENS TROGONIDAE (NB. Gibbons Stamp Monthly describe the bird as 'Philippine Eagle'. Not seen. Confirmation sought.)

1998 Night birds. 5001 BROWN KIWI APTERYX AUSTRALIS APTERYGIDAE 72002 BARN OWL TYTO ALBA TYTONIDAE 43032 WATER RAIL RALLUS AQUAWCUS RALLIDAE 78042 EUROPEAN NIGHTJAR CAPRIMULGUS EUROPAEUS CAPRIMULGIDAE 5. I5T_ VINCENT June '98 Birds of the world. With sheet of 12 @ 90c. (F13l1 ) La. .S 69122 HYACINTH MACAW ANODORHYNCHUS HYACINTHINUS PSITTACIDAE GO 81103 BLUE-HEADED HUMMINGBIRD CYANOPHAIA BICOLOR TROCHILlDAE

_/$5- 2 I . .\ ,I s> "`"l-v*," ST. VINCENT June '98 Birds of the world. N )50c 106079 GUIANAN COCK-OF~THE-ROCK RUPICOLA RUPICOLA CO TINGlDAE /' 600 83001 RESPLENDENT QUETZAL PHAROMACHRUS MOCINNO TROGONlDAE / 700 23001 AMERICAN WOOD IBIS MYCTERIA AMERlCAlVA CICONIIDAE /90c 98000 Species OfTOUCAN RAMPHASTlDAE 90c 69256 ST. VINCENT AMAZON AMAZONA GUILDINGII PSITTA CIDAE

FLIGHT 451 174037 GREATER BIRD OF PARADISE PARADISAEA APODA CALLAEIDAE I$1.10 46001 SUN-BIII'IIERN EURYPYGA HELIAS EUFQYPYGlDAE ,SZ 157223 GREEN HONEYCREEPER CHLOROPHANES SPIZA THRAUPINAE

SSAMOA 1998? / `\

t" . 66222 MANY-COLOURED FRUIT DOVE PTlLINOPUS PEROUSlI COLUMBlDAE \,.* ' .5 5. w

~ .f , SANe MARINO 11.2.98 World day of the sick. 1 of 2v. 15001 Dove and rainbow over waves and globe. COLUMBIDAE

SIERRA LEONE 4.8.98 Fauna & flora of China & Africa. . 4501 Sheetlet 1 -1 of4 1001 OSTRICH STRUTHIO CAMELUS STRUTHIONIDAE 4501 Sheetlet 2 - 1 of 6 152002 JAPANESE WHITE EYE ZOSTEROPS JAPONICA ZOSTEROPIDAE 2501 69118 DERBYAN PARAKEET PSITTA CULA DERBIANA PSlTTA CIDAE 2000! souvenir sheet 20041 LOUISIANA HERON EGRETTA TRlCOLOR AROE1OAE so / N8. The above stamps w ere listed in the November edition of GSM (Stamp News in Brief). However, TEJ say s that he has only found the MS and the parrot. However he has identified the parrot as 69-80 Grey Parrot, Psittacus erithacus, so members should perhaps await clarification before writing up their collections!

OVENIA 1998 i 71014 EUROPEAN CUCKOO CUCULUS CANORUS CUCULlDAE *\/'

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......

FLIGHT FLIGHT

December December 1998 1998 Vol.13 Vol.13 No.2 No.2 an afield

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/80s /205

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,/NVI

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r *,1. *,1. r

200s

400s

SOMALIA

700s

2500s

SOUTH

2500S

,SS

NVI

SWEDEN

70s

TONGA 30S 1-55

60s

label

(standard

Pacific

Medallion

Swamp

AFRICA

Above

Golden

Harrier

postage)

with

birds

species

Plover

Queen

C.a.approximans

border.

Christina

P.d.fulva

Head

and

16.8.98

19.3.98

26.8.98

142025

35000

30084

30184

32052

30045

30062

30076

30053

73044

66000

43025

30056

30216

66264

14002

16008

30074

30035

66164

67031

69036 62089

43112

19004

72002

33003

57026

1997

Decorative

Fantastic

Species

PALE

South

LAMMERGEIER

LANNER

BLACK

AUGUR

CAPE

BATELEUR

"PEACE"

SPOTTED

WHITE-HEADED

TONGA

AMERICAN

AFRICAN

GREAT

GRQWNED

MARSH

Definitives.

350th

WHITE

RED-TAILED

RED

POLYNESIAN

RED-FOOTED

BLUE-CROWNED

BANDED

FRIENDLY

PURPLE

PACIFIC

BARN

SHINING

CHANTING

anniv.

African

»`>'f'%'

bird

DOVE

;,~

FISH

EAGLE

QUAIL

birds.

GOLDEN

(all

raptors.

Peace

different)

-DOVE

PEACOCK

FALCON

GOSHAWK

HARRIER

BUZZARD

SCRUB

PIGEON

PLOVER

VULTURE

TROPICBIRD

TERN

OWL

FRIGATEBIRD

RAIL

PARROT

VULTURE

OWL

LORY

BOOBY

SWAMPHEN

HARRIER

EAGLE

WHISTLER

Sheet

Westphalia.

HEN

10.

FALCO

TERA

PROSOPEIA

FREGA

DUCULA

BUBO

MEGA

CIRCUS

MELIERAX

GALLICOLUMBA

PLUVIALIS PHAETHON

RALL

SULA

CIRCUS

HALIAEETUS

AEG

PORPHYRIO

VINl

GYGIS

SIEIQHANGAETUS

TYTO

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YPS

CHYCEPHA

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THOPI

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TABUENSlS

BIARMICUS

PHlLIPPENSlS

PRl

CANORUS

RUBRICA

COPRO

BARBA

OCCIPITALIS

ECA

PORPHYRIO

AFRICANUS

SULA

GQR-@NATiofS

MELANOPS

ALBA

VOCIFER

MINOR

AERUGINOSUS

TAIRl

USTRALIS

CIFICA

URUS

TCHARDI1

UDA

;

TUS

»>***~..

THERES

TUS

UDA

PHASFANIDAE

PSlTTA

FREGA

PHAETHONTIDAE

ACClPITRIDAE

FALCONIDAE

MEGAPODHDAE

ACClP1TFe1DAE

CHARADRIlDAE

SULIDAE

COL

LORIIDAE

TYTONIDAE

RALLIDAE

ACCIPITRlDAE

RALLIDAE

ACCIPITRIDAE

COLUMBIDAE

ACCIPITRIDAE

LARIDAE

ACCIPITRIDAE

ACCIPlTRIDAE

COL

STRIGIDAE

CCIPI

VlNAE

UMBIDAE

TRIDAE

TIDAE

CIDAE TUNISIA 27.3.98 Centenary of attorneys in Tunisia.

250m Scales, '100' and - 66000 "PEACE" DOVE COLUMBIDAE December December TURKMENISTAN 1998 Warblers. 500m "Sylvia communis" == Whitethroat 136092 LESSER WHITETHROAT SYLVIA CURRA CA SYL VINAE 1000m 129010 DUNNOCK PRUNELLA MODULARlS PRUNELLIDAE

1998 1998 1500m "Sylvia curran" = Lesser Whitethroat 136091 WHITETHROAT SYLVlA COMMUNIS SYLVINAE 2500m "Luscinia luscinia" 130035 THRUSH NIGHTINGALE ERlTHACUS LUSClNIA TURDINAE

3000m 136089 GARDEN WARBLER SYLVIA BORlN SYL VINAE ---'

V0/.13 V0/.13 5000m "Luscinia luscinia" = Thrush Nightingale 130036 NIGHTINGALE ERITHACUS A/IEGARHYNCHOS TURDINAE These are badly coloured stamps (all showing a red shift) but l make the Whftethroat and Lesser Whitethroat reversed comparsed with the inscriptions and,

'of the two labeled "Luscinia luscinia" I make the 5000m a Nightingale. Some confirmation would be welcome! No. No. UNITED STATES 3.2.98 The Twentieth Century. The 1910s. 1 of 15.

2 2 32c Federal Reserve System - 1913 ? species 30038 AMERICAN BALD' EAGLE HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS ACCIPITRlDAE

t *_,..»-°°~--_.UNITED STATES 31.7.98 120c 35189 RING-NECKED PHEASANT PHASIANUS COLCHICUS PHASIANIDAE

.r `°--.-v"" I`UNlTED STATES 29.7.98 Tropical birds. In sheets of 20. 157t48 BLUE-HOODED EUPHONIA EUPHONIA MUSlCA TO/RDlAlAE 1~~ `$2c 81067 GREEN-THROATED CARIB SERICOTES HOLOSERICEUS TFeOC1-HUDAE 2 Zo 160015 CRESTED HONEYCREEPER PALMERIA DOLEI TURDINAE / 32c 153033 CARDINAL HONEYEATER MYZOMELA CARDINALlS TL/RDlNAE

\q,, UNITED STATES 27.8.98 American art. 1 of 20. 32c Audubon 58012 LONG-BILLED CURLEW NUMENIUS AMERICANUS SCOLOPACIDAE

UZBEKISTAN 1997 Folk tales. z of 7v and MS. 15s Bird and golden tree. 25s Deer attacked by - 30000 species of EAGLE ACCIPITRIDAE

YUGOSLAVIA 1998 Animal protection. Strip of 4 + central label, se-tenant. 2 stamps with birds. t 1.

i 2d 40012 DEMOISELLE CRANE ANTHROPOlDES VIRGO GRUIDAE 5d 163105 RED CROSSBILL LOXIA CURVIROSTRA FRINGlLLlDAE

. . ". \ *x*}\*¢n*ll*\*FI*"* 1 .~w'"""'"*W¢>\ ZAMBIA i 1998 Parrots etc. Add to those listed in F13/1: \ a \ 1 \ .,»-*'° \ 1

I ,as \ I =»,,,»m, 3200k ms (third example) m 69130 SCARLET MACAW ARE MACA O PSlTTA ».,,.,,.<<*' .,,,. '»~.,.,..,_... '°\L.yse*" ciD2-le »w. x*......

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f evil* a 1=¢.-~ ZIMBABWE 1998 The colours on the stamps are poor. if / / . $1 .20 151047 >i E1:n®w-0E0mE0» SU N BI RD NECTARINIA _,c£,l@v©tt;;q~p73 NECTARINIIDAE / $4.10 166045 LESSER BLUE-EARED GLOSSY STARLING LAMPROTORNlS CHLOROPTERUS STURlVlDAE $4.70 84049 GREY-HEADED KINGFISHER HALC YON LEUCOCEPHALA ALCEDINIDAE

efied $5.60 145024 MIOMBO GREY TIT PARUS GRISEIVENTRIS PARIDAE

VH / $7.40 136246 CHIRINDA APALIS APALIS CHIRINDENSIS SYLVINAE / $9.90 130024 SWYNNERTON'S BUSH ROBIN POGONOCICHLA SWYNNERTONI TURDINAE "/,fn/f/////u/n/nn/n//n/w//nnnunn/////num///n/nn//n/u nn/////num/H/#nunn/un/unnnum/#nn//,u/nun/H/nu/nnn/#num/,#nu/nu#mn/nun#/mn#wnw#nun/mn/n/nn.///n///n/nunn/#nn/nf POSTAL STATIONERY //////I/////////////////////////H///////////////////H///////////////////N ARGENTINA 13.10.97 Pre-stamped envelope. '1.10p 28007 ANDEAN CONDOR VULTUR GRYPHUS CATHARTIDAE

CANADA 13.3.98 Postcards with non-denominated (worldwide paid) indicium. Sold in $5 packs. -- (A) Designs as stamps listed in 1996 (F10/3) 64020 ATLANTIC PUFFIN FRATERCULA ARCTICA ALCIDAE - (A) Designs as stamps listed in 1996 (F10/3) 99157 PILEATED WOODPECKER DRYOCOPUS PILEA TUS PICIDAE - (A) Designs as stamps listed in 1996 (F10/3) 81303 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS TROCHILIDAE - (B) Designs as stamps listed in 1998 (F12/4) 73021 SCREECH OWL OTUS ASIO STRIGIDAE - (B) Designs as stamps listed in 1998 (F12/4) 108123 GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER IVlYIARCHUS CRINI TUS TYRANNIDAE

GERMANY 10.6.98 Airletter with imprinted stamp. National Parks western Pomerania. Philatelic set of 3 items. 300p - Stamp design from 18.7.96 ms (F11/1 ) 27020 GREYLAG . : GOOSE ANSER ANSER ANATIDAE

lH9l7:/ PAKISTAN 5.9.97 Pre-stamped air envelope. 'Protect wildlife' 17r 40008 SARUS . CRANE GRUS ANTlGONE GRUIDAE

RUMANIA 1997 Envelopes. Prepaid with indicative (bird) label. Heads only. 1501 30193 IMPERIAL EAGLE AQUlLA HELIACA ACClPM=e1DAE 1501 30192 TAWNY EAGLE AQUlLA RAPAX ACCIPITRlDAE

December December 1501 30196 GOLDEN EAGLE AQUILA CHRYSAETOS ACCIP1TRIDAE 1501 (Previously listed in F11/4) 30190 LESSER SPOTrED EAGLE AOUILA POMARINA ACClPITRlDAE

RUMANIA 1997 Envelopes. Prepaid with indicative (bird) label. Suceava Philatelic Exhibition. 4001 73119 URAL OWL STRIX URALENSIS

1998 1998 STRIGlDAE 4001 73123 LONG-EARED owL ASIO OTUS S TRl GlDAE 4001 73065 EURASIAN PYGMY-OWL GLAUCIDIUM PASSERINUM STRlG,fDAE

Vol.13 Vol.13 10501 72002 BARN OWL TYTO ALBA TYTONIDAE 10501 73102 LITTLE OWL ATHENE NOCTUA S TRl GIDAE

No.2 No.2 RUSSIA 12.8.98 Pre-stamped postcard. 150th anniv. of birth of Lansere (sculptor).

75k portrait on stamp. Card shows Kirghiz with 30196 GOLDEN 1 EAGLE AQUILA CHRYSAETOS ACCIPITRlDAE