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KITE FLIGHT 8 The magazine has taken off with this issue. After grumbling for years about the EE limitations of photocopied illustrations the Committee took heart from the support given by members at this year's AGM and arranged for a commercial printer to do the job. Our thanks go to David Cox for making contact with Kite Press Limited of Swindon - and to several other members who also contacted printers. As far as we can see at present, ' although commercial printing is more expensive than our previous photocopying arrangements, the Society can afford it without raising subscriptions. Since our hardworking Secretary gave notice at the AGM that he wouldn't be able to .. offer the photocopying facility for much longer we were bound to look around for other Fe production sources anyway. Regretfully, we cannot see our way to producing even a few pages in colour.

As I write this editorial I have not seen how the full printed magazine looks but, judging from some sample pages that were printed from last September's issue, I expect the quality to be at least as good as the masters I provide, avoiding the degradation that volume photocopying produces. That said, the best of printers can't work miracles so the onus is on your Editor to produce high quality masters. I hope those who offer contributions will bear with me if I have to discuss with them how to bring some elements up to scratch.

I hope members find the new banner headline on this page an improvement over the rather messy 'scissors and paste' job I have been using so far. To my eye it looks cleaner and more direct. I am indebted for it to Sarah Norris, the Kite Press representative, who provided me with several versions to consider.

It seems particularly appropriate for the Bird Stamp Society to produce "Flight" in conjunction with Kite Press. Their name and logo could hardly be a better match for our theme, the logo being close to a mirror image of the Red Kite on the 1965 East Germany 5pf value from the birds of prey set. This leads me to present a challenge - or at least an invitation - for any member to submit a "Flight" feature of not more than four pages on the theme 'Kites'. What about it?

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Founded August 1986

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

President: David Cox, "Lynn moor", 16 Berryhill Road, CIRENCESTER, Glos. GL7 2HE 'E 01285 651757

Chairman: Ker Macrosson, Secretary: Graham Hors ran, 9 Swinton Close, 9, Cowley Drive, IPSWICH, Worthy Down, IP2 9RL WINCHESTER,

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Packet Sec: Tony Wise, 26 Old Barn Road, BERE REGIS, WAREHAM, Dorset BH20 7HF Fe -01929471971 Auction Sec: Doug Blake, 10 Bradsole House, Abbey Park, Park Road, BECKENHAM, Kent BR3 1PN 'E - 020 8650 8016 [e-mail : [email protected]] Editor: Roger Chapman, 5 North Street, Cambuskenneth, STIRLING FK9 5NB we -01786 471161 [e-mail= [email protected]] Committee: Malcolm Hawkins, 152 Winton Road, Reading, Berkshire. RG2 HL Bruce Poulter, 17 Church Lane, Westbere, Canterbury CT2 0HA

Annual Subscriptions (Renewable 31 July) UK members £12.00 Overseas members £18.00 (Airmail) European members £15.00 - "Flight" sent surface mail £16.00 Junior members under 16 years of age - 50% of full rate shown above Giro A/c No. 29 776 6902 (Overseas members when transferring by Giro should please add £2.50 for bank charges.)

The Society journal "Flight" is published quarterly - early in March, June, September and December. Material should be sent to the editor by the middle of the month preceding publication - at the latest. Members are invited to consult the editor in advance regarding the submission and format of material.

Back numbers of "Flight" available from the Secretary/ @ £2.50 plus P&P.

Page 60 FLIGHT December 2001 Vol.16 No.2 CONTENTS

PAGE FEATURE AUTHOR

62 NEWSBRIEFS I MEMBERSHIP DETAILS Secretary

64 MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETING at STAMPEX Secretary

66 MINUTES OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING at STAMPEX Secretary

69 MEMBERSHIP DETAILS Secretary

70 "POSTBAG" Members Write go

72 HERE AND THERE

.I .>> 76 THE PHILATELIC WORLD

METERED MAIL

CHANGES TO EUROPEAN BIRD STAMP SPECIES Roger Chapman

77 COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET

I | BIRDS SEEN ON MY HOLIDAY TO MALLORCA Chris Gibbins

80 DUCK NEWS David Cox

82 RECENT NEW BIRDS IN THE PHILATELIC AVIARY Chuck Braun :E (Biophilafely) EE

87 SG PART 06 CATALOGUE - FRANCE Roger Chapman =§

99 IDENTIFICATION PARADE Editor et al.

101 NEW ISSUE LISTING Editor et al.

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Subscriptions There are, at the time of submission of these notes to the Editor (7 Nov), a total of 23 x members who have not yet paid their subscriptions. Their names appear under 'resignations due to non payment of subscriptions If, by the time Flight is distributed, any of those listed have paid their subscriptions then the Mar 02 issue will show those who have paid as 're-instatements'.

Society Day - SWINPEX 2002 I have received an invitation to attend SWINPEX and have just received notification that the Society has been allocated a classroom. The Society Day is therefore going to be held at SWINPEX on 8 June 2002 as previously notified. The address of the venue is not yet known as the organiser is on holiday and the invitation did not include the venue address. l believe however that the venue is the Upper Drove School. The address, including the classroom number etc., will be made known to the membership in the Mar. '02 issue of Flight. The classroom has been allocated from 1000 - 1600 hrs and display stands are available.

The format of the day is as follows: 10.00 - 10.30 - Meet at venue. 10.45 11.45 - 'World of Birds' - display by Mr David Cox 11.50 - 12.30 - 10 minute displays (6-10 x sheets) 12.30 -- 13.00 -~ Lunch - refreshments in the classroom (room service style) will be available. 13.00 - 14.30 - 'Bird Life of the Falkland islands/South Georgia' - display by Mr Geoffrey Moir 1450 onwards - 10 minutes displays continued / Bourse

Notes on the programme:

All members are cordially invited to bring along a few sheets and talk for 10 minutes or SO. The subject can be of the member's choosing and, for example, could be along the lines of: How I organise my collection Computerising a collection . Computerised display sheets "* My most pleasing acquisitions of the 21$1 Century Mr Geoffrey Moir has very kindly offered to come to our Society day and display/speak on 'Birds of the Falkland lslends/South Georgia'. , 1

Bourse - ail members are encouraged to bring along with them any items that they wish to sell/swap with i other members. g § Finally any member who has other items to add to the above should contact the Secretary, all I suggestions will be gratefully received. E 2 I § MIDPEX 2003 % The Society has been registered for the above event which will take place on 28 June 2003.

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I .a ...... Page 62 FLIGHT December 2001 VoI.16 No.2 .. .. . THEMATICA 2001

:: .5 Following the comments published in the Jun. '01 issue of Flight regarding Thematica 2001 I have 2 received a response from the organiser of this event. It is published below:

Comment: 'The Stamp magazines advertised the event but failed to inform people where it was being held'. * = 1% Response: This surprises me -- I enclose:

• a photocopy of a half page illustrated advert from Gibbons Stamp Monthly (GSM) June 2001, QE ,I .E • a page headed 'Newsdesk' from GSM July 2001,

• a page from Stamp Magazine July 2001 with a half page illustrated advert for THEMATICA 2001,

(Both magazines are published mid way through each month and thus would have been available prior to be the event.) go

• a page from Stamp Lover June 2001.

All adverts carried the ful! address.

Et Comment: 'The telephone number listed in the advert wash't manned when I rang the number'

Response: There was an answer phone for messages.

Comment: 'The event was not signposted at all'

Response: We will look into that but there will be a cost.

Comment: 'lt was an oppressively hot day with little air circulating. I

Response: Agreed. The air conditioning was left on overnight in order to cool the downstairs room for the morning. Unfortunately the temperature overnight rose to such a level that the air conditioning cut out just after the opening. Our electrician was unable to solve the problem, although he tried. An engineer was needed to reset the equipment but he was not available over the weekend.

Comment: 'A lot of the dealers present were from Continental Europe and I wondered whether this was because British Dealers were not interested?"

Response: Not true. The Continental dealers bring with them stock that is rarely available from most British dealers. Many collectors come to THEMATICA just to visit the continental dealers and purchase

. . . items that they cannot buy elsewhere. . re

Comment: 'Given the number of other events held in London I feel that THEMATICA needs to be . . .. dramatically improved if it is to surviver ...... Response: THEMATICA is run by a handful of enthusiastic collectors, working closely with Maurice Gale, ...... who runs the Dealers' Hail. We are always open to suggestions and ways we can improve THEMATICA...... As it happens this year's event was one of the most popular for several years. The Exhibition Hall was ...... busier than usual, all day Saturday and most of Sunday morning. I know that the dealers were very happy ...... with their sales...... I have since written to Mr Brian Sole thanking him for his response and reassured him that the Society . . . were always fully supportive of events even though we rarely man tables at them. I was able to relate to .53...... him the experiences l frustrations etc that David Cox encountered as organiser BIRDPEX and concluded ...... that without the hard efforts of the few then no events would ever appear in the philatelic calendar...... FLIGHT .. December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 Page 63 ...... Minutes of the Committee Meeting Held at STAMPEX on 22 Sep. '01

Those in Attendance: .* Mr David Cox President Mr Ker Macrosson Chairman Mr Harry Wright Vice Chairman Mr Michael Petch Treasurer Mr Doug Blake Auction Secretary Mr Roger Chapman Editor Mr Bruce Poulter Committee Member Mr Graham Hors ran Secretary The purpose of the Committee meeting was to discuss those items on the AGM Agenda that could result in lengthy discussion. The Committee therefore discussed these items and presented, to the AGM, the recommendations and rationale behind these recommendations and then invite comments from the floor.

Agenda: . Flight l Auctions

Flight

The future printing of Flight by a commercial printer was discussed. The Committee agreed that the current photocopying facility resulted in some of the illustrations being of an inferior quality, this quality would be dramatically improved if a printing process was used. lt was recommended that a print process would be employed.

Various members of the Committee had obtained quotations for colour reproduction. It was agreed that the cost of colour printing was excessive and would result in membership fees being increased by a substantial percentage. It was therefore concluded that in order to retain membership fees at the present levels Flight would have to be printed in black & white. It was recommended that Flight would continue to be printed in black & white.

Selection of a commercial printer. It was agreed that all firms, by and large, produce a similar service else their businesses would soon fail. The President brought along samples from Kite Printers who already have contracts in place for a number of philatelic journals. The President had contacted both the printer and the customer. The printer was more than happy to take on the printing of Flight. The customers contacted expressed satisfaction with the end product. The samples provided by the President showed an end product that was far better than the current Flight. The Editor kindly offered to contact Kite Printers to negotiate terms and conditions. No time limit was set against the Editor and the Committee agreed that Flight would be produced by a commercial printer as and when it was deemed appropriate. The printer would be asked to provide the magazine in the same format as current je AS back to back, Black & White and loose leaf.

Aftemote: The Editor has moved swiftly on this and this issue of Flight is the first to be produced via Kite. I am sure that the membership will agree that this magazine is far better than those issued previously.

Auctions

As indicated in the Sep. '01 issue of Flight the auction has become a 'victim of its own success' and the Auction Secretary has too much stock. Doug Blake has been forced to increase the size of the auction catalogue and at the same time advise vendors not to send any more stock until further notified.

The options as listed in the Sep. '01 issue of Flight were discussed. For those who have not been privy to the options these, plus the recommendations, are set out opposite.

Page 64 FLIGHT December 2001 Vol.16 No.2 Option 1 - Extra Auctions.

The committee recommended that in order to reduce existing stock levels an extra auction was deemed appropriate. The Committee also recommended that if, at any time in the future, the stock levels rose to an unacceptable level then the Auction Secretary could produce an extra auction and that the decision to do so rest with him as Auction Secretary. The dates of any additional auction would be 'sandwiched' between existing dates. As an example if the closing dates for the auction distributed with the Dec. and Mar. issues of Flight were 27 Jan. and 28 Apr. and an additional auction was distributed with the Dec. issue then the additional auction would have a closing date of 1 Mar. Please notes these are not the actual closing dates of future auctions merely an example. The Auction Secretary stated that he could run extra auctions as and when necessary.

Option 2 - Increase Minimum Reserves.

This option was discussed about 2 x years ago and was not implemented. However when this was originally raised it was not done because the stock levels were too high. As a means of reducing stock levels this option was discussed and it was agreed that the minimum reserve for ALL NEW STOCK RECEIVED would be 50p. Reserves of existing stock would remain. It was further agreed that even when the stock levels returned to an acceptable limit the minimum reserve would remain at 50p.

Option 3 - Items only appear once.

The Auction Secretary indicated that currently there is at least a 1 year delay before unsold stock could be re-submitted into an auction and when stock is re-submitted statistical information showed that approximately 40% was sold at the 2nd showing. lt was recommended that stock be only shown the once and be returned to the vendor. The vendor could then decide to either, a) send it to the Packet Secretary, b) re-submit it to the auction at a later date, or c) dispose of it elsewhere. Where duplicate items existed from the same vendor it was felt that much was dependent on the number of duplicate items actually held and the bid forms submitted by members. The bid form does ask if bidders are interested in duplicates. In a lot of cases the bidder does not specify however by bidding for an item they have expressed a desire to obtain it. If, for example, a vendor sent in 12 x copies and the auction included 1 X copy and that copy was unsold then all 12 would be returned. If the copy in the auction sold but that was the only sale then the Auction Secretary would make a valid judge rent based on the bid forms actually received as to whether future sales of the duplicates are likely. lt could be the case that although only 1 x copy was sold there were actually 7 x bids for that item but none of the bid forms expressed a wish to receive a duplicate. I hope that all makes some sense!

Option 4 - Merge Items from Vendors.

This option was discussed and rejected as impracticable. Trying to sort out how much was owed to the vendors of the merged stock would be very difficult, an example is provided:

Vendor A submits 4 x stamps from a set - catalogue value of these 4 x stamps is £4.35 The reserve set is 21.25. Vendor B submits the other 7 X stamps from that set - catalogue value of these stamps is £7.65, the reserve set is £2. If these were merged then the reserve would be 23.25. If the hammer price were £4.60 then how much would Vendors A & B get after 10% commission is deducted?

It is not impossible to work this out but do we really want to put Doug through this unnecessary torture? To save members the time of working this out here is a possible solution, there may be others. Total amount payable to vendors is £4.14 (£4.60 - 0.46 (10%), Vendor A wanted £1.25 for his lot and Vendor B wanted £2. Divide both figures by the highest common denominator -- 25p Vendor A is entitled to 5/13ths of the proceeds, Vendor B is entitled 8/13ths. Divide £4.14 by 13 and multiply by 5 and 8 and that gives (rounded to the nearest sensible figure) A payment to Vendor A of £1.59 and a payment to Vendor B of £2.55. No doubt the mathematicians amongst you will come up with a totally different set of answers!

In conclusion the Committee recommended the following:

1. Extra auctions would be produced as a stock reducing mechanism as and when the Auction Secretary deemed it appropriate. 2. Minimum reserve for all new stock would be 50p. 3. Unsold items would be returned to vendors. 4. No merging of stock.

December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 65 Minutes of the 14th Annual General Meeting of The Bird Stamp Society

Held on Saturday 22 September 2001 at The Business Design Centre, Islington. Present: Mr D Cox President Mr K Macrosson Chairman Mr R Chapman Editor Mr M Petch Treasurer Mr G Hors ran Secretary Mr B Pouiter Committee Member Mr M Hawkins Committee Member Mr R Martin, Mr A Harris, Mr P Morpurgo, Mr A Gourlay

Apologies: Mr H Wright Vice Chairman Mr A Wise Packet Secretary Mr D Mace, Mr K Symonds, Mr T Jones Please note that the Vice Chairman, whilst able to attend the Committee meeting, was, as usual, manning the youth philately stand at STAMPEX. He regretted that he was unable to attend both meetings.

The Chairman welcomed those present and opened the meeting by expressing a heartfelt thanks to Roy Summers and his wife for manning the BSS table at MIDPEX 2001.

Item 1. Minutes of the 13"' AGM

The President noted that the accuracy of the previous year's accounts was in doubt as the auction account was excluded from the draft accounts. This was duly noted and has been rectified. Other than this matter the minutes were accepted as true reflection of the meeting.

Proposer: Mr R Martin, Seconder: Mr M Petch. Carried

Item 2 - Matters Arising

The Secretary was tasked to write to Mr David Aggersberg (Stanley Gibbons) to get an update on Collect Birds on Stamps Volume 5. (At the time of writing these notes no reply has yet been received). [See editorial footnote following the Minutes]

It was noted by the Secretary that each year several members neglect to pay their subscriptions by the due date and thus this resulted in the Treasurer having to write to those members to request payment or resignation. The Treasurer informed the meeting that there are approx. 60+ members who pay their subscriptions by standing order. lt was decided to advertise this facility before the next subscription year commences, this would be in addition to the standing order forms that are sent out in the Jun. issue of Flight.

Item 3 - Committee Members' Reports

The Committee Members' reports had been published in the Sep. 01 issue of Flight. The exception to this was the Treasurer's Report which is always presented at the AGM. There were no comments with regard to the reports submitted.

Proposer: Mr B Poulter, Seconder: Mr K Macrosson. Carried

~. Page 66 FLIGHT December 2001 VoI.16 No.2 Item 4 - Accounts for the Year ending 31 Jul 01

The accounts were published in the Sep. 01 issue of Flight. The President noted that the auction account does not actually make a profit even though the auction is extremely popular. The Auction Secretary explained the breakdown of income and expenditure for the account and it was clear that the only way to make a profit was to increase vendor's commission from 10 to 15%. The Secretary stated that he was both a buyer and vendor and that in his experience most auction houses charged both a buyer's and vendor's commission and these commission figures were typically 10% for buyer's commission and 15% vendor's commission. Given that no buyer's premium is charged, then increasing the vendor's commission to 15% would not be excessive in comparison to the practices employed by other auctions. lt was therefore proposed that vendor's commission be increased to 15%.

Proposer: Mr D Cox, Seconder: Mr R Martin. Carried

The accounts were accepted as a true record.

Proposer: Mr D Cox, Seconder: Mr P Morpurgo. Carried

Item 5 - Auctions

The Chairman presented to the meeting the recommendations made at the Committee Meeting held earlier in the day.

/ The President asked the following questions: Was all vendors' stock insured by the Society? Wes all vendors' stock easily identifiable? Had instructions been given to any third party with regard to vendors' stock in the event that the Auction Secretary became unable to run auctions. In response the Auction Secretary stated that the' insurance of stock was the responsibility of the vendor. This was noted but it was decided that all vendors must be made aware of this fact.

It was explained that when stock is submitted to the Auction Secretary he immediately enters the stock into the database and sends to the vendor a 'vendor's stock list'. A copy is held by the Secretary. All stock is housed in such a way that each vendor has his/her own 'location'. After each auction, once all payments have been received, the stock table is updated and all items sold are removed from the table. A 'vendor's sales and unsold stock' list is then sent to each vendor. The meeting was satisfied that it should be easy to identify all vendors' stock and that this could be verified by both the vendor and whoever succeeded the current Auction Secretary.

s The Auction Secretary stated that no third Party had been given instructions regarding vendors' stock. It was suggested by the President that the Auction Secretary contact his solicitor and lodge with that solicitor details of stock holdings. The Secretary suggested that a copy of the database be held on diskette after each auction.

Afternote: Both actions have been carried out.

Netting of accounts was also raised by the President as it became apparent during the discussions that a vendor who is also a buyer had his/her account netted. The President noted that when Mr Weatherly (former Auction Secretary) was taken seriously ill there was a lot of confusion with regard to the stock. As a result the system was computerized by the present Secretary (G Hors ran) who also published a set of auction rules. Within these rules it stated that netting of accounts was not permitted. The Secretary ...... stated that the rules were written before he had actually run an auction and were based on his . . . . . experience as Auction Secretary for his own Philatelic Society. After the first Society auction ran by . . . . G Hors ran it was noted that overseas members had difficulty in remitting monies to the UK, especially :`I E. :. i . those members living in Indonesia and India. Netting of accounts for certain members therefore did ...... provide not only a benefit to the member concerned but also to the Auction Secretary as the auction was ...... closed that much quicker. lt was felt however that netting for UK based members should not be ...... permitted. Whilst the President accepted all that was said he wished it to be known that he was not in ...... favour of netting of accounts under any circumstance but was prepared to allow the current Auction ...... Secretary to use his discretion and apply common sense as and when needed...... December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 67 ...... Finally, in addition to the recommendations made by the Committee, it was further decided that the Auction Secretary could put a freeze on receiving auction stock as and when it was necessary. This would be achieved by the Auction Secretary writing to vendors indicating that he did not wish to receive any further stock until he was in a position to do so.

The Committee recommended the following: 1. Extra auctions would be produced as a stock reducing mechanism as and when the Auction Secretary deemed it appropriate. 2. Minimum reserve for all new stock would be 50p. 3. Unsold items would be returned to vendors. 4. No merging of stock. The recommendations regarding future auctions were accepted.

Proposer: Mr G Hors ran, Seconder: Mr M Hawkins. Carried

Item 6 - Flight

As with Item 5, the recommendations from the Committee meeting were put to the meeting. There was universal acceptance of the recommendations which were: That the Editor contact Kite Printers to negotiate terms and conditions. No time limit was set against the Editor. That Flight would be produced by a commercial printer as and when it was deemed appropriate. The printer would be asked to provide the magazine in the same format as current i.e. A4 back to back, black & white and loose leaf. Proposer: Mr P Morpurgo, Seconder: Mr A Gourlay. Carried

Item 7 - Election of Committee Members

As a prelude to this item the Chairman explained that earlier in the year Mr Bruce Poulter had kindly offered to fill the vacant Committee member's position and that he had accepted this nomination. A formal vote on this was necessary.

Proposer: Mr D Cox, Seconder: Mr K Macrosson. Carried

The Secretary indicated that he had received no nominations for any of the Committee member posts. Each member of the Committee indicated that they were prepared to stand for another term (including the Vice-Chairman who gave his consent at the Committee meeting). It was therefore decided to 'block vote' the Committee.

Proposer: Mr D Cox, Seoonder: Mr A Gourlay. Carried

Item 8 - Any Other Business

The Secretary indicated that he had not received any items, the Chairman then invited the meeting to raises any other issues. The subject of bogus issues was raised and how one could verify what was bogus and what was not. In particular, Russian states was mentioned. The Editor explained to the meeting that it was very difficult to identify bogus issues and that there were no hard and fast guidelines that could be used. At the end of the day it really was a case of 'caveat emptor' 'let the buyer beware'.

Mr M Hawkins stated that he had received a letter regarding the issue of membership lists to other members. The Secretary explained that some years ago a member requested and received such a list and then proceeded to contact each member of the Society. That member not only sent unrequested material but also demanded that a sum of money be sent to another member who was acting as his banker. That member was not aware that he was the 'banker'. The activities of this member caused much distress and anger amongst certain members. The Society took a dim view of these activities and the then Chairman (Mr D Cox), having written several letters to the member concerned, expelled him from the Society.

...... FLIGHT i Page 68 December 2001 VoI.16 No.2 ! Several members also remarked that sending out lists was against the spirit of the Data Protection Act. The Editor stated that any member could advertise, free of charge subject to certain 'size of advert limitations' in Flight and quoted a couple of examples. The Secretary also added the members have in the past sent with Flight small listings of goods for sale. Those members had always made a generous contribution to the additional postage. It was concluded that there did appear adequate facilities to enable members to make contact with other members and those who had already taken advantage of these facilities had always operated well within the bounds of the Data Protection Act.

The President requested that the Society Day be advertised in the Dec. '01 issue of Flight.

Date of Next Meeting

The venue selected for the AGM was deemed more than adequate and thus it was decided to hold the 2002 AGM at the same venue.

There being no other business the meeting closed at 15.55hrs.

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Editorial footnote: "Collect Birds on Stamps"

. . . . . One member, 8ob Wilks (110) has e-mailed Stanley Gibbons and learned that "Collect Birds on Stamps", ...... whenever it is published, will have its bird classification based on the 2nd edition of Howard & Moore...... Membership Details ...... New Members ...... 709 Mr Rob Harwood, 55 Archery Grove, Woolston, Southampton, Hants, SOl9 9EN...... Mr R Littlewood, 1 Birchwood Avenue, Lincoln, LN6 0HX . 710 ...... all . 711 Mr John Ashby, 11 Long Lane, Brownshill Green, Coventry, CV5 9EP ...... - . Mr Stuart Lawson, 64 Betony Walk, Haverhill, Suffolk, CB9 7YB . 712 ...... Mr WM Oliver, 13 Leiston Spur, Slough, Berks, SL1 3JN . 713 . . . . Resignations due to non-payment of subscriptions . 664 Mr K Adams 637 Mr P Bainbridge 384 Dr P Bhattacharyya 686 Mr S Brooks 634 ...... Ms J Crozier 500 Mr D Dillon 650 Mr P Gibbons 661 Mr P Giovannini 314 Mr R Heaven 683 Mr F Hogan 684 Mr E Jenkins 674 Mr C Muircroft 657 Mr J Osborn 692 Mrs J Patterson 629 Mr R Pinder 560 Mr J Requejo 507 Mr D Saddington 654 Mr R Shore 690 Ms J Summers 550 Miss M Visser 633 Mr D Wyatt Notified Resignations 691 Mr B Townsend 693 Mr B Walker Change of Address 675 Mr John Grylls, 19 Rifeway, Ferring, Worthing, Sussex, BNl2 5JX

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December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 69 "Flight" and the Society s .~.s\J-a FLIGHT POST Good to receive it as usual. In response to your comments in your report I thought l BAG would drop you a line with a few thoughts of my own re. the contents of future issues, the auction and the production. CONTENT I agree the balance is not good. l've had a couple of letters printed over the years but it's difficult to think up a piece or an article, but l'll still keep trying to think of something interesting to share with our members. This leads me to think - we have so many members, but so few of us know about each other and what we collect. Why don't we use "Flight" to share our interests? For my part I have given up on the stamps, there's too many to cope with. l only collect FDCs, FDls, PST and other related material, British Commonwealth only - providing the material has a bird connection, either stamp, postmark, cachet, cancel etc. Put this in the next issue if you can. lt might start the ball rolling and encourage other members to write in with their interests. l don't mind my address being printed. Just think of all our overseas members who might wish to correspond, either directly or through "Flight". It might also encourage questions/answers/queries about material from all our members. Another suggestion is - 'Is there any way we can encourage dealers to advertise in "Flight"?'. Does any of our members know someone somewhere who might occasionally contribute with a guest article like in other stamp magazines, tied with, again, a questions/answers/queries section either directly with the members or in the issue following the article (which would be better as all our members would see it)'?

...... Why don't we have a 'small ads' section for members to buy and sell? There must be other people out ...... there who have material they want to sell apart from David Cox (no offence, David). This suggestion might \. . offer either advantages or disadvantages to our current auctions. PRODUCTION Anything that improves the quality of the illustrations in our magazine has got to be better than at present. David Cox's aerogramme illustrations were barely recognisable in the current issue and that's a great shame. l for one would not mind an increase in subscription charges if it improves the quality. That is not a criticism of the member who currently produces the magazine. He does a fantastic job under difficult circumstances. in any case it looks as though we may have to go down the professional route in a few years' time, regardless. AUCTIONS Occasional extra auctions would be welcome on my part, bearing in mind what l collect. lt can't be a good thing to have to store up so much excess stock, either from the vendors' point of view or from the Auction Secretary's, who l think does a fantastic job on our behalf. I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. My main concern would be the extra workload on our (auction) secretary. . Regarding MIDPEX lt was a good show - maybe not as good as the last. Our stand was excellent. Shame we did not seem to recruit any new members. lt can't have been because of the stand or our member volunteers. The parking was, as usual, atrocious - and not very secure at the back of the venue where there were some very undesirable-looking youths hanging around in a battered-up old car. The catering, as usual, was appalling, both in choice and in choice of siting near the bar entrance. Regarding SWlNPEX A great day out again this year. Good location, good secure parking, good catering at very reasonable prices and good service too. Plenty of variety in dealers. .

Mike Gilbertson (522), 28 Apley Drive, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire TF1 3OU

Well that's started the ball rolling. IW add a few comments of my own. CONTENT l've not had much response to my recent appeals though l am hopeful of some material from one new source. I would certainly encourage an exchange of members' interests through "Ffight",° we did this via a questionnaire a few years ago but it would be more lively if people wrote a few words of their own. We do get fairly regular adverts from two of the main bird stamp dealers; l think the key to attracting more advertisements is improving the quality (and circulation) of the magazine. Whife we don't have a specific 'small ads' section, the Society allows and welcomes free small ads from its members. We have one from Ujjal Gupta in this magazine which l have inserted after the end of this

Page 70 FLIGHT December 2001 Vol.16 No.2 letter. lf get more, the end of the 'Postbag' feature could become a regular piece for them. €ltd A 1 POST PRODUCTION BAG I hope it will be evident to all that we have made a big step forward in improving the quality of the illustrations by moving to commercial printing with this issue. If the quality still leaves something to be desired in some areas that will be mainly because l have not been able to procure/produoe/manipulate the source images to a sufficient standard. l'll keep working on it. AUCTIONS As you will see, Doug Blake has managed to produce an extra auction list for distribution with this magazine, which has gone some way to reducing the backlog. MIDPEX and SWINPEX Thanks for your observations. l for one am looking forward to visiting SWINPEX next year - all being well.

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PENGUIN PANORAMA

Not many quarters These are attractive birds which are popular doubtful issues. There are five issues featuring penguins in current listing (as I write) and they illustrate a fair spectrum of authenticity.

Australian Antarctic Territory

There is no doubt that the Australian Antarctic harbours the adele

lx <* In 1 location is I should hesitate to call the scene are shown in association

beside one of the seals as if it didn't have a care in world. Those lucky enough to have seen the BBC's recent 'Blue Planet' series on TV will know how even the presence of one leopard seal lurking under water keeps them huddled together in fear on the shore.

J J&§Oi¢i\%O\\i I U a c Portugal D • 9 • 4 I a | •-I Africa) like the fellow on this . a Zoo (which the issue celebrates) together with tooo toucan and the a o s a a n other exotic animals. The purist may not accept such displaced birds in his/her a C a o collection but at least there is a legitimate connection. a o a Q -A . O

u a emngnemuaus as pa a F s I! a 6 1 "I$'r¢3EC§XABr . 4 6 #To f 4 I 30 a Yugoslavia 1- 9 i The three other creatures on this 'Nature Protection' strip are polar bear, lion and a I pair of monkeys. Once again it is based on a zoo, but if they have humboldt Ni a I g penguins there they can t be coloured quite like the stamp - which shows yellow g stripes where they shout be white. e B s Q a g In & #5R&$&& an an a .NL .w »wa».s:» n .J Madagascar

J 4 Madagascar can boast no : J lieu "°"'1 *I native penguins but the king r I ~f 1 * r He.; penguins on this stamp are

r f if no more out of place there F r 'f than most of the other

can be said about the sheet

Madagascar postal authority. general layout 'REPOBLIKAN'l MADAGASIKARA'

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This sheet displays a fine variety of penguin species but I suspect it is a bogus issue, unauthorised by the postal authority - along with the similar 'birds of prey' and 'game birds' sheets. Recent (1998) Eritrea bird stamps have been more subtly designed with realistic backgrounds. The bald numerals without any indication of the currency denomination are also untypical, and the addition of the Rotary wheel does nothing to add confidence in the genuineness of the issue.

PEACE DOV

I don't often get involved with 'Peace Doves' nowadays but there was an interesting one in the GB 'Nobel Prize' set issued on 2 October. Each of the six stamps in the set featured one of the Nobel Prizes and the novel feature is the

'lu 4 F production of each stamp using a different technique, viz, silk-screening, engraving, embossing, scenting (!), micro printing and holography. No, you can't smell the dove, it's the embossed design and it appears on the E(uropean) »"}I dl denomination. Naturally enough it represents the Nobel Peace Prize. Here Prize NJ iumeefsary

PALAU - HEROES ENVIRONMENT I am indebted to Kjell Scharning for listing and illustrating this set from Palau issued on 1.2.99 which l should otherwise have missed. The illustration shows a block of four stamps from a sheet of 16 entitled 'Heroes of the environment'.

The stamp at top right shows a portrait of 'Ding Darling'. I presume he had something to do with the introduction of duck shooting licences because the stamp bears a black and white image of a us duck stamp. While duck stamps themselves qualify for the Revenue Class, this stamp with a 'repro' image of a duck stamp could presumably be used in the ,.ooooo»o»¢»ouv¢¢oo¢onQvoooaoucaeocnooutonvnooaounoomvoocosa . , , ¢ i Thematic or even the Traditional Class. : •o •* o 0 The stamp at bottom left shows Roger Tory : I* l I Peterson who pioneered the modern style of field : l v U guild illustration. The stamp shows a sample page : l an l illustrating two birds: Green Honeycreeper : l • Chlorophanes spiza and Cinnamon-bellied : •an GttoVuvtbyqb1oceoooto»»¢..11¢¢¢o10045.\1¢¢1¢o¢¢¢90Ol»0¢IO¢ 4 Flowerpiercer Diglossa baritula. The top left stamp 2' o v e depicts Rachel Carson an she of "The Silent Spring" .un : I• while the bottom right shows H .R. H. Prince Philip : • U• HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, who was the long-time : t v u President and is now President Emeritus of the E n u l W.W.F. This last stamp does in fact show a small : • bird image - it may be an auk or it may be a : n* I * o o penguin. g. oo¢oooooooo»»¢aooooa¢»»¢»»»aoc¢0an2no»¢»»¢¢o¢¢¢o¢»a»»»¢¢o¢

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The third Gibraltar 'Wings of Prey' issue combining raptors and aircraft appeared on 3rd September. It repeats the familiar format - three sheetlets of 10 stamps, each ! Gibraltar 409 containing 5 pairs of one bird and one aircraft plus two miniature sheets, one containing the three bird species and 409' !Gibral@r the other the three kinds of aircraft. On this occasion all ! Gibraltar 409 stamp values are 40p.

The sparrowhawk (right) is associated with the Hawk trainer 40P !Glbté9'a; jet - one of which appears in the livery of the RAF Red !Gibdtar 409 Arrows aerobatic team. The sparrowhawk on the stamp is a male - distinguished by the rufous barring of the underparts, the female's being grey, The lower bird in the border is also 400 Gib¢alTa; ! Gibraltar 409 a male. The upper bird is a juvenile, distinguished by dark brown upperparts instead of the grey of the adults of both sexes. 40v !Glbrd I Gibraltar 40a

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Q 'IP IP¢»»\°$l 2 40P §Gibtalt2;r Navy Sea Harrier. Once again the stamp (left) shows a 1 Gibraltar 40p \ male bird with its highly contrasting black wingtips, brown

Jn.$\:¢v's forewing and body and white hind wing, the female being .-»~»~¢ \'°J 4 more uniformly . .. . »¢';.» nun 40p tG¥bm@-'=€ . dark brown. tGibraLltar 40P Q Gibraltar 40p \ The four

\ ¢°9l'my *"*a*. images of flying °".»*Y 01 Ut marsh harriers 40p !Gibraltar_"~° h 40? !Gibralsqz = . . . um in the border !Gibraltar° 409 .. afzrt">'z=~'rA'/~lt\*x *as ln.u.1gs are, from top to bmwm,%mMe male, female 40p !Gibrallqi' 40p and female. 1 Gibraltar .

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4{]p.. There seems to be no connection between the bird and the An tGiht3lta_t !Gibraltar-' 409 aircraft on this sheet (right), a hobby and a RAF Jaguar. al' J. The sexes are alike with this falcon so you can make your own choices with the bird on the stamp and the bird in the border. 4041 . !Gibtaltar

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N s Nic three bird stamps plus the head of a -II/ 1¢ U* l lul\h¥ d' axle" =ufaf».'eus (male) sparrowhawk in the border. Q Gibraltagr 1 Gibtaltal' 40p

'.1.m=hE!. in r in r x M mm inn J When I enquired at the Gibraltar PO go 2 Gibraltar; stand at STAMPEX I was told that this third 'Wings of Prey' issue is in fact the ia- X' s .may final one. So perhaps we can put our wallets away for a while.

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...... JERSEY BIRDS OF PREY. PRESTIGE BOOKLET Jersey Post have produced a prestige booklet in association with their birds of prey issue of 3rd July (see F15/4). I have not listed it separately because it contains no new stamps. However it is an attractive item with front and back covers showing, respectively, little owls and a barn owl.

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...... The booklet contains a write-up and illustrations of some Jersey birds of prey, many of which do not .

feature on the stamps. In addition there are four pages containing two rows of three stamps and an . . . . . illustrated border. There is also a pane that consists of the £1.50 barn owl MS. All the stamps are . . . . perforated but none of the panes are perforated to be torn out as a whole. The stamp combinations of ...... the four pages are as follows: ...... 23p,26p,37p ...... 41p, 46p, 66p with tawny owi in border ...... 23p,37p,66p ...... 66p, 23p, 37p with little owl in border ...... 23P,26p,23P . . . . 46p, 37p, 46p with long-eared owl in border .

...... 41p,37p,41p ...... 23p, 26p, 66p with short~eared owl in border ...... FLIGHT Page 75 . December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 ...... -:-*"e\ HAMPSHIRE PHILATELIC FEDERATION

HAMPEX, the annual convention of the Hampshire Philatelic Federation, I has in the past hosted the Bird Stamp Society A.G.M. I remember it as a ISSUE No. 100 lively affair with many dealers in attendance as well as exhibitions and other attractions.

The Federation publishes a journal simply entitled 'BULLETlN'. The g AUGUST "\..¢1.r»..f'u\.r 200] August 2001 edition was a landmark, the 100th. Following the sad death 8.ET5'§ of its former editor, Ron Pickett (1920 - 2001), one of our B.S.S. members, Ken Symonds (529) has taken over the editorship. Welcome to the club, Ken! It's all a piece of cake really - -

I know that many members of the Bird Stamp Society also belong to other local or thematic clubs. Why not write in and report their forthcoming or past events?

i's - .¢;~ -an atn -_ m In n -Q .II an m in $3lrlnhqiimsq l1=.%-ga VENDING MACHINE LABELS _ PORTUGAL This head and neck of a Greater Flamingo is the latest bird design for vending machine labels. Issued on 5 September 2000 (F15/3), the values are 50, 85, 100 and 140 escudos.

CHANGES TO EUROPEAN BIRD ST SPECIES _ UPDATE Roger Chapman (58)

In Part 3 of this feature, published in the September 2001 issue, I included the following text for the split of the Firecrest:

136158 Firecrest, Regulus ignicappilus Split into two species The Canary islands sub-species has been given full species status. Note that the genus Regulus, which forms part of the sub-family Sylvinae (Old World Warblers) in HM has been established as a full family in its own right in C5, viz:- REGUIJDE (Kinglets). The Firecrest split gives:

1270040 Canary Islands Kinglet, Regulus ten eriffae Canary Islands

1270060 Firecrest, Regulus ignicapillus Madeira and w Europe to Asia Minor and Mediterranean Basin.

Bruce Poulter (636) has pointed out that a description of Regulus teneriffae appears in the current Collins guides to the Birds of Britain and Europe, albeit as a sub-species of Goldcrest, Regulus regulus teneriffae rather than Regulus ignicappilus teneriffae as listed in HM. It is described as having a continuous black band round the yellow/orange crest (like the Firecrest but unlike the broken black band on the Goldcrest) yet lacking the conspicuous white eyestripe below the black band that is present on the Firecrest. That seems to make it an intermediate form. l've looked through both the goldcrest and firecrest stamps in the light of this new evidence but still conclude that there are no examples of terferiffae.

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BIRDS SEEN ON MY HOLIDAY TO MALLORCA. OCT By Chris Gibbins (4)

This feature was lifted from Chris Gibbins' website with his kind permission. Apologies to those who have already seen it there - in full colour.

Editor

We chose to go for a week's holiday to Mallorca from October 23 to 30 to coincide with our sons' half-term break from school, and because we could fly from our local airport for a reasonable cost. I knew that the north of the island would be good for birds, and chose Las Gaviotas, Alcudia, a hotel quite close to the vast marsh. We arrived at Palma late in the afternoon, and as we boarded our bus to Alcudia, I noticed lots of White Wagtails going to roost in the palm trees around the coach-park. As this was a family holiday, I restricted my bird-watching to pre-breakfast walks to the edge of the marsh up to one hour after sunrise. The weather was sunny and dry all week, though the last morning was foggy at dawn. One of my first sightings during a preliminary visit with the family was of a Great Egret, which became a regular. There were usually 3 on view. Scattered around were several Little Egrets, while Cattle Egrets seemed to leave their roost much later than others. They always flew well away from the marsh, though a few lingered around the local horses, standing on their back.'I was very pleased to have close views of a Black-crowned Night-Heron on two mornings as I had not seen one on my previous visits to the marsh about 30 years ago. Grey Herons were common.

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For me, one of the star species of my visit was the Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) which I saw on every visit except for the foggy last morning. I had overlooked that this species was likely: it certainly was not on my earlier visits, so it was quite a surprise to spot my first. My best view was of one about 30 metres away as it picked up a piece of

. .. floating vegetation and proceeded to tear it up with its .. stout bill.

There was a spectacular sight of a ii-nfs -vi ¢1"A flock of 29 Eurasian Thick-knees #in (Burhinus oedicnemus), I prefer to esnawui call them "Stone Curlews", which I ¢..n. I I' r |, r I it. or 1 u. lr ll s..g flew in and circled around before settling on a dry area of the reserve.

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-I SAY MARInu I were frequently bursting into - in' I5"D0 song and regularly seen. : :vi Chiffchaffs and Fan-tailed Warblers were silent, but harsh calls usually announced the presence of a Sardinian Warbler. The other two notable passerines were Stonechat which was very common, and a fine male Serin, which I saw only once.

1 I n I Ill I I l I i I I Two other species deserve a mention if only because they too were a complete surprise: Sacred Ibis and Yellow-billed Stork, both of which may be escapes and should be in ...... Africa. I did not see them together but could not resist illustrating them with this stamp from Mauritania on which they both appear. I saw each in flight heading south on only one occasion. The stork appeared out of the mist on my last morning giving me the initial impression of a White Stork, but this soon changed when I could see the red face and drooping yellow bill. Subsequent searches on the web have revealed that both species have. In fact a Yellow-billed Stork has been at a marsh near Valencia on the mainland and at S'Albufera on 25 June 2001.

Other birds noted were: Little Grebe Black-winged Stilt Common Sandpiper Greenshank Black-headed Gull Yellow-legged Gull Common Wood-Pigeon Collared Dove Bam Swallow Grey Wagtail Blackbird Robin Black Redstart Moustached Warbler Blackcap House Sparrow Greenfinch Goldfinch Starling

Chris has added the following information in correspondence.

Since writing the article l've realised that Purple Gallinules are a successful reintroduction. There is so much information about the island on the Net! I had an uncle who retired then after working in Nigeria in the 60s. So I visited him and his family, followed by an Ornitholidays trip in October '71 and then back the following spring, when I found a Roller close to the village. It was replaced a day later by a Red- footed Falcon, both species were considered scarce on the island then.

December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 79 ......

By David Cox (1)

In loT, California issued the 0.S.A. nations first duck stamp, since then most other states have followed suit, further expanding the reach and variety of state duck stamps. All states have at one time or another issued duck stamps to raise funds for conservation, but there has never been a single year in which every state has issued a stamp. in recent years, the number of states with stamps has fluctuated between AO/50 the reasons cited by the states for dropping their programmer are rising costs of production and diminishing revenue. ...»- up.

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i »~ the state obtaining .4 f 01nawlu:raaa*s'n asssznn mrs &>~ their revenue from / Ii! , the state hunting puns a oq ,QUO I licences. ummm!-I l ¢' ISHN Q-*li QUO ii» -§ .75,-: ?? -1313

1 The 1971 print sold -c in: briskly an edition * 1. *I I ¢, Vl!l305!1'¥3 - .r in. .~*; . *54

.r.. of 500 with a stamp .b _. i' i' wasald . . 1 *1*"~"'. to accompany it. ,* 4 2- . I : The value Loday of 'iugunq

.. a` V the $1 stamp is mint < 'z SV $695. The estimated v GHUA ""al* .L print value is 31700.

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the end of the hunting n 3 season. It was state I policy Lhah 6 months after the end of t» c -in * * \0 i I ~s I season, all stocks of I 1. *" O .1 as -vgvs I §!._ Co._ in of stamps would be shred ~=-°» am

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..f kE""-- kE""-- must .-| I stamps and instead of ran ij'§EI4s§~A» f£$¥= storing them shredded them which makes the 1972 issue the rarest of all 2 §> duck stamps. Indeed there I. is a insufficient stamps to I was I go with the prints Ii A mint stamp today valued at-$1,995.

us". .»---. an Shown Lop is the 1971 California stamp Logether with a state pheasant stamp, and the Federal issue, featuring Fantails. The 1972 Californian licence has the Federal Sta p on the reverse side, with the state pheasant and duck stamp affixed. The state stamp features Canvasbacks.

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Lmtisiana Sh¢.wi::lur Edward Buticf :i Texas SNoW'»' g».l>0S¢.8 John Dear ran I Maine Wouml dark Jeannine Staples Utazh I no STAMP ! Ma1'j,*land Wigriun Wilhelm Gorrbcl Vermont Oldsquaw George Lockwood ii \4=a:ssachxsseI1s Black duck Barry Juliufs Virginia Blue-winged wal Tim Donovan 7*»~1ichigan Ruddy duck Kim l`)im¢2-nl. Washington Mallard Adam Grimm ?~.-1inn1I1s:>I11 Black duck Bob Hauhuqm West Virginia NO S`I.'AMl'

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...... FLIGHT Page 81 . December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 ...... RECENT NEW BIRDS IN THE PHILATELIC AVIARY

Adapted from articles by Chuck Braun in Biophilately

FLIGHTLESS CORMORANT, Phalacrocorax harris Phalacrocoracidae (017.0390) [17032] Ecuador, 1999, F14/3, 15,000 snores Length: 33 to 40 inches, sexes similar but the female is smaller, resident. Brown wih stubby wings. Habitat: marine. Range: Fernandina and Isabella Islands, Galapagos. Reference: del l-loyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 1 . AUSTRALIAN IBIS, Threskiornis molucca Wlzixe Ws IAr¢5f

NORTHERN SCREAMER, Chauna bavaria Anhimidae (026.0020) [26003] Grenada Carriacou and Petit Martinique, 2001, F16/1, $1.50 Length: 30 to 36 inches, sexes alike, resident. Dark with a white face patch. Habitat: forested wetlands. Range: Northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. GREN $150 Reference: del I-loyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 1.

FLIGHTLESS STEAMERDUCK, Tachyeres pteneres Anatidae (027.0490) [27047] Grenada, 2001, F16/1, $6 MS Length: 30 to 34 inches, resident. The male is gray with a white belly and an orange bill and legs, the female has a blackish head. Habitat: rocky coasts. Range: Southern Chile to Tierra del Fuego. Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 1 .

FLYING STEAMERDUCK, Tachyeres patachonicus Anatidae (027.0520) [27046] Grenada, 2001, F16/1, $5.00 Length: 26 to 28 inches, resident. The male (shown on the stamp) is gray with a pale head, white belly and orangy bill and legs, the female has a dark head and bill. Habitat: inland lakes and rocky coasts. Range: Southern South America and the Falkland Islands. Reference: del I-Ioyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 1.

MISSISSIPPI KITE, lcfinia mississippiensis Accipitridae (030.0280) We §I-3 [30026] St. Vincent, 2001, F15/4, $2.00 Q-<3 Length: 14 to 15 inches, sexes alike, migratory. Gray with blackish wings H or in and tail and a whitish crown. Q bi / Habitat: woodlands, grasslands and savanna. Range: Breeds in southern i»i!-3 U. S. Winters in southern South America. nusm§m in Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the IU 1 -a-, . nnrinrsmraiII 111 IH lll'M1 I ll.l 11 ¢Ha|=M|"i§-M Birds of the World, Volume 2.

BLACK-MANTLED GOSHAWK, Accipiter melanochlarnys Accipitridae (030.1090) [30117] St. Vincent- Grenadines,1999, F14/1, amended in F14/2 & F16/2, 70 cents Length: 12 to 17 inches, sexes alike, resident. Black head and above, chestnut below and collar. Habitat: mountains. Range: Central and eastern New Guinea. Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 2.

Page 82 FLIGHT December 2001 VoI.16 No.2 AFRICAN HOBBY, Falco cuvierii Falconidae (032.0480) [32043] Gambia, 2000, F15/4, 7 dal Length: 11 to 12 inches, sexes alike, resident. Dark gray above and streaked chestnut below. Habitat: moist woodland and tree savanna. Range: Senegal to Ethiopia and south to eastern South Africa. Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 2.

AUSTRALIAN BRUSH-TURKEY, Alectura latham Megapodiidae (033.0010) [33006] Turks and Caicos, 2000, F15/3, 50 cents Length: 24 to 28 inches, sexes similar but female has a smaller neck pouch, resident. Black, scaly below with a bare orangy head. is Habitat: coastal rain forest. Range: Coastal Queensland, Australia. I Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 2.

ORANGE-NECKED PARTRIDGE, Arborophila david Phasianidae (038.0900) [35136] Vietnam, 2001, F16/2, 400 dong is II? Length: 11 inches, female unknown, resident. Black-bordered orange throat and 4410

. . black and white barred flanks...... s . . Habitat: dense vegetation. Range: Southern Vietnam...... Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds . .. L ...... FQ? .. . F .. !**"';'3 ,*'; '§==?*""a'E*.»+'=e' i vii .. of the World, Volume 2. . . . 21 in INd 4~lh.|\I!.--I.-.Lin .ah...ll...-IMH....l. .HM! ...... was 80 ...... RYUKYU PIGEON, Columba jouyi Columbidae Extinct - Last seen in 1936. .. (900.032) ...... Japan, 2000, , 80 yen ...... Length: 18 inches, sexes alike, resident. All dark with a pale crescent on the upper back...... Habitat: subtropical forests. Range: Ryukyu Islands, Japan . . 'oh v1.1:Li .. . . Reference: Massey, J. A., et al. A Field Guide to the 8irds of Japan...... l1l.W¢YI'!Y?!1¢1¢s»1»vl-.-wiv . . CRESTED QUAIL-DOVE, Ge o trygon versicolor Columbidae . . £¢l411D5i45-8.i0MM ...... (72.1500) [66143] Montserrat, 2001, F16/1, $1.15 ...... Length: 11 to 12 inches, sexes similar but the female is paler, resident. . . . I . . . Brown above and gray below with a short nape crest, black forecrown, and . . . reddish brown molar area and flanks. . Habitat: highland forest. Range: Jamaica Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 4.

THICK-BILLED PIGEON, Treron culvirostra Columbidae (072.1950) [66185] Tanzania, 1999, F14/4, 400 shillings Length: 10 to 12 inches, resident. The male (shown on the stamp) is green with a purplish-maroon mantle and upper wings, the female has dark olive-green mantle and upper wings. Habitat: forests. Range: Nepal to Hainan, the Philippines and Java. Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 4.

BLACK-FRONTED PARAKEET, Cyanoramphus zealandicus Psittacidae (900.040) Extinct since about 1850. Micronesia, 1999, F14/3, 33 cents Length: 10 inches, sexes alike, resident. Dark green with a black forehead and scarlet eyestripe and rump. Habitat' unknown. Range: Extinct, formerly Tahiti. Reference: Forshaw, J. M. and W D. Cooper. Parrots of the World.

BLUE-THROATED PARAKEET, Pyrrhura cruentata Psittacidae

(074.2260) [69163] Brazil, 2001, F16/2, 1.30r ...... Length: 12 inches,sexes alike, resident. Green with a blackish crown, orange- ...... red ear coverts and belly and a blue throat...... Habitat: lowland forest and edges. Range: Southeastern Brazil...... mcr Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds . lug. UMM . .. . nnnnnln of the World, Volume 4...... December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 83 . . . I I I Ill*lll»lJ~lluu| 'H I LJW..lu lorn SLENDER-BILLED PARAKEET, Enicognathus leptorhynchus Psittacidae (074.2450) [69182] Chile, 2001, F16/1, 160 pesos Length: 16 inches, sexes alike, resident. Green with a red forecrown and tail. Habitat: forests. Range: Central Chile. Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the is I World, Volume 4.

COCOS ISLAND CUCKOO, Coccyzus ferruginous Cuculidae (076.1120) [71053[ (HM regarded it as a sub-species of Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor) Costa Rica, 2001, F16/2, 115 colones Length: 13 inches, sexes alike, resident. Grayish-brown above and rich buff below with a spotted tail, black and yellow bill and yellow eye ring. Habitat: lowland evergreen forest. Range: Cocos Island, off Costa Rica. Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds STA liiiri,-1. ,IT 71 A of the World, Volume 4.

" I lllll ill iil lil lil Iilll! 'l.llll' lillll l:l I Q MALAGASY SCOPS-OWL, Otus nautilus ¢ q Strigidae (078.0400) [73014] • O s • Mauritania, 2000, F15/4, 220 um g o I' o o Length: 9 inches, sexes alike, resident. Occurs in gray, brown and rufous o • 4 • morphs, brownish above with buff spots and black streaks with a pale facial ,O • 4 . l 0 disk, darker around the yellow eyes. ¢ • 4 Q Habitat: forests and thickets. Range: Madagascar. q 0 l C 4 9 Reference: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the o o o l Birds of the World, Volume 5. Qh»»¢¢¢lloooolootooatvutaiihso II#-llij'

I I MADAGASCAR LONG-EARED OWL, Asio madagascariensis Strigidae I I (078.1860) [73126] Madagascar, 1999, F14/3, 2500f Length: 16 to 20 inches, sexes alike but the female is much larger, resident. Brown above and streaky tan below with ear tufts. Habitat: forest. Range: Madagascar. Reference: Langrande, O. Guide to the Birds of Madagascar......

TAWNY-BELLIED HERMIT, Phaethornis syrmatophorus Trochilidae (086.0160) [81015] Congo, 2000, F15/2, 4.5 francs Length: 5 inches, sexes alike, resident. Coppery green above and tawny buff below with a bright ochraceous rump and a white elongated central tail. Habitat: cloud forest undergrowth. Range: Andes of Colombia to Peru. Reference: Hilly, S. L. and W L. Brown. A Guide to the Birds of Colombia.

YELLOW-RUMPED TINKERBIRD, Pogoniulus bilineatus Capitonidae (101.0410) [96054] Gambia, 2000, F15/3, 7 dal Length: 5 inches, sexes alike, resident. Black above, white below with a yellow rump and long white superciliary and molar stripes. Habitat: heavy woodland and forest. Range: Senegal to Sudan and eastern South Africa. Reference: McLachlan, G. R. and R. Liversidge. Roberts Birds of South Africa.

RUFOUS PICULET, Sasia abnormis Pioidae (104.0300) [99032] Liberia, 1999, F14/1, 50 cents Length: 3.5 inches, resident. Greenish above and rufous below, The male is green above and rufous below with a yellow forehead, the female (shown on the stamp) has a rufous forehead. Habitat: lowland forest, especially bamboo. Range: Southern Myanmar to Java. Reference: Short, L.L. Woodpeckers of the World.

"x'<."ll '*| Ly I H l I m MOUSTACHED TURCA, Pteroptochos megapodius Rhinocryptidae (112.0030) [105003] Chile, 2001, F16/1, 160 pesos Length: 9 inches, sexes alike, resident. Brown above and breast with scaly belly and white superciliary and moustache. Habitat: scrubby and rocky slopes. Range: Central Chile. Reference: Ridgely, R. S. and G. Tudor. The Birds of South America, Volume II.

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Page 84 FLIGHT December 2001 Vol.16 No.2 11 al I L£.i"%.~'w?£ CHILEAN MOCKINGBIRD, Mirnus thence Mimidae (136.0110) [128008] Chile, 2001, F16/1, 160 pesos Length: 10.5 inches, sexes alike, resident. Uniform brownish-gray above, buffy below with a white superciliary. . Habitat: shrubs. Range: Central Chile. Reference: Ridgely, R. S. and G. Tudor. The Birds of South America, Volume II.

SPECTACLED WARBLER, Sylvia conspicillata Sylviidae (140.2750) [136099] Malta, 2001, F16/2, 6 cents Length: 5 inches, migratory. The male (upper bird) has a dark gray head, white throat and layering and pinkish breast, the female (lower bird) is paler with a chestnut wing patch. . Habitat: dry open country with low bushes. Range: Breeds in southern Europe, northern Africa and the Cape Verde, Madeira and Canary Islands, winters to Senegal and Niger. Reference: Heinzei, H., R. Fitter and J. Parslow. The Birds of Britain and Europe I I with North Africa and the Middle East. 1

TA~NZFI.¥-l4A SPOTTED GROUND-THRUSH, Zoothera guttata Turdidae (138.0440) [130220] Tanzania, 2000, F16/1, 400 shillings Length: 9.5 inches,sexes alike, resident. Brown above and white below

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. Habitat: damp bushes and low evergreen forest. . Range: Southern Sudan to ...... I South Africa. . J . 40I1»' . . . H''_'r§!;IP- .l'P...l1. l'fI,l II».. IL. II -.Ii.11l}.I .'ll.:.1#l .n`!h-R IIT%-'1l.a.=1l=1 n'h7.1rEr.».linL.lnh..1151 . Reference: McLachlan, G. R. and R. Liversidge. Roberts Birds of South Africa...... GREATER NECKLACED LAUGHINGTHRUSH, Garruiax pectorals Timaliidae (149.0090) [132148] ...... Zambia, 2000, F15/3, 1000 kwacha . . Length: 13 inches, sexes alike, resident. Olive green above, streaky ear coverts and white throat .

bordered in black...... Habitat: evergreen forests. Range: Nepal to Hainan and Vietnam. Reference: King, B. F. and E. C. Dickinson. A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia.

RENNELL SHRIKEBILL, Clytorhynchus hamlin Monarchidae (145.0400) [140044] Solomon Islands, 2000, F15/4, $4 Length: 7.5 inches, sexes similar, resident. Cinnamon to rufous brown above and rusty ocher below with a black mask and chin. Habitat: forest underbrush. Range: Rennell Island, southeastern Solomon Islands. Reference: Mayr, E. Birds of the Southwest Pacific. 1 SPECTACLED MONARCH, Monarchs trivirgatus Monarchidae (145.0570) [140062] Zambia, 2000, F15/3, 1000 kwacha Length: 6.5 inches, sexes similar, migratory. Dark gray above, rufous breast and white-tipped tail and belly with black mask, tail and central throat. Habitat: wet forest, mangroves and woodland. Range: Moluccas to eastern Australia. Birds in southern Australia are migratory. Reference: Slater, P. A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volume 2.

A New Family on Stamps: Epthianuridae, Australian Chats

Australian chats are a small family (five species) of brightly colored birds endemic to Australia. They feed on the ground and often move in flocks. They build cup-shaped nests in bushes close to the ground. Some are particularly adapted to dry habitat, often in samphire.

CRIMSON CHAT, Epthianura tricolor Epthianuridae (157.0010) [137091] Zambia, 2000, F15/30 kwacha - Note for "purists:" this bird is also shown on a new Australian stamp. ( For which see F16/1 with illustration on p.14.) glad Length: 4.5 inches, resident. The male (shown on the stamp) has a crimson cap, breast and rump, the female is much paler with a mottled red breast and red rump. Habitat: bushes in dry areas. Range: Australia. Reference: Slater, P. A Field Guide to Australian Birds, Volume 2.

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i I NEW CALEDONlAN CROW, Corvus moneludoides Corvidae (189.0800) [175077] New Caledonia, 2001, F16/1, 70 francs Length: 17 inches, sexes alike, resident. Black, including bill, feet and legs with a dark brown iris. Habitat: forests and savanna. Range: New Caledonia. li'1l»-mW Reference: Hannecart, F. and Y. Letocart. New Caledonian Birds, 4 aN»i\»."'"l'!I:lv Volume I.

NELICOURVI WEAVER, Ploceus nelicourvi Ploceidae (192.0580) [165102] I A a q Mauritania, 2000, F15/4, 220 um Note that C808 (and F3/3) listed this c l • O l 0 species on Malagasy 1988 270f, SG696. o 0 o o Length: 6 inches, resident. The male (shown on the stamp) is yellow-green • a• I a above and gray below with a black head and a golden-yellow collar, neck . a » Q and chin, the female has a yellow head with a greenish crown and eye O Q O o . '»-1-A • Nr* *A patch. I o •1 •f Habitat: forest. Range: Madagascar. o o Reference: Langrand, O. Guide to the Birds of Madagascar. lnoootooooooaooocsooaabonsooo

PARASITIC WEAVER, Anomalospiza imberbis Ploceidae (192.1130) [165155] Niger, 2000, F15/4, 225 francs Length: 5 inches, resident. The male (shown on the stamp) is yellow with a

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Page 86 FLIGHT December 2001 VoI.16 No.2 SG PART 06 CATALOGUE - FRANCE By Roger Chapman (58)

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1 Stanley Gibbons A new issue (5th) of this catalogue was published in STAMP CATALOGUE September 2001, superseding the 4th edition, published in PART 6 December 1993. This is the first Part Catalogue (other than Part 1) to be produced in A4 size. Previous examples have 0] FRANCE all been in A5 so this one presents storage problems for those who have shelf space of restricted height for the rest of the series

I have trawled through the catalogue for its bird stamps and as I did for the new Part 22 in the December 2000 issue of ii Flight", l'm drawing attention here to various matters arising from this activity, taken in conjunction with other sources particularly Kjell Scharning's website

France M £8 `. A111 wont q at In addition to the usual range of symbolic and otherwise unidentifiable birds, there are a few stamps which portray the Gallic Cockerel. The design index lists definitive types 208 (1944), 345 (1954-9), 498 (1962-5) and SG 3093 'Marianne as Cockerel' that formed part of the 1992 set celebrating the

. . . . bicentenary of the declaration of the 1st Republic . . SG 1013 remains France's most expensive bird stamp, a mint copy of this beautifully engraved 1947 UPU 500f AIR herring gull over Paris having increased from £40 in the 4th edition to £60 in the 5th

SG 1316 Gibbons' "Coflect Birds on Stamps" (CBOS) does not list the 12.1.57 15f stamp commemorating the Pigeon-fanciers, no doubt regarding the bird shown as a 'domestic'. However it has as good a likeness to the wild rock dove as you can get so I think it's admissible niiaiiis' no isutnoflt vos'rAu=:mmnznsuux minus -1

. l | II I- ,II SG 2106 Some members may have " - . - . . . . . I . . . . I . -I 1. overlooked or disregarded this 2f20 stamp for 'Pyrenees' in the 1976 'Regions I 1 .l w". l .I.\ . .. a I L l :.... I I . . 1 I |.* . I ,. 1. , of France' issue. It shows a clearly identifiable, if stylised, moorhen. CBoS l r -I: I. ., . : ;_ r "s it J '..' . l .-:L 1I51 . 1:.*...' . . 'l .J . L- ,..~:I . . |. r . r ._..:* II n l r = \ "» :- 1 /*.. H. . doesn't list it. Those who have a copy should take a look at it because the ! as :of L 11 H' ":!-; 1. I ==~.r -1 .. ..g.¢ "1*;.!_: L . I * E s 1. :F . . .. 2 *Ff | | Il he U -* I . I h .a . w v ,E- . . » 1 catalogue records a variant with 'FRANCE' and other purple inscriptions omitted t r Fe .* I .! L*". °PYRf1FES. .* *5 . . . .; . ,- ,< j. .':'| 1 5-I I I I I I II my I . II I I that is valued at £2500 mint or £1700 used!

RSPUBUQUE FRANCAISE q. SG 3279 The purist, and even those less fastidious, might choose to ignore the cartoon It~'?e2'+ rig) £ raven (and fox) in the 2f80 1995 'La Fontaine' issue. Certainly, CBoS doesn't list it. However, here it is. La Fontaine ravens appear on stamps from a number of countries.

France's fine tradition of engraved recess printing of stamps held up well into the 1980s, but in the 1990s and subsequently the cheaper photo and litho processing have increasingly taken over. Sadly, the last engraved recess bird issue was the 1993

'Ducks' set. LA msn: was 280

French Colonies and Overseas Territories

Part 6 includes issues for French Colonies prior to their independence. Subsequent issues appear in their appropriate geographical Part, though some of these, particularly the African Parts, are far out of date. The following comments apply only to bird stamps from the colonies from the pre-independence periods and to those from the overseas territories.

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é Algeria

Part 6 lists stamps up to 1958. This includes the two white stork AIR stamps for 1949 and the Red Cross (15f + 5f) stamp for 1957 - again showing a white stork. Both are listed in CBoS.

Cameroun

Part 6 lists stamps up to 1959. This includes the sacred ibis on the 15f 1953 AIR stamp (listed in CBoS) celebrating the opening of the Edé-a barrage.

Comoro Islands

Part 6 lists stamps up to 1975. There are two bird sets, each of 6 stamps. Both are listed in CBoS, one (including two AIRs) issued in 1967 and the other in 1971. CBoS lists two 1975 overprints/surcharges 'ETAT COMORIEN' as Appendix items but these appear (still as Appendix items) in post-independence Part 12. The stamps are:

10fon 20f ( 1967 SG 60) Anjouan Sunbird, 40f (1971 SG 99) Allen's Gallinule. Dahomey

Dahomey became an independent republic in 1960 and issues after that date are listed in Part 12 under ...... Benin, even though the name wasn't changed until 1975. CBoS lists Dahomey bird issues for 1966, / 1967 and 1969, the last being a 10f surcharge on the 1966 50f value (pygmy goose). Kjell has an additional stamp, the 1972 (10 April) U.N.E.S.C.O. 35f value from the set of three showing mosaics from St. Mark's Basilica in the "Save Venice" campaign. lt depicts a Red-crowned Crane, Grus japonensis.

French Equatorial Africa

In 1958 French Equatorial Africa was split up into its four constituent %.~*R1¢;us=0ua;=)p~;m.a»»-csiiéi republics, Gabon, Congo Republic, Central African Republic and Chad. 500 The only bird stamp issued in the Part 6 period was 500f top value in the 1953 AIR issue (SG276), depicting an African Darter, now lumped with other darter species as Anhinga melanogaster. This fine design and engraving is by P Gandon. A mint copy is priced at 240, whereas the 1352.5 E' AERIEHNE other three stamps in the set total less than £10. .

French Guiana

This colony became an independent department of France (using French stamps) after 1947. The final postage issue of French Guiana stamps was the 1947 definitive set (SG224 to 243) including a number of bird stamps. i

French Indian Settlements.

Part 6 lists stamps up to 1954, after which all the settlements became part of India. The only bird (listed in CBoS) was the 5r short-toed eagle that figured in the 1949 AIR set. This is rather poorly designed and printed (by photogravure) but it is still priced at E22.

French Morocco

There was only one bird stamp before Morocco became independent in 1955. This was the 3f 'White Storks at Rabat' from the AIR issue of 1928 (SG157). This early set of 10 pictorial stamps was priced at i £23 in the 4th edition of Part 6, with the 3f stork stamp (the second highest denomination) priced at £3.75 1' (mint) - about a 50% mark-up on the rest. In the 5th edition the 3f stork stamp has shot up to £12 whereas the rest have only increased by about £1 each. Does this differential increase show the effect on prices of the demand for bird thematic stamps in the past eight years?

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i French Polynesia (formerly Oceanic Settlements)

This name change occurred in 1957, following which the country elected to become an Overseas Territory of the French Republic. It has remained so ever since, its stamps issued up to the current year remaining in Part 6. The bird issues are as listed in CBoS except for the 1996 'Marine birds' issue (SG 755-7) which was listed in F11/1. All the bird issues from French Polynesia are produced by photo or litho methods, showing no special design flair.

French Southern and Antarctic Territories

This is another French Overseas Territory whose stamps continue in Part 6. Otherwise, the contrast with French Polynesia could hardly be greater. Without much in the way of human society to portray, French Antarctic stamp designers have focused strongly on birds and other wildlife. There has been a fine tradition of recess engraved stamps from the earliest issues in the mid-1950s with designs that have tended to be more imaginative than the usual 'field guide' portraits. A good example is the recent (2001) 2f70 stamp (F15/4 SG 440) that featured a Common Diving-Petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix! [55x35y - 13004] The design gives a splendid idea of the bird without being photographic - or even coloured. lt was designed and engraved by c Andreotto and produced with a combination of recess and photogravure. Sadly, the economic imperative has increasingly held -¢=mi=e.»mn*=.usn.~:vr sway since 1999 and fewer stamps are being engraved. With the popularity of wildlife and polar themes it is not surprising that the early stamps are very expensive. The £325 quoted in the 5th edition of Part 6 for SG 31, the Black-browed Albatross, must make it a challenger for the title of the most expensive post-WW2 bird stamp. In recent years, rather than maintain an ongoing definitive series, the postal #mum authorities have issued a batch of new commemorative designs covering a range of denominations in January of each year.

IEIIEI nlxrnlt: II |. CBoS listed all the issues up to 1995 (SG 346) and subsequent ones have generally as I an 4 1 been picked up and identified (where possible) in "Flight", One exception was the 16f 4 1 4 value issued on 1.1.99 (SG401] depicting the use of artificial nests for albatrosses on 4 Amsterdam Island. The birds were described in F13/3 as 'Species of ALBATROSS' but Kjell has subsequently identified them as 100030 (C5) AMSTERDAM ISLAND i =§ ALBATROSS, Diomeda amsterdamensis. This species was not described in HM, then I 4 being regarded as part of 10-1 WANDERING ALBATROSS, D. exulans. l've caught I 1 up with this id in this issue's 'Identification Parade'. 1 l 4 5Dlw1ni!Hl,:1isnh1dll0ild 1 ?"19'WW*l'"*iI"'¥"'¥H"§"*l"'¥'"'Ni*"*ll"l"'"W""l"'i*"'B""'is"il""Ii"'0*11*¥"\¥"l *U* www Another discrepancy was the association of the 11- "'&iI ;4 fizsnrff ).I;:4'lrn,'.!,§ *¢ 4 8 »9~:'f.T4A»i'/'l, ll.,4. m ram Iy.'¢'i.l'?¥ 2,7'ClI= 52 (HM) 11055 (C5) Flesh(or Pale)-footed nlrnlrlwln uzmluu E Shearwater, Puffinus carneipes with St. Pierre & *""""""-°"'"" D.4'l Miquelon rather than French Antarctic. This mistake occurred in F14/4, where it was tentatively listed as an Atlantic Puffin, and in F15/2 where the identity was corrected. Confusion all round! I've in corrected this in 'identification Parade'. II! -*is "'1. 'H."

French Territory of the Afars and lssas

This overseas territory was a protectorate known as French Somali Coast until 1967. Its issues continued in Part 6 under the new name until 1977 when the territory became independent under the name of Djibouti, following which it was transferred to Part 12. CBoS lists French Somali Coast as a separate country but Part 6 lists it as part of the Afars and Issas. All the bird issues of Somali Coast and Afars and lssas are listed in CBoS. Note that the 1976 Afars and lssas 300f African Spoonbill (SG 654) and the 100f Nan aqua Dove (SG 653) were overprinted 'REPUBLIQUE DE DJIBOUTl' post- independence in 1977. These are listed in Part 12, which warns that forged overprints exist on late Afars and lssas designs.

December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 89 French West Africa

From 1944 to 1958/9 stamps for French colonies or protectorates in West Africa (Dahomey, French Guinea, French Sudan, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta) had stamps issued jointly under the title of French West Africa which were listed in Part 6. Subsequently, each country obtained independence and their stamps were issued under their own names and listed in Parts 12 to 14. The 1947 stamp (SG 55) depicting a flight of great egrets was the only bird stamp issued under the name of French West Africa.

Gabon

This French colony became independent in 1960. No bird stamps were issued prior to that date. Note however that the French Equatorial Africa 500f 1953 darter stamp referred to and illustrated above was overprinted 200F and issued from Gabon in 1960 with the further overprint: XV11e OLYMPIADE 1960 REPUBLIQUE GABONAISE. It is listed in Part 13.

Madagascar

This was a French protectorate until 1958 when it became autonomous as Malagasy Republic. Its issues remained in Part 6 until 1960, after which the Republic became fully independent and the issues were transferred to Part 13. (A confusing modern development occurred in 1993 when the country was re- named Madagascar following free presidential elections and the establishment of the 3rd Republic.) Three bird stamps were issued in the Part 6 period - in 1952 within the pictorial definitive set. They feature in CBoS.

Mali Federation pen tilh*Tll3N ;'iI mau II The former colonies of French Sudan and Senegal (see French West Africa, above) I r became independent as Mali Federation within the French Community in 1959, their r stamp issues remaining in Part 6. However, in 1960 they split up and became fully independent as Mali Republic and Senegal Republic, their stamps being listed in Parts 13 and 14, respectively. The change from Mali Federation to Mali Republic is reflected in the treatment of the three Part 6 bird stamps issued in 1960 (listed in Part 6 and CBoS) under the title 'FEDERATION du MALl'. They were overprinted 'REPUBLIQUE DU MALT in the same year. The 500f value, showing a Common i E J

.*. , Gonolek, was also surcharged at 300f. The overprinted/surcharged versions are , I I

listed in Part 13. 1 1 l § I 1 an 2 I Martinique N ¥

This French West Indian colony became an Overseas Department of France in 1947, the issues remaining in Part 6. However, the postage pictorials and postage dues of 1947 were the last to be issued as distinct Martinique stamps. After supplies were exhausted the stamps of France were used in Martinique. The sole Martinique bird stamp was in the 1947 pictorial issue, it was the top value 200f AIR (se 250) depicting a Wandering Albatross. The 4th edition of Part 6 listed it at £38 but in the 5th edition it is reduced to 221, one of the few bird stamps that have bucked the general trend of increases. g

Mauritania

This French West African colony became independent in 1960. The earliest bird stamps for Mauritania appeared in 1960 (the three Air issues, SG 146-8) but they were post-independence, appearing in Part 13. ii .a

Mayotte

The archipelago of Marcotte is in the Indian Ocean off the north-west coast of Madagascar. It is not fully independent of France and its stamps continue to appear in Part 6. It used French stamps until 1996 and only in 1997 did it begin to issue its own. The only bird stamp so far is the 1998 30f value showing a Cattle Egret

perched on the head of a zebu bull. lt was listed in F13/1. =»m%..=4b»..lL.&====£¥.-A==-&..-»»E\»+mlh.4&»:!~¢1H~.A»$L~Ih».M~$»§

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New Caledonia

This Pacific island was a French colony (for some time a penal colony) before becoming a French Overseas Territory in 1946. The island declared for the Free French under de Gaulle in September 1940, some issues coming out under the 'France Libre' title in 1941 and 1942. Its issues remain in Part 6.

Any stamp collector with a shred of curiosity will know that the Kagu (480010 Rhynochetos justus) is a bird that is much beloved of the islanders - as well it might be seeing that it is both an endemic species and the only member of its family, the Rhynochetidae, in existence. E The early (1905 onwards) definitive issues show a stylised form of the bird. Stamps of this issue were overprinted/surcharged in various ways up to 1925, including a Red Cross Fund ('|' 5c) surcharge on the 10c and 15c values in 1915/16. They are all quite modestly priced z apart from the odd error. 1942 saw some highly stylised Kagu issues under the 'France Libre' title. (I remember, as a boy-collector, being very attracted and somewhat mystified by

these bright exotic stamps in a wide range of primary colours.) Subsequently, 05118 there have been many more naturalistic Kagus on stamps, although the bird still looks bizarre enough with its big floppy crest. In December last year there was an issue to challenge the bird stamp lister when a greetings set came out picturing Kagus in cartoon form. To list or not to list? I put them in F16/1 with

due warning of their nature. I'm sure we can look forward to many more l11il111"1IIII I 1I II ll I | 'Ill ill I illll variations on this wonderful bird.

In 1966 the postal authorities seemed suddenly to realise that New Caledonia boasted a variety of colourful and often unusual birds other than the Kagu and over the next few years many different species (including the Kagu again) appeared in a series of general postage and airmail issues. Perhaps in part because they are realistic bird portraits of more interest to the thematic collector, prices for this issue are considerably higher than for earlier issues. The 5th edition of Part 6 prices the set of 15 at £120 whereas the first (1905-7) Kagu issue of 17 stamps is priced at 223. Some of the species appearing in this set, like this Horned Parakeet, Eunymphicus cornutus, appear nowhere else on stamps. Unfortunately, the SG Part catalogues don't give any indication of quantities issued (unlike for example the FACIT Special catalogue for Scandinavia) so prices can't be compared with volumes.

After the 1980s land birds the New Caledonia postal authorities focused on some of the seabirds around their coasts in the later 1970s. Naturally enough, the boobies, frigatebirds and rems shown in these sets are common to many other areas so they are not perhaps so imperative for collectors. The early 1980s

ii saw two more land birds and two birds of prey, then, in 1985 came the first of a new series of Kagu is definitives. More of these followed in 1989 with a new design in the early 1990s. Apparently the island stamp club is called 'Club Philatélique "Le Cagou"' because this is the inscription appearing on a 1985

. . . issue celebrating it which shows a Kagu- holding a magnifying glass! 1990 saw the issue of a special . .. . miniature sheet linking New Caledonia (Kagu) and New Zealand (Kiwi) on the occasion of the NEW ZEALAND 1990 international exhibition at Auckland - the exhibition where the first BIRDPEX was launched. Another 'linking' issue came in 1992 with a 1992 pair celebrating the centenary of the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants to the island. lt featured stylised heads of the Red-crowned (Manchurian) Crane and, guess, yes! the Kagu. Other special issues occurred in 1993 (a Whistling Kite on a stamp about lagoon protection) and in 1994 (a Kagu and a Giant Panda on a miniature sheet issued for HONG KONG '94).

A curiosity occurred in 1995 with a stamp depicting, for no apparent reason, an extinct New Caledonian bird (a kind of pheasant) inscribed 'Sylviornis neocaledoniae'. CBoS lists it under the extinct species section at the start its systematic listing. However Clements 5th edition does not show it in its listing of species considered to have become extinct since 1600. I think it is somebody's creative imagination working on a fossil find rather than a known extinct bird.

Up to this point all issues appear in CBoS. Subsequent issues have appeared in various issues of "Flight" as follows:

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q ¢.\ 1 'i l *s a s. It 9 w e .8.,I i , F10/2 25.8.95 Set of 6 values for SINGAPORE '95 » 0 Q I e 1 a a 114 .1 ¢ `%§° 5 f 2 Hr I Q I . ».., 5 showing seabirds. There is also an MS containing the six with a • £"1!U.Ils*¥:lI*7='*.'*¢.li*~'4'i?éi • Gs .s 1ailulMie£»si»¢5.sUs5¢-IE¢.- z 2 Q central label showing a Sooty Tern. ET an *I f 135 s r" ll | ||.||I" "1H"'|||*-'||||":|i|'|I|*l»| I 2' 1 -2 I K an I a E i (._ 'o s U » ' .¢. iii-° f ;; 3 e I ¢ my } . . .» 2 Q . *.`\* I .. ~. .. us !°l.1 "IIg2;" _ . - A ( i Q" g' go i E],5"' of' F12/2, F12/4, F13/1, F16/1 & F16/2 From 13.8.97 ,. an 1 l:¢" a an r an o 11 E .w'v=:='::- . . . **., ¢*,»J . I .z w J . I • to date. New definitive series featuring a Kagu. 8 "'"** s' ! s. all *I\ ".l.+..-..h¢of I l.:u ala" u¢\lNb ii-idhisl' al _ nr I *Q . .9 0 _ 3 . .4 u up: u as ;2 s us . . vi F13/3 20.10.98 Set of 4 W.W.F. <1 • stamps of au! '. s s . as 9»'.» • * so. .° . t . of different designs featuring a Kagu. lb i it iiafvruzwi -r;»,é§0 1* <-*-5 1 ;.'..w "of ¢»¢,2t§ J*-=~ L o ;. ¢ »-m_j.,""=='., . ""§..,., ; s l .1 , I Q, I of -kg* i ll 'u ...., ,. II .. . II I 1, .. re.....=~;*~~1»..¢.. !.~¥.I,v»4 .. sw':a>.°1.-°.!.e 1 a 11111.1111 Ana .as .as as. Siniai £15 scan!• v 6i.»i$.-di as * . . Nouvelle Calédonie Nouvelle - Calédonie Nouvelle - Calédonie. Nouvelle - Calédonke F14/3 3.7.99 A miniature sheet with

.. . .. 'stamp on stamp' items for ...... PHILEXFRANCE '99. A 700f stamp Q! . . .. shows the 1997 Kagu design and a . . al . . hologram of Napoleon's head! ...... Tm.. ,;, ,' » OF t-ww so.-. UP st; it..,, 18.31 3»41-rin.. .Q10F; RF 15s= Co ii#

This is as far as the Part 6 5th edition goes. One later design hes been:

F16/1 14.6.01 Single issue featuring a tool-using New Caledonian Crow -» a useful stamp for a display of bird behaviour. See Aviary feature, page 86, for an illustration.

If rather too many of the issues picture the Kagu, nevertheless New Caledonia is a country of considerable interest to the bird stamp collector. It has the particular merit of concentrating on birds that occur on the island or just offshore. Most of the designs have been produced by bird artists even though they have been printed by litho or photo. The more recent definitive Kagu designs have been recess engraved.

New Hebrides (French Issues)

These islands form a chain of about 1000km in length in the south-west Pacific - just to the north of New Caledonia. From 1906 they were jointly administered in an Anglo-French condominium, stamps being issued concurrently in either currency and being equally valid in any part of the archipelago. There was no partition. French issues were listed in Part 6 until 1980, when the condominium became the independent Republic of Vanuatu - within the British Commonwealth, its stamps (and condominium English Issues) being listed in Part 1. All New Hebrides stamps are listed in CBoS.

If you think you have escaped the Kagu by moving from New Caledonia to New $11 é!f(»ll%

Hebrides you are mistaken! The earliest French Issue stamps that were valid so 1ST*% for the condominium included the So green and 10c carmine from the early New lgtillg fir Mr Caledonia Kagu issue, overprinted 'NOUVELLES HEBRIDES' from 1908 and further overprinted 'CONDOMINIUM' from 1910.

Fortunately, custom-printed stamps for the New Hebrides appeared from 1911 onwards. Also, from 1938 a new joint currency was introduced for the face value of stamps - 100 gold centimes = 1 gold franc. (This was an artificial currency, the actual currencies in use being Australian dollars and local francs! Local Post Office clerks must have been expert forex traders in those times.)

The first bird stamps came out as a definitive issue from 1963 to 1967. They were: if 1966 Cardinal Myzomela, Myzomela cardinals 2f 1963 Buff-bellied Monarch, Neolalage banksiana 3f 1965 Guadalcanal Thicket bird, Megalurulus whiney 5f 1967 Collared Kingfisher, Todirhamphus Chloris All these and subsequent bird stamps came out in both English and French versions with the exception of

. . . . a variant of the 3f which came out in 1968 in a French version only. This was to correct a wrong ...... placement (left instead of right) of the inscription 'RF'. New Hebrides stamps (and indeed those of ...... Vanuatu which succeed them) are always of value to the thematic collector because they concentrate on i . l.. I .. . . . local species, including some which occur in few other places. . . . .

I Page 92 FLIGHT December 2001 VoI.16 No.2 I E. i...... A new set of definitives appeared in 1972: 100 Baker's Imperial Pigeon, Ducula baker! 20c Royal Parrotfinch, Erythrura regia 350 Chestnut~beIIied Kingfisher, Todirhampus farquhar 2f Palm Lorikeet, Charmosyna palmarum The 350 and 2f values were issued with an overprint VISITE ROYALE 1974' on that occasion.

» . In 1977 there was another currency flr|.- -I v v 'v _\ v v v _ vvrvv :Q vvvwuvvIluf 1 1 ==.- ,,» . 1;;_"§ . " ,§'-¢:' . -v a . .:.». 3 f" . of : x. I 4".ac .4.. reform, when it became - 100 centimes .'.1 .. vi J *. .8 e 3 .C . \ .1 ..,¢ 1 . .|.:._:.. .r"l .=.|. g '1 4 _ <5 E :-. : = 1 franc. This may seem a trivial ., I ..-.~.-If J n . s E. v /» Q.; : -j 2 ' :',i»7, " 1 w s I J. . : z " , I .¢ . , "H . I . . change, but it was used to sweep up .QUO ; ¢¢-.,.. ~. . .:i-1. ET f / . u §'§'-»»»J.¢ 4 . r'l7a' 1... \ . I some considerable inflation. The 1972 Qv *nun-\. r- .. q A. ' .» s \ an :-<. .' ..:.. 'A ; it'.i a i=¢.. . ,/-~"'1r.':"° s s \ definitives were reissued surcharged ,; J;4: .,___ _ . . f an.>_1 ,. ..,,_. 3 • . YJ* I \ X P 8 =,k?s I 4 : . r¢ r 4 . .., 1 e I 10f on 100, 20f on 20c, 35f on 35c and : ':\ 1 .. .. ! E - »; ¢.=.~. M? (if §' .',: .a ,»..~ .`. _in .2 ..:7 . ;'§ . .ii ~. 3 isQ- `. fw- ,- . r é 70f on 2f. These surcharges are Jg I Q: in ' 1l.;1 Q f: E .1 -sum. :one Oulu# n.n¢ I 1 'r 1 1 ill I I 1 Ml=l!1!1 M* Mm INK W W \MMNl\ltll No l\lT*Wl'UT*lMfW- PM or °'lll 'r W shown here. I A special 4-value wildlife issue in 1974 featured a 250 (old currency) Pacific Imperial-pigeon, Dracula pacifica.

The very last issue from the New Hebrides was a set of four birds which came out on 27.2.80 and only lasted until Vanuatu independence was declared on 30.7.80. The postal authorities were ready with a properly printed set of Vanuatu stamps from that date without any need for surcharges. These final birds were:

10f New Hebrides Honeyeater, Phylidonyris notability 20f Scarlet Robin, Petroica multicolor 30f Yellow-fronted White-eye, Zosterops Havifrons 40f Fan-tailed Cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis

Niger i

This was one of the constituent territories of French West Africa (see above) until becoming an autonomous republic in 1958 and fully independent in 1960, following which its stamps were listed in Part14. Six postage values and one airmail value showing birds were issued in a wider set from 1959 to 1962 straddling the 'autonomous' period and full independence, being listed in both Part 6 and Part 14. The 200f AIR

...... Carmine Bee-eater, in particular, was not issued until 29.1.62. This was an excellent recess engraved issue.

Réunion

This island, to the east of Madagascar (and close to Mauritius), became a French Overseas Department in 1946. From 1949 the territory used the stamps of France, but the local currency, the CFA franc, continued to differ from the French franc until 1.1.75 so French stamps were surcharged to reflect this.

However, some French stamps were printed in special versions ,. . . .. 1772 1712 -» DECOUV&RTt DES ILES . -» oHcouv&RTE DES ILES .. for Reunion incorporating the 'CFA' currency. Stamps prior to .. jozef ET KBRGUELEN CROZBT ET KBRGUELEN :

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1975 are listed separately in Part 6 (and CBoS). From 1975 f . a. 4. . . . unsurcharged stamps of France were in use...... `\ ...... The only distinct bird stamp of Réunion was a special version of v i's'-'= ...... the January 1972 issue to celebrate the bicentenary of the .. .. )L£¢9L>?&x£ tis-:r}nl N ...... discovery of Crozet Islands and Kerguelen. It shows a King ...... I .. .Penguin and is denominated in CFA...... o.90 .. ""IiH~ . cFAWI . REPUBLIQUE FRANQMSE . REPUBUQUE FRAI'i£'AISE . 1 ...... December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 93 . . . . E E St. Pierre et Miquelon

These islands off the south coast of Newfoundland were a French colony from the start of the stamp issuing period (1885) until 1946 when they became a French Overseas Territory. They remain in Part 6.

I MlI l I II In the colonial period there was the classic Glaucous Gull issue of 1909 in 7 values, designed by C J Housez. It was reissued in different colours/values from 1922 to 1930, a total of 9 stamps. Three surcharges for new values were issued in 1925 and 1927. Finally, in 1941, there was a 'FRANCE LIBRE 0ST ES F.N.F.L.' overprint on one of the 1925 stamps (300 blue and lake). It is valued at £900 in the 5th edition of Part 6.

There were four bird stamps issued in 1963, each showing a species perched and in WEHI . flight. The eiders here are designed by P Lambert and recess engraved by c Mazelin. These were the earliest bird stamps in a fine designing and engraving tradition that continues until the present day. In my view, the bird stamps of St. Pierre et Miquelon as a whole are exceptionally good in the quality of their design, the more modern ones scarcely equaled. They are always native birds.

The 1973 definitive set of six stamps, designed and engraved by J Gauthier, was made up of two sets of three bird designs. Here we have a lively scene ...... with long-tailed ducks.

" iv _. .,,,.., -~. 'i A pair of stamps celebrating the centenary of the U.P.U. was issued on 9.10.7-4. They 1 4.,... ii -4 _ . v A%W='~-<» 12- I both show the head of a gannet (with different background colouring) carrying a letter in

.In its beak. CBoS lists these stamp though purists might ignore them.

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Still in 1974, the 6c value in the 'Island Churches' 9 December issue (st. Pierre Church) is something of a curiosity. The designer seems not to have been very concerned about the verisimilitude of the birds shown even though most of them are more prominent than the church. In the top left foreground there is a dark-headed gull that is difficult to assign to species. One might guess Laughing Gull as being most likely in St. Pierre. Immediately behind it is a tern, and Caspian Tern is a reasonable fit. (Their name notwithstanding, Caspian Terns are common and found worldwide.) Perched in

an upright pose further back on the rocks are a couple of auks. Authorities are sms:-i=I:1=ms-izr<~uIc>ueLnsi '$...-.. united in describing them as Great Auks. Judging by their size relative to the gull and tern it is hard to see what else they can be. The Great Auk has been extinct

(_ / since the mid-1900s but was found on the arctic coast of North America so there is no problem about range. Finally, there are some grey gulls with black wingtips flying at the right-hand side of the stamp which are probably kittiwakes.

Two of the three 'Lighthouses' issue of 21.10.75 show birds in the foreground. The interesting one is the Go value that shows some guillemots (as well as some Double-crested Cormorants). The question arises - are they common guillemots or are they Brunnich's guillemots as CBoS maintains? The North American names for these species are Common Murre and Thick-billed Murre, respectively, which gives the main point of difference between them. The latter species can also show a narrow white streak at the base of the mouth but this is not evident on the stamp. The bill certainly looks thick but the identification with Brunnich's is hard to make given the sketchy quality of the stamp image.

From 1987 to 1994, inclusive, St. Pierre issued annual composite strips of two stamps plus a centre label

I Ina 'Natural Heritage' series. The years 1987, 1988, 1991 and 1992 showed birds in the scenes, some ! clearly identifiable, others less so. These scenes evoke the wide skies and seas and wild terrain that are

i no doubt a feature of the islands. The 7.11.88 strip (next page) shows Ross Cove with Black Guillemots I (commonly called Tysties in Scotland) clearly featured on each stamp.

~; 2 I 2 I Page 94 FLIGHT December 2001 Vol.16 No.2 ; Airmail stamps were issued in May of 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999 with a 'Migratory Birds' theme. The 1993 issue (Greater Shearwater and Eurasian Golden Plover) and the 1995 issue (Arctic Tern) were listed in CBoS but there its (4th edition) coverage ended. Part 6 (and "Flight") continued with the following:

20.5.96 F11/1 SG 746 15f Curlew - corrected in F11/4 to Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus.

28.5.97 F12/1 SG 758 5f Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus. Peregrine = wanderer, and as its name suggests it is migratory in many areas, depending on the movements of its common prey species. The sub-species anatum that occurs in St. Pierre would virtually have to move south in the winter, following the wader population.

5.5.99 F14/1 SG 81320f Northern Pintail, Aras acute

Beginning in 1997, St. Pierre issued a series of individual bird 'portraits' as follows: 12.3.97 F11/4 SG 754 3f80 Great (Common) Cormorant, Phalacrocorax Garbo 6.5.98 F13/1 SG 794 10f Head of Bald Eagle, I-laliaeetus leucocephalus 13.12.00 F15/3 SG 852 5f Rough-legged Hawk (Buzzard), Buteo lagopus Airmail 23.4.01 F16/1 SG 860 15f/2.29Eu Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias - Airmail

l`.l . nlllLnlnl11ILnllIunlr1= The Rough-legged Hawk, designed and engraved MET by J.Jubert, is masterly. The stamp shows just

url part of the head and the feet of a bird on the main design yet it portrays 'raptor' very strongly and also identifies the species clearly, the feathered legs (like a ptarmigan = lagopus) being the pa !l:..ll!PI ,1111.. ..1illl .|=. giveaway feature. rlln I .'|'

One final design (by M Borotra), the isolated 'Reflections' 5.20f/0.74Eu value issued on 29.1.2001shows Ruddy Turnstones against water reflections of a church i20 F and landscape.

Togo

This former German colony came under Anglo-French occupation during WW1 and under French administration from 1919. It became an autonomous republic in 1955, remaining in Part 6 until it achieved full independence in 1960, after which its issues were listed in Part14.

The only Part 6 bird stamp was the 500f airmail Great Egret (designed and engraved by P Gandon) which was produced originally on 29.10.57 (SG 213) under the superscription 'REPUBLIQUE AUTONOME DU TOGO', amended with changed colours to ., ,,_..,., 'REPUBLIQUE DU TOGO' on a re-issue dated 15.1.59 (SG 235). Those .. who bought these stamps a few years ago may have lost out because they were priced at £27 and £23 respectively in the 4th edition of Part 6 but reduced to £9.25 each in the 5th edition.

December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 95 This French colony became an independent republic in 1960, later issues being listed in Part 14.

Pad 6 contains two values (60f and 85f) showing a Secretary Bird that were issued as part of a set on 11.4.60 (SG 84 & 85).

Wallis & Futuna Islands

These islands, just to the north of Fiji in the south central Pacific, became a French Protectorate in 1887/88, being administered from New Caledonia. They became a French Overseas Territory in 1959 and have remained such ever since, being listed in Part 6.

The earliest issues for Wallis & Futuna were stamps of New Caledonia overprinted, in 1920, 1922 and 1925, with 'ILES WALLIS et FUTUNA'. So yes, we have the Kagu again. The full 1905 New Caledonia issue was thus overprinted in 1920, followed by the 1922/25 colour changes in the same years and surcharges of 0.01, 0.02, 0.04, and 0.15 on the original 15c bright lilac in 1922. As with the originals, these Wallis & Futuna overprints remain moderately priced apart from errors.

All the bird issues of Wallis & Futuna depict local species, are artist-designed and attractive enough but they are produced by either photo or litho methods and there is not much attempt to show habitat or any other context. A set of four 'Ocean Birds' was issued on 5.9.78, six more wetland birds on 28.10.87, a Red-tailed Tropicbird as one of a pair on 16.7.90, three other wetland/land birds on 20.3.93 and a Blue- crowned Lorikeet on 17.11.94.

A 700f airmail stamp was issued on 18.2.94 in connection with the HONG KONG '94 exhibition. incorporating an oriental-style landscape with only outline drawing, the design (by F Guiol) shows a perched bird in the lower right-hand corner. CBoS (and F9/3) listed it as a species of hummingbird. Kjell Scharning lists it as a Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, and judging by the size and solidity of the bill and the range of the species, l believe that is the best identification that can be made. I have gone to the length of publishing a formal, if belated, amendment in this issue.

All the foregoing stamps are listed in CBoS. One set of four values has appeared since then:

14.6.99 F14/2 (with one value correction in F15/2) SG 743-6 listed one more recent set, entitled 'Birds of Nuku Fotu'. It was a 4-value composite strip showing seabirds.

Andorra (French Posts)

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From 1971 to 1998 inclusive, Andorra French Post issued one or two stamps annually in support of nature protection. Bird designs appeared

II I I '°ll' Ill' |. | I 11. ||- | in the 1971-4, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1992 and 1996-8 issues. The pnztaclmv a' AIQDOHRA 1971 and 1972 designs were recess engraved, including this 1.20 ferns an in ° 's: . P' .C l"'%¢»°

Golden Eagle designed and engraved by P. Forget, but later bird .V 'Q »' • °° i * .. 100 00 • up* • | • \ • I .° lo s designs have all been printed by litho or photo processes. These .O °,;' 0° 5 ,J Anoonn . Q.. . »-F'-.,.., 'Q'._ . . °p~¢ s 'g 0 0 . u . ; / . . . later issues are nevertheless all produced by accredited .. /*/ _ 10 'Q v /7 . u !. • 1 , . ~s'II 1 1. .O -a 00000 U; designers and are generally quite attractive, vide this 1979 Ptarmigan. CBoS lists s» \ . . • 00 \ • .: \ f"/ J • M » . • L . . .

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...... Page 96 FLIGHT December 2001 Vol.16 No.2 ...... Subsequent issues, including the most recent (2001) jay portrait, appeared in "Flight" as follows: 23.3.96 F10/4 SG F510 3f European Robin, Erithacus rubella SG F511 3f80 Great Tit, Parus major 31.5.97 F12/1 SG F526 3f80 House Martin, Delichon urbica 2.5.98 F13/1 SG F540 3f80 Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs 12.5.01 F16/1 SG F586 4f40 Eurasian Jay, Garrulus glandarius

An optional extra is the perky cartoon house sparrow that appeared on a singleton issue:

7.7.00 F15/1 SG F571 4f40

Andorra (Spanish Posts)

The only bird design is the 1929/1937 Express Post 20c Lammergeier, SG E26 (Perl.

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Monaco

This independent principality on the Mediterranean coast has issued its own stamps since 1885. They are all listed in Part 6.

The earliest bird issue was the 1942 AIR 50 value showing a gull flying over the Bay of Monaco. CBoS lists it as 'Common Gull'?' while Kjell regards it as a Herring Gull. The head shape inclines me to support the former but the image is not very specifically drawn. There was a re-issue with a changed colour on 27.3.45 surcharged if + 4f to commemorate war dead and deported workers. Neither stamp is particularly expensive according to the catalogue (2.40 and 50p respectively for mint copies) but the stamps seem to be quite scarce nevertheless.

On 14.1.55 Monaco issued a set celebrating the 80th birthday of Dr. Albert Schweitzer, the West African medical missionary. There was a 200f AIR issue which showed a vignette of Schweitzer and a jungle scene containing a Great (Eastern) White Pelican - quite pricey at £40 now.

Another AIR issue came out on the same date, this time with four diamond-shaped bird stamps (100f cormorant, 200f herring gulls, 500f wandering albatross and 1000f roseate terns) and here the values are once again high. The original issue was Perf. it but a Perf. 13 re-issue came out in 1958 for the 100f, 200f and 1000f values. The cheapest set (mixing the Perfs.) comes out at £140 with an E80 Perf.13 100f dominating it. However if you are harbouring a Perf. 13 200f it is worth £325 while a Perf. 11 1000f is worth £275. The stamps were designed by Gandon and recess engraved by him and (200f) Mazelin.

A 10-value set of 'Birds useful to agriculture' was issued on 12.12.62. As with earlier stamps, these designs were all recess engraved. They have attractive settings, vide this pair of Barn Owls.

There was a gap until 1970 before three more issues with birds on them appeared. The 30c and 700 from the EXPO '70 set of 16 March both showed Red-crowned (Manchurian) Cranes, the if value from a set for the protection of animals, issued on 4 May, showed a White-tailed Sea Eagle, the 800 value from a pair celebrating Apollo 11

December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 97 issued on the same date showed a Bald Eagle. Then, on 6.9.71, a 50c stamp was issued for the campaign against pollution of the sea that was very different from the usual kind of design calculated to show the attractions of the bird. lt portrayed a grossly-oiled razorbill so putting across the shocking message of the campaign.

Monaco, having only the population of a small town (under L§Q8 MONACO 1971 50,000), its postal authorities have been fond of portraying celebrated men and women from other parts of Europe, particularly France, on their stamps. A case in point is the Baudelaire/ Fontaine issue of 18.1.72 The latter (50c) shows the head of Fontaine and a selection of the creatures appearing in his fables in the background. A White Stork is clearly visible, as is a dark corvid perched on a tree above a fox. This has to represent the fable of the Raven and the Fox. As stated in the context of the France 1995 issue, several other countries have used the fable for their stamps - Poland 1968, Niger 1972, Hungary 1987 and France 1995. A FQNTAFNE

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*or !. Once again there was a gap of a decade before the next bird stamps FHUUUCU usU appeared, but we were rewarded by a splendid recess engraved set of six on 3.5.82 which portrayed the birds of Mercantour National Park. Here is

-. the 90c Wallcreeper. Mercantour is a reserve in the Verdon Gorge system i in France, well to the north of Monaco. It featured in two later issues, both l l _I designed by Odette Baillais and engraved by the master himself - Czeslaw l nu a s I Slania. Slania has engraved many stamps for 1 _ Monaco, mainly royal family portraits, but here he triwe shows his skill with wildlife subjects. On 20.10.92 there was a singleton 2f20 issue showing a Lammergeier and on 15.2.93 there was a set of five showing birds of prey, from which comes this 6f Boreal (or Tengmalm's) Owl. (Any Slania fans who have not seen STAMP Magazine for November 2001 should i~ w B* L~YS.'LlN :win Hsu beg, borrow or steal a copy because it contains a

5£8@ I'*'»-=.é~E"i%»3;/#;tn"+» superbly illustrated feature based on an interview with r.u1: i».;»'J: ;ls2-ki 21 J x~*=i¥£1=i *In FdF Slania conducted by James Mackay.)

I '1'!i'~*.H' vs n !!»=°"£*."YJ\lb'£. 2,-ln: 4*-;!.*1 -g!. nu r:.ma In between these Mercantour issues there was a set of five (22.2.91) for an International symposium on bird migration. The designs, by Collette Thurillet, were litho printed but they are quite lively, witness this group of garganey taking off on the 4f value.

This leaves two odd stamps. On 17.10.90 there was a 7f value showing one of Monet's paintings w:1~r~z Ac;(1 n "The Magpie", the bird in question being small but .in unmistakeable in the midst of impressionistic glories. The most recent issue was on 17.10.94 when there was a Robinson Crusoe stamp which featured a Blue-and-yellow Macaw. All Monaco bird stamps to date were listed in CBoS. l think we are just about due for a new bird issue, hopefully more Slania engravings! 1849 (laude MONbT £990 7.00

The December 2001 issue of "Gibbons Stamp Monthly" announced the publication of the 5th edition of Part 11 of the catalogue, featuring Scandinavia, on 14 December 2001. it is expected to be in the usual A5 format and is priced at £24. 95. I shall have a particular interest in this publication as a Scandinavian (mostly Danish) collector so l expect to write it up for "Flight".

Perhaps the new edition of "Collect Birds on Stamps" will follow hard on its heels.

Editor

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. IDENTIFICATION PARADE ...... A!! 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 QQ those in the "QUERIES" section ofthisfeatzire as well as for identcations marked

. .. .. with o "? " in the New Issue listing. Corrections are expressed in terms of Clements 5th edition (C5) no matter what ...... reference numbers and names are used by the contributors. For some time now, corrections wilt refer back to issues ...... listed in Howard & Moore (HM) terms. I will annotate, as appropriate, to explain changes in old and new terms...... 'i Editor .ii...... :.E CORRECTIONS T. . . . ISSUE COUNTRY VALUE NUMBER IDENTIFICA TION SOURCE . . .. F9/3 ! WALLIS & FUTUNA 1994 81- Species of HUMMlNGBIRD .

in correction 84-11 (C5) COMMON KINGFISHER, . . . . 890020 (HM) Alcedo atthis KS ...... F13/3 FR. ANTARCTIC 1.1.99 16f 10- Species of ALBATROSS . 5;. . idem'u'ication 100030 (C5) AMSTERDAM ISLAND ALBATROSS, .=E. . . . Diomede amsterdanzensis . KS . . .. . In HM this new species formed part of 10-1 WANDERING ALBATROSS, D. exzdans . . .. . F14/1 ST. VINCENT 70c 30- Species of EAGLE . . . EI. . idenfyied in F14/2 as 30-14 BAT HAWK, Macliaerharnpus afcinus . . . correction 30117 (HM) BLACK-MANTLED GOSHAWK, . EE =a. . 30109 (CS) Acczpiter melanochlamys . CB/KS . . EE. . 22. 11.99 130000 (HM) Species of FORKTA1L . F14/4 LIBERIA $10 . . . . identu'ication 1450200 (C5) AFRICAN PARADISE-FLYCATCHER, .. EE. .; . 140011 (HM) Tefpszphone viridis KS ...... F14/4 & F15/2 ID Parade ...... ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 2170 Atlantic Puffn, corrected to Pale-footed Shearwater ...... Country should be: FRENCH ANTARCTIC !! Editor . . . .. F15/I JAPAN 23.3.00 80c Species of DUCK ? (!) . . . .. correction 900032 (C5) RYUKYU PIGEON, Columbajouyi . .. . . al (Extinct) CB/KS =s .. .. F15/2 MALDIVE IS. 13.9.00 Birds of the tropics ...... Value correction The souvenir sheets @ 251, both sheets of 6 @ 101 and the sheet of 6 @ 131 ...... should be 25r, 10r and 13r, respectively DB ...... :E .A...... F15/4 CAMEROUN 1998 l500r 122000 (HM) Species of SHRIKE ...... 125r .. Identification & value correction 1770360 (C5) FOUR-COLORED BUSHSHRIKE ...... 122046 (HM) Telophorus qzzadricolor KS ...... Note that HM 122045 PERRIN'S BUSH SHRIKE, Telophorus viridis has been lumped with . . . . Tqzradricolor in C5. 1've not seen the stamp so don't know which is depicted here. . KS . . . .. Fl6/1 ARGENTTNA 24.3 .00 75c X 2 50th anniversary of Antarctic bases. Editor ...... date correction 24.3 .01 . . .. F16/l FIJI 22.5.01 $2 MS 381160 RED JUNGLEFOWL, Gallzls gallzzs ...... Note that this MS contains two stamps @ $2 each. One shows a male bird and the other a female...... :I There are chicks in the surrounds. KS N . . Ducks. Sheet 3. . F16/1 GRENADA 5.3.01 $1.50 .

. . value correction to $1.25 Editor' . .. . Note that the bird listed as 'Species of Duck' in F16/1 is inscribed 'FEMALE FLIGHTLESS STEAMER DUCK . . TACHYERES PATACHONICUS' on the stamp. T patachoniczzs is 270520 (C5) FLYING STEAMER DUCK. .. . . 270490 (C5) FLIGHTLESS STEAMER DUCK is Tpteneres. The all pale blue bill is not right for either species. . In other features there is a better fit for T.pteneres but the bird is probably best left unidentified.

COMMENTS F13/I & F13/3 idp ZAMBIA 1998 Parrots (Sheetlet of6 @ l 000k) Bruce Poulter has looked back at this issue and offers the following comments on the identity of the first-listed: "I have just got round to "dealing" with Zambia's two sheetlets of the parrot family (F13/l), one stamp of which was, I believe, not finally identified. My suggestion lies with the first of the l000k stamps. The stamp itself is labeled Are ararauna. This is the Blue-and-yellow Macaw, which the stamp clearly does not show. Fl3/1 suggested that the bird was Red-bellied Macaw - Are manilata. Bruce Cruikshank quite rightly queried this in F13/3 - and the identity was left as "unidentified parrot". I cannot trace any further debate on the identification. On passing, I note that Kjell uses

December 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 FLIGHT Page 99 Blue-and-yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna. I believe that the bird could be Scarlet Macaw - Ara macao. What are my reasons? First, there are only two mainly red macaws - Scarlet and Red-and-green (or Green~winged). The latter appears on the second stamp of the sheetlet and shows the right diagnostics for that bird. This does not make the first bird a Scarlet. However, the Pica guide to Parrots says about the Scarlet that it is mostly red with a long pointed red tail with bright, yellow upperwing coverts, and its flight feathers and shol't outer tail feathers are blue. These are good pointers to my suggested identification, but I admit other colours, eg the green cap, are "wrong". To complete my proposal, I suggest that there has been a swapping of the specific names of two birds - one in each sheetlet. In the sheetlet of 500k stamps the clearly recognisable Blue-and-yellow Macaw is mislabelled Ararauna (Ara) macao, je Scarlet Macaw. In the sheetlet of l000k stamps, what I believe is a Scarlet Macaw is labelled Ara ararauna - je Blue-winged Macaw. If we agreed that the two specific names had been swapped over, our identification problem would be resolved! It is perhaps interesting to note that Kjell uses Blue-and-yellow Macaw - Ara ararauna for both of these birds!" Bruce has correctly stated the latest position on the identification of this bird (in "Flight ") in his first paragraph. The Scarlet/Blue-and-Yellow switchover theory seems as close as we can get to the intentions of the stamp designer based on the nondescript appearance of the l000k bird. I can only leave it to individuals to make their own judgment

F14/4 GUINEA 22.11.99 500f 81-62 (HM) ANTILLEAN MANGO, A/?{h}'0COCO)'U,1C dominicus This id was changed to 8l~63 (HM) GREEN MANGO, Ant/1/'ococorax viridis (the 2nd in the sheet) in F15 1. However, having now seen the stamp illustrated on Kjell's website 1 agree with his judgment that Adominicus (C5 860620) was right first time. The whitish throat shown in this illustration does not occur on Aviridis nor do the reddish tail feathers. F15/3 FINLAND 6.9.00 The three self-adhesive stamp designs listed in Fl5/3 were issued in boxed rolls of 100. F15/3 THAILAND 13.1.01 The four parrot values are on a sheetlet with a border. The 2b value also comes as a booklet pane of 5 stamps.

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2 ASCENSION ISLAND 1.10.01 BirdLife World Bird Festival. 4v. 15, 35, 40 & 50p different 190010 ASCENSION ISLAND FRIGATEBIRD FREGA TA AQUILA 19001

§\scEnslon ISLAND 1.10.01 BirdLife World Bird Festival. Composite design MS with 5v.

/' IO, 15, 35, 40 & 50p + border, different 190010 ASCENSION ISLAND FRlGATEBIRD FREGATA AQUILA 19001

AUSTRALIA 2001 PHILANIPPON. 1997 Kakadu wetlands stamp (see F11/4) in MS. $10 in MS 200130 GREAT EGRET ARDEA ALBA 20049

K Ll9l'l:J Ll9l'l:J ¢USTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY 11.9.01 W.W.F 3 of 4 in composite block. L5<.>l¢~¢»-~="*» -£2-*-fii ,all Ii,9 @45c (different) 70040 ADELIE PENGUIN PYGOSCELIS ADELlAE 7004 of f

BAHAMAS 2.7.01 Definitives. Part 1. Birds & eggs. 2 extra values omitted from F1611. BOC 1163990 GRAY KINGBIRD TYRANNUS DOMINICENSIS 108078 $10 240330 ROSEATE SPOONBILL AJAIA AJAJA 24033

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINIA (SARAJEVO) 22.3.01 Birds & horses. 2 of 4v.

*° 0.90m 890020 COMMON KINGFISHER ALCEDO A1T]-1/5 84011 1m1 0 1310010 BOHEMIAN WAXWING BOMBYCILLA GARRULUS 124001

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINIA (SARAJEVO) 10.4.01 EUROPA - Water. _ 2m 270110 MUTE SWAN CYGNUS OLOR 27010

BOTSWANA 12.5.01 Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Joint issue with South Africa. 1 of 4v. and MS. Page This issue was incompletely recorded in F16/1 so it is listed in full here. 35t (2 large foreground images) 320180 PYGMY FALCON POLIHIERAX SE/WTORQUA TUS 32017 101 (Faces in cliff holes at rear) 1920130 SOCIAL WEAVER PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS 165020

3p50 MS an Border 930030 LILAC-BREASTED ROLLER CORACIAS CA UDATA 88003 BRAZIL 3.6.01 W.W.F. Sheet of 4 with border. 1 r30 743150 YELLOW-FACED PARROT AMAZONA XANTHOPS 69246 AL MACAW ANODORHYNCHUS HYACINTHINUS 69122

.¢*'" 1r30 741820 HYACINTH plied plied f' 1 r30 742160 GOLDEN-CAPPED PARAKEET ARATINGA AURICAPILLA 69149 742260 PARAKEET PYRRHURA CRUENTATA 69163 ,H 1 r30 BLUE-THROATED ZOL ZOL in border 742160 GOLDEN~CAPPED PARAKEET ARATINGA AURICAPILLA 69149

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY 1.10.01 BirdLife World Bird Festival. Composite design MS with 5v. H. }'" .,-' of . ARDEOLA 51001 //" .;" 5@50p 540010 CRAB PLOVER DROMAS 1' \_._.__ BULGARIA 18.4.01 EUROPA. 1 of 2v. 0-221 302130 GOLDEN EAGLE AQUILA Cl-IRYSAETOS 30196

BULGARIA 24.5.01 Vultures. 4v.

1 _,f * /" *~*" 0.12, 0.22, 0.30 & 0.651 300470 EGYPTIAN VULTURE NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS 30044 //

CAMBODIA 2000 6v. + MS. 200r 1000670 WATTLEE STARLING CREA TOPHORA CINEREA 166069 ...... 500r 1900650 EUROPEAN STARLING STURNUS VULGARIS 166078 ¢l=°* 900r 1491990 RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX LEIOTHRIX LUTEA 132193

*0.,=""" 1000r 1140670 GUIANAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK RUPICOLA RUPICOLA 106079 .ft : .J 1500r 1370010 ALPINE ACCENTOR PRUNELLA COLLARIS 129001 _I ': J

.l.H9l'H .l.H9l'H 4000r 1510010 BEARDED REEDLING PANURUS BIARMICUS 133001 f *s u g*

/4r500r MS 1421010 W£44iE-BELLIED B'LTd'E L¥@%HER CYORNIS PALLIPES 138064 l In border - 1400600 GRASSHOPPER WARBLER L OC USTELLA NAEVIA 136042

CAMEROUN 1998 Tourism. 2 of 7v. 175f&410f 430020 '<8t1@K€F( é@f'/y CROWNED-CRANE BALEARICA PA VONINA 40014

December CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 2001 ? 4v. and MS. 50f 700210 ATLANTIC PUFFIN FRO TERCULA ARCTICA 64020 75f 780900 SNOWY OWL NYCTEA SCANDIACA 73063 100f 70020 EMPEROR PENGUIN APTENODYTES FORSTERI 7002 2001 150f 160050 BLUE-FOOTED BOOBY SULA NEBOUXH 16004

1500fms 200010 .55 PANDlON HALIAETUS 29001

Vol.16 CHILE 13.1.01 Zoo anniversary. 2 of sheet of 4. I; 160p 10010 OSTRICH STRUTHIO CAMELUS 1001

No.2

r 5 I 160p 280060 ANDEAN CONDOR VULTUR GRYPHUS 28007 ¢4#

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December CHINA (PR) 16.3.01 ildlife...... l 80f 300410 STELLER'S SEA EAGLE HALIAEETUS PELAGICUS 30040

CHINA (TAIWAN) 2.1.01 Lucky stamps. 2 of 4v. i *».. '~._l..l" i.: . ,__ $12 1260160 LIGHT-VENTED BULBUL PYCNONOTUS SINENSIS 120015 .-.-.*

2001

CHINA (TAIWAN) 28.9.01 National museum bird paintings.

Vol. $5 1310030 JAPANESE WAXWING BOMBYClLLA JAPONICA 124002

16 $5 1421340 SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT LUSCINIA CALLIOPE 130037 $12 1931050 WHITE-RUMPED MUNIA LONCHURA STRIATA 164097

No. $25 1010020 GREAT BARBET MEGAL/UMA VIRENS 96015

2 COSTA RICA 5.4.01 UPAEP. 9500! 761120 COCOS ISLAND CUCKOO COCCYZUS FERRUGINEUS 71053 sub-sp. 115col 2021540 COCOS ISLAND FINCH PINAROLOXIAS INORNATA 154225

CUBA 2001 Hong Kong 2001. 50 270630 MANDARIN DUCK AIX GALERICULATA 27059 100 381420 GOLDEN PHEASANT CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS 35191 150 200030 GRAY HERON ARDEA CINEREA 20053 650 381160 RED JUNGLEFOWL GALLUS GALLUS 35166

750 720580 ~EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE STREP TOPEZJA DECAOCTO 66057 fH9I7:I fH9I7:I 1p MS 430110 COMMON CRANE GRUS GRUS 40001

DOMINICA 18.12.00 Animals of the Caribbean. 3 of Sheet (1) of 6. $1.45 743280 ST. VINCENT PARROT AMAZONA GUILDINGII 69256 $145 741830 LEAR'S MACAW ANODORHYNCHUS LEARI 69124 $1.45 1140670 GUIANAN COCK-OF-THE-ROCK RUPICOLA RUPICOLA 106079

DOMINICA 18.12.00 Animals of the Caribbean. 2 of Sheet (2) of 6. $1.45 250020 €'H'ItE7t\rf°\i* 6'/%5©_§°317ArFLAMINGO PHOENICOPTERUS CHILENSIS 25002 $1.45 742010 GOLDEN PARAKEET GUARQUBA GUAROUBA 69140

EL SALVADOR 28.2.01 Pets. 1 of 4v. 2.50001 741020 BUDGERIGAR MELOPS/7'rACUS UNDULATUS 69075

ERITREA (Status of issue uncertain) 2001 Rotary. Game birds. Sheetlet of 4v. alien _/in 381400 RING-NECKED PHEASANT PHASIANUS COLCHICUS 35189 /2 n 360080 EURASIAN CAPERCAILLIE TETRAO UROGALLUS 35012

coz /3To 360090 BLACK GROUSE TETRAO TETRIX 35010 _./5n 360160 GREATER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN TYMPANUCHUS CUPIDO 35018 ERITREA (Status of issue uncertain) 2001 Rotary. Birds of prey. Sheetlet of 4v. in 301950 ROUGH~LEGGED BUZZARD BUTEO LAGOPUS 30179 2n 66l?d 320620 PEREGRINE FALCON FALCO PEREGRINUS 32060 3n 290010 OSPREY PANDION HALIAETUS 29001

701- 5n 300400 BALD EAGLE HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS 30038

ERITREA (Status of issue uncertain) 2001 Rotary. Penguins. Sheetlet of 4v. /or 70020 EMPEROR PENGUIN APTENODYTES FORSTERI 7002 `\ 70050 CHINSTRAP PENGUIN PYGOSCEIJS ANTARCTICA 7005 /" '? species 70120 YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN MEGADYPTES ANTIPODES 7012 . 2n 70090 ROCKHOPPER PENGUIN EUDYPTES CHRYSOCOME 7009 70010 KING PENGUIN APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS 700 l i i '? species 70130 LITTLE PENGUIN EUDYPTULA MINOR 7013 i f 70060 FIORDLAND PENGUIN EUDYPTES PACHYRHYNCHUS 7006 f I 70160 MAGELLANIC PENGUIN SPl-IENISCUS MAGELLANICUS 7017 '-./

STONIA 7.8.01 Restoration of independence. k40 1230470 BARN SWALLOW H1RUNDO RUSTICA 117037 FLI( /fALKLAND ISLANDS 28.9.01 Carcass Island. 2 of4v. 7D ;1.-IT 1' 1070230 BLACKISH CINCLODES CINCLODES ANTARCTICUS 102030 I /43p 200370 BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT~HERON NYCTICORAX NYCTICORAX 20023

FALKLAND ISLANDS 26.10.01 4v. or* / 7& 4' / 10" 33 43P 70030 GENTOO PENGUIN PYGOSCELIS PAPUA 7003 // 3=

GABON 20.12.00 Prehistoric animals. 1 of 11 of 100f ARCHAEOPTERYX ARCHAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA %- December

GABOn 20.12.00 Prehistoric animals. MS . LLP 1500F MS ARCHAEOPTERYX ARCl-lAEOPTERYX LITHOGRAPHICA

GAMBIA f 2.10.00 Birds through the eyes of famous painters. 4 v. 2001

f /` 1' 1 d50 'White' variety 381400 RING-NECKED PHEASANT PHASIANUS .x COLCHICUS 35189 I' ~d 730190 SALMON-CRESTED COCKATOO CA CATUA MOLUCCENS1S 68011

1 I 510010 GREAT BUSTARD OTIS TARDA 48002 t < J id o r :-~ E and 3 of 6 small birds identified - 1381100 EURASIAN BLACKBIRD TURDUS II/IERULA 130267 I --a i I 1 cn 1 I and 3 of 6 small birds identified 1900030 BRAMBLING FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA 163003 1 l [ 2 a s s and 3 of 6 small birds identified 1910190 EURASIAN TREE ¥ : SPARROW PASSER II/IONTANUS 165038 p I I 'L N ?l,5€I 370150 GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL LARUS lVIARINUS 62022

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...... GAMBIA See. (7/( 2.10.00 Birds t Jugh the eyes of famous painters. 5 of sheet 8 D 5d 1890420 EURASIAN JAY GARRULUS GLANDARIUS 175037 cb O 770140 BARN OWL TYTO ALBA 72002 mu 3 5d 350010 WILD TURKEY MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO 35001 o- to 5d 270110 MUTE SWAN CYGNUS OLOR 27010 °~= N 5d 730170 SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO CACATUA GALERITA 68009 Q Q 5d 770140 BARN OWL TYTO ALBA 72002 ~x < Or /QAMBIA 992 n7le 2.10.00 Birds through the eyes of famous painters. Sheet of 8. 3 d 381530 INDIAN (COMMON) PEAFOWL PAVO CRISTA TUS 35202 2 d 741720 GRAY PARROT PSIYTACUS ERITHACUS 69080 ; 9 d 150010 GREAT WHITE PELICAN PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS 15001 no \ 430020 BLACK CROWNED-CRANE BALEARICA PA VOlWNA 40014 270320 RED-BREASTED GOOSE BRANTA RUFICOLLIS 27029 271470 COMMON MERGANSER (GOOSANDER) mERGUS MERGANSER 27135

. ? species 730160 PINK (MAJOR MITCHELL'S) COCKATOO CACATUA LEADBEATERI 68007 .f 5 I f 30000 .¢»='* ad 300000 Species of EAGLE I ad 270110 MUTE SWAN CYGNUS OLOR 27010

ad* 270470 COMMON SHELDUCK TADORNA TADORNA 27044 l l

FLIGHT adI 320620 PEREGRINE FALCON FALCO PEREGRINUS 32059/60 381420 CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS 35191 5di GOLDEN PHEASANT ..lw°'*"

1I J !|. 1 l In sheet border 1960660 EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH CARDUELIS CARDUELIS 163062 m

2.10.00 Birds through the eyes of famous painters. 2 MSs 300400 BALD EAG LE HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS 30038 600010 NORTHERN LAPWI NG VANELLUS VANELLUS 57001

2020060 ~CIRL v .- . BUNTING EMBERIZA CIRLUS 154014 720000 DOMESTIC PIGEON 66000 In sheet border 1960010 CHAFFINCH FRINGILLA COELEBS 163001 1600450 BLUE TIT CYANISTES CAERULEUS 145040 dead 620010 EURASIAN WOODCOCK SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA 58036 1961180 HAWFINCH COCCOTHRA USTES COCCOTHRA USTES 163113 There are various as yet unidentified birds on elements of this issue and any input would be welcome.

GAMBIA 16.7.01 Animals of Africa. 2 of 6v. 2d 960010 EURASIAN HOOPOE UPUPA EPOPS 91001

Page 3d 760040 GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO CLAMATOR GLANDARIUS 71001

105 GAMBIA 16.7.01 Animals of Africa. 2 of Sheet 1 of 6. 8d 840810 ALPINE SWIFT TACl-1WWARPT1S II/IELBA 79070 8d 920250 NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER MEROPS NUBICUS 87024 GAMBIA 16.7.01 Animals of Africa. 4 of Sheet 2 of 6. /so 741720 GRAY PARROT PSITTACUS ERITI-IACUS 69080 /ad 1920780 RACHEUS MALIMBE IVIALIMBUS RACHEUAE 165120 d 920220 EUROPEAN BEE-EATER MEROPS APIASTER 87021 66gd 890020 COMMON KINGFISHER ALCEDO A 7T1~11s 84011

90I» GAMBIA 16.7.01 Animals of Africa. 1 of Sheet 3 of 6. 8d 200030 GRAY HERON ARDEA CINEREA 20053

GAMBIA 16.7.01 Animals of Africa.

,»~<*°' ' ~~25d MS 320260 EURASIAN KESTREL FALCO TINNUNCULUS 32028

GHANA 30.4.01 PHILA NIPPON 2001. 2 of 6v. 500c 430150 RED-CROWNED (MANCHURIAN) CRANE GRUS JA PONENSIS 40005 20000 430150 RED-CROWNED (MANCHURIAN) CRANE GRUS JA PONENSIS 40005

GHANA 30.4.01 PHILA NIPPON 2001. 1 of sheet of 8. 3000c 670250 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL LARUS FUSCUS 62017

GHANA 30.4.01 PHILA NIPPON 2001.~ 2 MSS; )14000C 430150 RED-CROWNED (MANCHURIAN) CRANE GRUS JA PONENSIS 40005 E 'x 140000 430150 RED-CROWNED (MANCHURIAN) CRANE GRUS JAPONENSIS 40005 Q :n `*l GIBRALTAR 3.9.01 Wings of prey III. 1 of 2 MSs. 40p 320470 EURASIAN HOBBY FALCO SUBBUTEO 32042 40p 301310 EURASIAN SPARROW HAWK ACCIPITER NISUS 30102 40p 300740 WESTERN MARSH-HARRIER CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS 30074 In border, head of - 301310 EURASIAN SPARROW HAWK ACCIPITER NlSUS 30102

December December GIBRALTAR 3.9.01 Wings of prey Ill. 3 se-tenant pairs (with aircraft); in sheetlets of 5 pairs with flying birds in border. 40p 320470 EURASIAN HOBBY FALCO SUBBUTEO 32042 40p 301310 EURASIAN SPARROW HAWK ACCIPITER NISUS 30102

40p 300740 WESTERN MARSH-HARRIER CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS 30074 2001 2001 GREECE 2001 Birds and nature. 6 of 8v. 20d/.06Eu 200230 LITTLE EGRET EGRE7TA GARZETTA 20047 Vol.16 Vol.16 50d/.15Eu 220120 WHITE STORK CICONIA CICONIA 23011

,p¢* '100d/.29Eu 300460 LAMM ERGEI ER GYPAETUS BARBATUS 30045

" 150d/.41Eu 150040 DALMATION PELICAN PELECANUS CRISPUS 15005 No.2 No.2 f* 700d/2.05Eu 300470 EGYPTIAN VULTURE NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS 30044 850d/2.49Eu 300550 CINEREOUS (BLACK) VULTURE AEGYPIUS MONACHUS 30055 GREENLAND 9.5.01 Defi nlives .

U as m 0-25k & 12k - Q. Margrethe II and 300390 WHITE-TAILED EAGLE HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA 30039 go 3 GRENADA 20.11.00 Flowers of the Caribbean. 2 of sheet of 6. co ,*" 2@$1.50 1990120 NORTHERN PARULA PARULA All/IERICANA 159013 "1 N Q Q 1.8.01 --x GUERNSEY The Next Step - Guernsey Post Limited. 1 of 6v.. 27p 860000 Species of HUMMINGBIRD 81000

. § ...... ~\ HONDURAS 2001 UPAEP America 2000. c> 2160 743200 YELLOW-NAPED PARROT AMAZONA AUROPALLIATA 69249 sub-sp.

2 1. .~»=°" p 4130 721160 SCALY-BREASTED QUAIL DOVE COLUMBINA -PASSERINA 6611l »-5" N 4"0 10165 741890 SCARLET MACAW ARA MACAU 69130 201 302010 HARPY EAGLE HARPIA HARPYJA 30186 200 IRAN -aeeé Definitives.

§.==*" 300r 1961180 HAWFINCH COCCOTHRAUSTES COCCOTHRA USTES 163113 EMBERIZA BRUNICEPS 154035 J" 300r 2020360 RED~HEADED BUNTING APIASTER 87021 i 500r 920220 EUROPEAN BEE-EATER II/IEROPS 1000r 1381220 REDWING TURDUS lZJACUS 130279 i

Jv'+ 2000r 1960680 TWITE ~7 CARDUEIJS FLA VIROSTRIS 163065

ffgfv 3000r 1421330 NIGH-ITINGAL E LUSCINIA MEGARHYNCHOS 130036 lH917:I 1¥1l7l€'77-h¢a;q-1" IRAN 2001 Definitive.

*of 350r 930010 EUROPEAN ROLLER CORACIAS GARRULUS 88001 .I

ITALY 2001 Nature. 2 of 4v. 8001 220120 WHITE STORK CICONIA CICONIA 23011 1000! '? species 300550 CINEREOUS (BLACK) VULTURE AEGYPIUS II/IONACHUS 30055

JAPAN 22.12.00 20th century Museum (1993-8). 1 of sheet of 10.

. 80y 1381200 DUSKY THRUSH TURDUS NA UMANN1 130277 _,J'\

JAPAl\ 1.8.01 PHILANIPPON '01. 4 of sheet of 10 sla stamps. 1992/1994 definitives (F7l3 & F8/4). 50y 270630 MANDARIN DUCK AIX GALERICULATA 27059 50y 1710220 JAPANESE WHITE-EYE ZOSTEROPS JAPONICUS 152002 80y 720560 ORIENTAL TU RTLE-DOVE STREPTOPELlA ORIENTALIS 66055 80y 890860 CRESTED KINGFISHER MEGACERYLE LUGUBRIS 83001 659d

LOL JORDAN 2000 Nature protection. 50f 720530 EURASIAN TURTLE-DOVE STREP TOPELIA TURTUR 66052

...... KOREA (NORTH) 1.2.01 HONG KONG 2001. we 1w40 MS 1740140 BLACK-NAPED ORIOLE ORIOLUS CHINENSIS 167013 m 'Q m KOREA (NORTH) 9.6.01 Korean birds. (BELGICA 2001). Sheet of 6v. -A ca 1 Oc 1421360 BLUETHROAT LUSCINIA SVECICA 130038 to 400 270230 GREYLAG GOOSE ANSER ANSER 27020 '80c 100040 SHORT-TAILED ALBATROSS PHOEBASTRIA ALBATRUS 10004 1w 600340 LITTLE RINGED PLOVER CHARADRIUS DUBIUS 57032 1w20 700020 COMMON M URRE (GU I LLEMOT) URIA AALGE 64004 4w50 1230760 HOUSE MARTIN DELICHON URBICA 117066 In border 320260 EURASIAN KESTREL FALCO TINNUNCULUS 32028

LAOS 2001 Herons and egrets. 4v. _._,.,/700k 200190 INTERMEDiATE EGRET EGRE1-FA INTERMEDIA 20048 .*'8'00k 200320 CATTLE EGRET BUBULCUS IBIS 20034 3100K 200030 GRAY HERON ARDEA CINEREA 20053 / 400k 200130 GREAT EGRET ARDEA ALBA 20049

R ... .4»*.» 1 .. t==@===, of 5 »='*.4»»t§`- 'I§**~;s'..,+*§¢,, MADAGASCAR 1999 Sheet of 9.

FLIGHT ~2000f 270470 COMMON SHELDUCK TADORNA TADORNA 27044 2000f 70010 KING PENGUIN APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS 7001 2000f 270630 MANDARIN DUCK AIX GALERICULATA 27059 2000f 270110 MUTE SWAN CYGNUS OLOR 27010 2000f 250010 GREATER FLAMINGO PHOENICOPTERUS RL/BER 25001 2000f 150010 GREAT WHITE PELICAN PELECANUS ONQCROTALUS 15001 2000f 240010 SACRED IBIS THRESKIORNIS AETHlOP1CUS 24001 2000f 270290 CANADA GOOSE BRANTA CANADENSIS 27026 goof 700210 ATLANTIC PUFFIN FRA TERCULA ARCTICA 64020 December ~MALDIVE ISLANDS 15.1.01 Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. 7r 270110 MUTE SWAN CYGNUS OLOR 27010

MALI 25.9.00 Prehistoric animals. 1 of sheet of ??'? 2001 460f PHOCORACUS SP. . E

VoI.16 MALI 25.9.00 Prehistoric animals. 1 of sheet of ??? 5 490f DIATRYMA SP. No.2 MALTA 22.6.01 Birds of Malta. D 670230 YELLOW-LEGGED GULL LARUS CACHINNANS 62015 m mO 320260 EURASIAN KESTREL FALCO TINNUNCULUS 32028 s 1740120 EURASIAN GOLDEN ORIOLE ORIOLUS ORIOLUS 167011 o~ m °~= 1960010 CHAFFINCH FRINGILLA COELEBS 163001 N 1960660 EUROPEAN GOLDFINCH CARDUEIJS CARDUELIS 163062 O Q 1380170 BLUE RGCK -THRUSH MONTICOLA SOLITARIUS 130192 920220 EUROPEAN BEE-EATER MEROPS APIASTER 87021 1230760 HOUSE MARTIN DELICHON URBICA 117066 o> 1230470 BARN SWALLOW HIRUNDO RUST/ CA 117037 2 ...... 60 1910030 SPANISH SPARROW PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS 165023 o 60 1402750 SPECTACLED WARBLER SYL VIA CONSPICILLATA 136099 N , 60 720530 EURASIAN TURTLE-DOVE STREPTOPELIA TURTUR 66052 ~ ,-»* 1 .I l a 1 60 270990 NORTHERN PINTAIL ANAS AC UTA 27087 ! I 160 200550 LITTLE BITTERN IXOBRYCHUS II/IINUTUS 20006 X 60 620010 EURASIAN WOODCOCK SCOLOPAX RUSTICOLA 58036 60 781870 SHORT-EARED OWL ASIO FLAMMEUS 73127 6c 600010 NORTHERN LAPWING VANELLUS VANELLUS 57001 60 461180 COMMON MOORHEN GALLINULA CHLOROPUS 43106

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MARSHALL ISLANDS 19.1.01 Canoes. $5 160080 RED-FOOTED BOOBY SULA SULA 16008 $10 680300 SPECTACLED TERN STERNA LUNATA 62067

MAURITANIA 1994 Birds of Banc d'Arguin. 10u 670350 BLACK-HEADED GULL LARUS RIDIBUNDUS 62037 30u Unidentified bird 240280 EURASIAN SPOONBILL PLATALEA LEUCORODIA 24028 150010 GREAT WHITE PELICAN PELECANUS ONOCROTALUS 15001 40u Unidentified bird 50u 620770 DUNLIN CALIDRIS ALPINA 58079

MAURITANIA 5.11.00 Birds of Madagascar. See F15I4. There is also a sheet containing the three stamps listed in F15/4. In the top border there are five crudely illustrated birds. Border 741610 GRAY-HEADED LOVEBIRD AGAPORNIS CANUS 69090 SICKLE-BILLED VANGA FALCULEA PALLIATA 123007

Page Border 1790070 Border Unidentified bird (Weaver or flycatcher?) *`E r' Q Border ? species 940050 LONG-TAILED GROUND-ROLLER URATELORNlS CHHVIAERA 89005 1. ii ~,;='

109 Border '? species 1790030 HOOK-BILLED VANGA VANGA CURVIROSTRIS 123003

. . . . NETHERLANDS 15.5.01 Dutch art. 800 381530 INDIAN (COMMON) PEAFOWL PA VO CRISTA TUS 35202

66Ed NEW CALEDONIA 20.9.01 Definitives. 100f gummed and self-adhesive 480010 KAGU RHYNOCHETOS JUBATUS 45001 F

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NEW ZEALAND 6.3.00 Scenic definitives. 1 of 4v. $3 At Cape Kidnappers - presumed - 160030 AUSTRALIAN GANNET A/IORUS SERRATOR 16003

NIGER 27.10.00 Prehistoric birds. 1 of 6v. 225f ARCHAEOPTERIX ARCHAEOPTERIX LITHOGRAPHICA

PALAU 1.2.99 Environmental heroes. 3 of sheet of 16. 330 270870 MALLARD ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS 27079 33c 2012460 GREEN HONEYCREEPER CHLOROPHANES SPIZA 157223 33c 2021580 CINNAMON-BELLIED FLOWERPIERCER DIGLOSSA BARITULA 157230

PHILIPPINES 1.2.01 HONG KONG 2001. . .. . 11p {>;"" s`in; 302030 GREAT PHILIPPINE EAGLE PITHECOPI-lAGA JEFFERYI 30188

I FLIGHT FLIGHT POLAND 2001 Fauna CITES MS. (A ssociated with stamps in F16l1.) 2z MS - border 1940190 BROAD-TAILED PARADISE-WHYDAH VIDUA OBTUSA 165010 SUb:SD. 1020410 TOCO TOUCAN . RAMPHASTOS TOCO 98031 '? species 743190 YELLOW-CROWNED PARROT AMAZONA OCHROCEPHALA 69249 741720 GRAY PARROT PSITTACUS ERITHACUS 69080 741900 RED AND GREEN MACAW ARA CHLOROPTERA 69131 741850 BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW ARA ARARAUNA 69126

*.»-- -~ _/' ORTUGAL 6.3.01 Lisbon Zoo. 2 of 6v. U I J5e 70140 JACKASS PENGUIN SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS 7015 F co i O m l. 25e 1020410 TOCO TOUCAN RAMPHASTOS TOCO 98031 5 \ '. o~ to 26.2.01 Clean envirinment. 1 of 4. -¢ QATAR N 2r 250010 GREATER FLAMINGO PHOENlCOPTERUS RUEER 25001 Q Q -A < ST KITTS» 12.3.01 Fauna & flora of the Caribbean. 1 of 2nd sheet of 6. (See F15/4 for 1st sheet.) O 159124 > g/ 2000010 BANANAQUIT COEREBA FLA VEOLA m 2 9 N

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December December 863150 RUBY-THROATED HUMMiNGBIRD ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS 81303 "3 "3

ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON 21.2.01 Paintings "Reflections".

5.20f 620590 RUDDY TURNSTONE ARENARIA INTERPRES 58031 2001 2001 ST. THOMAS & PRINCE IS. 1998 Surcharge o n 1983 issues (Not listed in CBoS. Listed in ATA Supp.1)

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