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STANLEY GIBBONS' "COLLECT BIRDS ON STAMPS" .. 5th EDITION So here, after a number of delays, some of us finally have the 5th edition of Stanley Gibbons "Collect 8irds on Stamps" (CBOS) on our desks. Perhaps we can give 1% COLLECT cheers for it. For those wanting a printed birds thematic catalogue the choice BQRQS lies between CBoS and DOMFIL and the long interval of 6% years since the 4th ON STAMPS edition of CBOS was a severe limitation. The appearance of DOMFIL in 1999 I II partially plugged the gap and its complete illustration of sets (albeit on a very small scale) was one improvement over the Gibbons arrangement. However, it has to be said that DOMFIL lacked ornithological expertise as a basis for its ...... identifications, too many sets were simply described as 'birds' and elsewhere reliance was usually placed on inscribed names. l understand that a new z u edition of DOMFIL Birds is planned for the Spring of this year.
A 5il.u.'»> ,I f-lhl'C1 I 1. fPorr=c¢\Ic Cul'.z'ogw In terms of ornithological expertise Gibbons have done well to sign up a first class replacement for Hanne and Jens Eriksen, the joint editors of the earlier editions. Theirs looked like being an impossible act to follow but Dr. Malcolm Ogilvy has all the right credentials. l won't repeat the biographical note that appears towards the front of the catalogue but I will add that Dr. Ogilvie is currently Secretary to the British 'Rare Breeding Birds Panel' so he should be expert in drawing out identifications from illustrations and photos that are often vague. For species classification Dr. Ogilvie has elected to move on from the first edition of the Howard & Moore checklist to the second. This brings a fair amount of change in its wake but not as much as would have arisen if the Clements 5th edition had been followed. Dr. Ogilvie makes this point and ackNowledges that Clements " - was both newer and finding some favour among bird stamp collectors He also draws attention to the impending (April 2003) publication of a third edition of Howard & Moore (Subbuteo Books are taking advance orders) and tells us that taxonomic changes from the second edition are forecast to amount to about 20%. Virtually all of these anticipated changes should already be reflected in Clements plus its ongoing amendments - which are published on the Ibis website and substantially reproduced in "Flight". So there is no mileage to be gained by reverting to Howard & Moore for the "Fligl'fz'" new issue listing and l shan't consider it. What must be considered is the question of the cross-referencing to Howard & Moore numbering that I have engaged to continue to provide. Should it stay as it is (based on the first edition) or now move on to the second edition numbering? My immediate judgment is that many, perhaps most, members who are still using Howard & Moore have affinities with Collect Birds on Stamps so it would be better to move on. I know that some members are already using the second edition. Unfortunately, those who now want to acquire a copy of it will have tory the second-hand
l market. Unless I receive a barrage of antipathetic mail as a result of this policy I therefore § propose to cross-refer the new issue listing to Howard 8. Moore 2nd edition numbering with effect z from the June 2003 issue of the magazine. I repeat that I intend to stay with Clements for the I primary numbering and the naming of species. ! The 5th edition of C8oS contains over 17,200 stamps, almost 4,700 more than the 4th edition. The new issues appearing in it are those included up to the Gibbons Stamp Monthly (GSM) Catalogue Supplement for July 2002. However, this leaves some notable gaps. For example, the stamps of Tanzania reached early 1994 in the 4th edition and only reach late 1994 in the 5th edition. The GSM February 2003 Supplement included 1995 and 1996 stamps from Tanzania, relegating most of them to the Appendix. There have been nearly 200 bird stamps from Tanzania since 1996 and it's likely that many of those will - eventually - become Appendix items. DOMFIL 99 included Tanzania issues up to 1999 and perhaps the next DOMFIL will will forge ahead even further. / continued on page 162 TH BIIRID SSTAMIP S5©£ll€TV
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The Bird Stamp Society was formed to cater for the large number of collectors who specialise in bird stamps and relevant material
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The Society journal "Flight" is published quarterly - early in March, June, September and December. Material should be sent to the editor bythe 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 112 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No.3 l l CONTENTS
PAGE FEATURE AUTHOR
114 NEWSBRIEFS Secretary
117 "POSTBAG" Members Write
118 CINDERELLA STORY
119 HERE AND THERE
122 COMPUTERS AND THE INTERNET
123 "FLIGHT" 15 YEARS AGO Editor
124 THE PHILATELIC WORLD
129 STAMPING OUT THE PANDA'S BIRDS (1) Tom Lloyd
138 THE OILBIRD - STRANGER THAN FICTION Roy W Rings
139 NATIONAL BIRDS OF THE WORLD ON STAMPS (1) E Reg Jones
146 DUCK STAMP LISTING Randy Shore
153 RECENT NEW BIRDS IN THE PHILATELIC AVIARY Chuck Braun (Biophilately)
155 UPDATES TO CLEMENTS' 5TH EDITION Editor
163 IDENTIFICATION PARADE Editor et al
164 MEMBERSHIP DETAILS Secretary
165 NEW ISSUE LISTING Kjell Scharning, Editor et al.
173 SHANGHAI LOCAL POST David Cox
174 SOME NOTES FROM THE AUCTION SECRETARY Doug Blake
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Collect Birds on Stamps I don't intend to say much about the above publication as no doubt everyone will have their own views. Suffice to say l received a 'review copy' and have noticed that only three countries have any stamps listed for 2002. l have noticed numerous mistakes, especially in the systematic listings portion of the catalogue. However it is easy to be negative and l'm sure that Stanley Gibbons have done their best. l will be writing to Stanley Gibbons to ask them how many members took advantage of their discount.
In the meantime Stanley Gibbons are only too pleased to receive comments especially regarding any errors as they rely on us collectors to tell them. If no-one tells them of errors then they cannot 'fix what isn't bust'. [Stanley Gibbons have been asked whether a reduced catalogue price could be offered to members of 'sister' bird stamp organisations that have /inks with the Bird Stamp Society. Unfortunately, we have not been able to negotiate this.
.. .. . Editor] .. I 8 3 My Whereabouts. 3 I For those who are unaware I am a member of the British Army and thus have had an interesting few weeks not to say a rather hectic work schedule. In the unlikely event I am deployed, my wife will handle all my mail. She is fully conversant with Society business. That said, I don't receive that much mail from members. Any changes of address etc should still be sent to me for my action. I -o Future Events.
MIDPEX - Saturdav 28 June 2003 Midpex 2003 82 The next major event for the Society is MIDPEX and I hope to be able to attend this event and meet up with In alternate years the ABPS organises a other Society members. biennial one-day exhibition which promotes the work of specialist societies. It is held in Thematica - Saturday/Sunday 28l29June 2003. Coventry. Specialist societies have meetings It is a little unfortunate that this event coincides with and displays giving the ordinary collector an MIDPEX and as a result l have declined the offer to run " insight into the specialist field of collecting. ?- table at this event. Nevertheless, for those, who are Dealers are also present. so unable to attend MIDPEX, this event provides an ideal opportunity for members to fill a few gaps in their This year's Midpex will be held at the collections. Midlands Sports Centre for the Disabled, Tile Hill. Coventry on Saturday 28 June I between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm. Further g I details can be obtained from the event's 1 THEMATICA 2003 Hol'lollal'y Secretary, See page 126 for full details and a 'Best of Reign' Mervyn Ber ford, Cloudhill, High Street, (last 50 years) design voting form. Shutford, Banbury OX15 GPQ
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. .a . . . I have been informed that this year's event has been cancelled due to a lack of funds ...... Page 114 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No...... Questionnaire on Future Finances. First of all may I take this opportunity to thank all those who responded to this questionnaire. Without doubt, In my time as your Secretary, the number of responses received is more than l could have possibly envisaged. Below I have provided a summary of the responses to the questions and then highlighted a few 'other comments' that the membership provided. I have, where appropriate, provided some comments on these views but please bear in mind these are only my comments and not those of the Committee as a whole. We do have sufficient responses to enable the Committee to make sound decisions that reflect the majority view of the membership. l hope that l have not missed too many of your comments - if you feel that I have not represented any of your views then please feel free to ask our editor to include them in the next issue of Flight and accept my apologies for the omissions.
Qu 1: Should Auction and Magazine be self-supporting or lumped together? Self-supporting 29 Lumped together 24 No Opinion 2 Comments: Amongst those who favoured separate accounts the main comment was that separate accounts allow the membership to see exactly what parts of the Society's activities are profitlloss making. The idea that the auction should operate at a loss, if indeed that is the case, was not supported.
...... Combining the activities and only having 1 bank account would put additional work on the Treasurer who would have to cash all cheques received and sign all vendor's cheques.
For those who favoured combining the accounts the comments made were regarding lower bank charges and one activity could subsidize the other. Some members commented on the fact that any profit/loss from the Exchange Packet account should also be taken into account. My Comments: My own views are that I believe we will always have a magazine but the same might not be true of the auction. Fortunately we have been blessed with plenty of material and I cannot see a situation where we may have to cancel an auction. The worst it is likely to get is a reduced auction which in turn would mean fewer pages and ergo less expenditure. We shouldn't 'deliberately' operate any activity at a loss but unless we have full visibility of what income & expenditure each activity has then one cannot make a valid judgment on what action to take should the bank balance continue to fall. The amount of profit/loss the packet account makes is relatively small and at a previous AGM it was decided, that despite a general lack of material for the packets, we would continue to operate this scheme. If it made a small loss then other activities would subsidize the account. Any profit is unlikely to make a huge impact on the other two activities. Qu 2. Should subscriptions be raised anyway? Yes 41 No 14 Comments: The most common comment was that members felt that since we moved to a commercial contract for the printing of Flight it represented good value for money and that this coupled with inflation, warrants a small rise. Some went further and actually specified by how much the rise should be (£15 for UK membership was the most common figure quoted). A couple of members questioned the size of the current bank balance (£6,280) and asked what level would this have to drop below before it was deemed to be a crisis? Only when a level was decided could there be a justification for a rise in the subscription rates. A lot of members felt that a rise should only be approved at the AGM if it was felt absolutely necessary.
A couple of members felt that any rise in subscriptions might affect the standing orders that members have in place. One member suggested that costs could be reduced if the Auction catalogue was photocopied and one member suggested reducing the size of the magazine to A5 but keep the number of pages the same.
My Comments: When I first joined the Society subscriptions were higher than there are today. We had the same activities and Flight was photocopied. Both the auction catalogue and magazine were smaller.
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; : é The Society had a healthy bank balance and made a profit each year. A proportion of that bank balance was used to finance BIRDPEX '90. l cannot remember the exact figures but I believe it was significant (in excess of £6,000?).
Perhaps what is not clear is what our aims are. I don't think it is unreasonable to make a profit each year, indeed deliberately making a loss is foolhardy unless the aim is to reduce an over healthy bank balance. For example, if we decided to host a BIRDPEX every 10 years and we estimated that we would have to contribute £10,000 to the cost of this then our aims might be to make E1,000 profit per year and have £10,000 ++ in the bank in the year before the BIRDPEX.
I do however believe we ought to have some idea of what our minimum working capital figure should be and those who questioned what the balance of £6,280 is going to be used for do have a point. If we never hosted another BIRDPEX but made £1,000 profit each year then in 10 x years time what would we be doing with E16,280'?
Sort out the aims, produce comprehensive accounts and the rest will fall in place and make decisions easier is my best summation. For those who felt it might affect standing orders then this would be the same if we decided to reduce subscriptions?
Qu 3. If the Auction is making a loss then what measures would you support? a. Increase in vendor's commission. 12 b. Introduction of a buyer's premium. 9 c. Combination of a & b. 18 d. No opinion. 22 e. None of the above 1 Note: Some offered more than one of the options hence the total is greater than 55.
Comment. The same comments were made by a lot of members which were that both the buyer and vendor should bear an equal burden on the one hand but to either increase the vendor's commission or to introduce a buyer's commission might prove counter productive.
My Comments: I run auctions for my local Society and the bidding steps that the Society operate is way out of step with all other auctions. In the last Society auction there was an item with a reserve of 5250. I could have got that for £250.10 had there been another bidder who bid £250 Had that been in any other auction the bidding step would probably be nearer to E10. 10p is a reasonable bidding step for any item whose reserve is less than £2 but thereafter it should rise to 20p for items whose reserve is £2-5 and then 50p for items whose reserve is £5-10 and so on. Taking the item I bid on the Society made commission on a mere 10p because I bid £250.10 whereas if the bidding step has been £10 (not unreasonable for such an item) then the commission would have been 100 times greater. I feel therefore that there is some merit in having more realistic bidding steps. This comment was echoed by our Auction Secretary and would possibly reduce the need to introduce a buyer's premium.
Other comments: One member suggested that perhaps members could donate items to the auction and the proceeds be donated to the Society.
My Comment: If members want to do that then please do so. Some members felt that the either the auction or the magazine were of little interest to them and thus savings could be made by not sending out everything to all members.
My Comment: Might be difficult to implement but clearly savings would accrue.
Notice Professor I J Hodgkiss will be returning to the UK in early Jul 03. He is a keen collector who specialises in Owls stamps and would like details of any UK dealers who he might contact for such stamps. l understand that Professor Hodgkiss is willing to purchase complete sets in order to obtain any Owls that might be included in that set. Any member who is able to supply details please write to the address shown in 'changes of address' section above after 'early Jul os'. I See page 164 for membership details
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Plagiarism? -.4552 I thought you might be interested in some minor copying plagiarism, by The Gambia, who issued bird painting stamps "Birds through the eyes of famous painters" , two sets POST I I I 2000. The paintings are all selected from those I chose to illustrate two books, called BAG "Great Bird Paintings of the World: the Old Masters", published in 1993, and the second volume "Bird Painting: the 18th century", in 1994, both Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge. Of course, I cannot prove they used these books, but it is very curious that all eight stamps plus the MS in each series, show the same paintings, from each of the two volumes, with the same picture titles that I used. I wonder if a third set will follow? My chapters on each of the paintings includes my identifications of the birds (done from the paintings, not tiny stamps as Kjell Scharning had to use which must have been a great eye strain for him), but I would not claim 100% accuracy as identifying the artists' version of species in the 17th and 18th centuries is notoriously difficult. (See Flight, Sept 2002, vol.17 no 1.) If The Gambian authorities get hold of my Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World, then they can have a field day, with 200 colour plates from which to choose images! Christine Jackson (282) I A short review of Christine Jackson's 'Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World' appeared in the March 2000 issue of "Flight". Members will sympathise with Christine about the Gambia issue. Stamp design plagiarism has been deplored before in the pages of "Flight". Phi/ Lanspeary (96) drew attention, in the December 1998 issue, to the large number of countries (including The Gambia) 'lifting' Arthur Singer's illustrations from "Birds of the World". Editor Some penguin puzzles a *1..a...L I take the liberty of sending copies of some items I have received. I don't know if the Ukrainian MlSs are real stamps, but I doubt. Can you please tell me what they are? (Also sent, two sets of six penguin seals from 'Buriafia'.)
And at last, the stamp from Jason Island? I know where Jason Island is, but l'm not sure f* that they have issued stamps on that small island. Is it a stamp or a Cinderella?
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Ukrainian Antarctic Post . *; . I . .J I . :am The March 2002 edition of the . é I British Thematic AssociationS t, I magazine THEMESCENE 1 contained a review of the UPU list of illegal issues seen from 1996 2001. lt included a line entry: - Ukraine 2000 Postage I stamps of the fraudulent issue entitled "Ukrainian Antarctic Post"
/ continued overleaf Ukrainian Anzafuic Pau illnminian Anwar
March 2003 Vol. 17 No. FLIGHT Page 117 l .f is-a l Ukrainian Antarctic Post - continued POST I published a list of the entries from that UPU list which I knew to contain birds in the BAG September 2002 issue of FLfGH T but I left out the Ukrainian Antarctic Post entry because I had not seen it. Now that I know it contains birds I will refer to it in March 2003 FLIGHT. Thank you for the information!
Buriafia This is another spelling for the Russian Republic of Buryatia which i quoted in the June 2002 FLIGHT (p.175) as being one of the Republics condemned by the Russian Federation as being illicit and not authorised to issue postage stamps. Jason Island (West Falkland) This issue, featuring a Gentoo Penguin, is listed in American Topical Handbook 106. It can charitably be regarded as a local label (on the lines of V71 the many labels produced for UK islands such as Staffa) rather than an illegal issue. The dividing line between such 'Cinderella' material and illegal issues is as ml lsuim not always clear but when the 'stamps' do not mimic a genuine postal authority and are sold by dealers without deception then I am inclined to accept them as Cinderella. Anybody can collect what they like but it seems important to me that the status of offerings be made clear by dealers etc. Editor
W.W.F. listing - Correction
I have recently been looking at and updating my W.W.F. collection and have discovered an ¢ _¢ error in my original listing as published in "Flight" Vol.13, no.4 (June 1999) p.206. I have wrongly attributed a sheetlet of 16 stamps featuring the Brown Hyena set with Ostrich in the (is surrounds to NAMIBIA when it should be BOTSWANA. WWF
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f i many of the stamps being peeled off for postage. 3 Each stamp is accompanied by a circular l vignette showing one species of wildlife associated with the particular mountain. These are separately peelable so they could be affixed as a label to a cover with the stamp. There is a short write- up about these species on the flaps of the presentation folder that comes with the issue.. This is where the
.¥. bird interest arises. There is a pair of Adelie Penguins, Pygoscelis adeliae, associated with the Vinson ...... Massif in Antarctica (left on image) and there is the head of a Eurasian Griffon, Gyps fulvus, associated with ...... Mt. Elbrus of the Caucasus in European Russia (right of image). Since the birds are on labels separate .. . from the stamps they should be regarded as Cinderellas rather than stamps, but the whole thing makes an . attractive package.
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The background shows the primary forest area of Mount Apo, home of the Philippine Eagle. Another Philippine pride featured in the card is an endemic species of orchid. I The postal card has a universal rate postage imprint and can be sent to any part of the world. Other postal cards in the series include tourist spots, culturally significant sites, man-made and natural wonders, among others. There are more cards to be produced later. And if some of them feature the Philippine avifauna * l'll again ask the editor to publish them.
Alvin tells me that 'Haribon' means 'King of Birds' - usually meaning the Great Philippine Eagle, Editor
Songbirds
I The Philippine Postal Corporation issues a yearly series of Great Achievers in Philippine Art. The 2002 release featured theatre and film artists. In this imperf. souvenir sheet, a well-known actress and singer of 1920s, Atang de la Rama, shows a pair of songbirds over a songbook. Experts in bird identification are welcome to comment on this issue. (Illustration overleaf Pass! Editor
Next installment: The birds on Philippine charity stamps and semi-postais Alvidon Asis (647)
Any comments or suggestions, please don't hesitate to e-maiI me at [email protected] -or request I my postal address from the editor.
(See the 'Philatelic World' feature for an account of Alvin's exhibiting experiences.)
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Most bird stamp collectors probably ignore armorial birds but Italy has just issued an interesting one to zéa commemorate the 15oth anniversary of lllustratfor: of Atang de la Rama souvenir sheet - see previous page the first stamp of the Duchy of Modena - one of the Italian States that antedated the unification of Italy in United States 2003 stamp programme 1861. The original Modena stamp featured the crowned Eagle of Este - I Two issues are 4' the name of the ducal family. It's hard promised which to detect what kind of eagle inspired the will be of arms - Golden? Imperial? A crisp interest to bird image of the Modena stamp appeared S t a m p on the 41c issue of Is June 2002. collectors. On 14th March Scottish Antarctic Expedition 1902-04 f there will be a / a single 370 value z showing a 40p - The Piper and the Penguin / a Brown Pelican, 'r Hf(IIl'sH \\l\I-I( I I" Duri fig th e Pelecanus II Roll()il.\ ,v 7* :W vii, expedition's ,r Y .,r occidentals. lt 2. S? or 3 S e c o n d f/t celebrates the "s E*' t f 1 's S oceanographic -f J' I 1 f j' Pelican Island .r / I § 5 cruise in the E 4 P National Wildlife .J S 'tfflflffdlf 40 p Weddell Sea Refuge. r ! I new land was On 1st July the fifth sheetiet in the Nature of America discovered in the south. At their most southerly series will appear. It will feature the Arctic Tundra. point of 74° 01' s, 22° 0' W a northeasterly blizzard drove Scotia into an embayment of ice shelf where she was beset for seven days.
The stamp design shows one of the more light- do hearted moments whilst awaiting release during this trying period. Unsure of how long Scotia might remain in this position, a number of emperor penguins were caught for the pot. Whilst awaiting their destiny, and to test the effect of music on them Piper Gilbert Kerr played his pipes to one. It was reported that "neither rousing marches, lively tells, nor melancholy laments seemed to have any effect on these lethargic, phlegmatic birds: there was no excitement, no signs of appreciation or disapproval, only sleepy indifference". The fact that the bird had been tethered by a cord to the piper's foot does, however, suggest that escape might have been a priority on the penguin's mind. Whether to escape its human captors or just the sounds they were making has never been satisfactorily established!
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One attractive scheme sponsored The by the Trust is the 'Adopt a Box' D Hawk project whereby members Owl subscribe to sponsor a nest box. %Ur Vlestbox TRUST Every year there is a report of the results from your box in the 'Qm m, m. PB640 U_;Q/i,, ML previous breeding season. There are also regular newsletters about 2002 (in, KM : Barn Owls. the wider raptor scene and general C* nesting results. After many years - we 0, .m 4 I when our box was successful in cm ugzvmnbvwnfott breeding kestrels we were pleased 20th July. to learn that in 2000 our box was Two of each in this brood. The two eldest were females. used by barn owls, with one chick fledged. In 2001 a brood of three barn owls left the nest and for 2002 we received the above certificate: Sometimes you hear of the recovery of some of your fledged (and ringed) birds, unfortunately often because they become road casualties. Regrettably, but understandably for security reasons, sponsors are not told the site of the box so you can't go and visit it!
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MEMBERS' INTERNET ADDRESSES SURNAME FIRST NAME NUMBER E-MAIL [WEBSITE] BLAKE DOUG 118 [email protected] BOWDEN KEITH 523 [email protected] To post messages to stamp collecting exchange group - [ [email protected] ] To view current position, database and past messages -[ http://www.egroups.com/group/birds-on-stamps ] Kingfisher website [ http://www,kingHsher~stamps.org ] BRACKE KOENRAAD 583 [email protected] BURROWS GRAHAM 668 [email protected] Southern African Birds on Stamps [http://www.sabirdstamps.com ] CHAPMAN ROGER 58 [email protected] GALLO GILBERTO 727 [email protected] [htfp://www.geocities.com/gilbertogallo2000] GIBBINS CHRIS 4 [email protected] Birds of the World on Postage Stamps [ http://www.bird-stampsorg/] GRASTVEIT HELGE RUNE 142 [email protected] HARRIS ALAN 672 [email protected] Owland [http//www. owland.co. uk] HEMPEL WILLIAM 230 [email protected] LEYBOURNE MALCOLM 157 Ieybourne@t-online,de MACROSSON KER 37 [email protected] MOORE SAM 310 [email protected] NORTH PAUL 520 [email protected] OLIVER ROB 511 [email protected] PAGE RICHARD 54 [email protected] POULTER BRUCE 636 [email protected] RASMUSSEN LEIF 185 [email protected] SCHARNING KJELL 627 [email protected] Theme Birds on Stamps [ http://www.birdthemeorg/] SHORE RANDALL 654 [email protected] [hftp://www.mywebpages.comcast.net/randalllee/index.htmf] (New or changed addresses are in bold type)
Gilberto Gallo's website I /,':"'*~. z I . * g gen. r *~}"£z 1.:»'~" \ E ctr Siutalu. I would draw members' * a"::s.a.*'a:s3 attention to the new pa website listed above R 4 \1.=l.w».-.l belonging to Gilberto 1e I Gallo of Colombia. As a E }; FIRST DAY CARD MAXIMUM CARD 2 41 2 specialist interest he 5
It PHILATELIC displays phone cards :! V- a (mainly from Spain) SHEET STAMPS bearing bird images. q1o -Nazi: 4031 Gilberto's surname is
s r n 1% Spanish for 'rooster' and one page on his site POSTAL STATIONERY POSTAL Hl8TORY ENVELOPE FIRST DAY COVER shows a collage of them. CLICK ON 'ms PICTURE TO ENLARGE -<@>
(http //www.geocities.com/gilbertogallo2000/por1ada.._tercera_gallos.__filatelia.html)
Page 122 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No.3 Universal Postal Union - WADP numbering system goes online
Members with an internet connection can now access the UPU's WADP numbering system on-line at www.wnsstamps.ch. This site lists all certified stamps since the inception (on 1st January 2002) of the scheme from those countries which have signed up for it. Therefore you can check positively about the
authenticity of one of these stamps but there is no negative check via listing of illegals. l ` ` ` ` 1 f.. . lt is claimed that over 100 countries have signed up for the system, though currently -1 I 4 I . \ .s. (1/2/03) the site only refers to about two-thirds of that number. For the countries which r . I l. . I ; _*in , i= I s 35 have not yet signed up - e.g. the USA - of course the listing says nothing about the J- I .. , .... J * I .* -F . I 1 ... F .- I, .;u. legality or otherwise of items bearing its name. . .A . :"" u . .at . 'l. I _Tg-l .' . I i . _.""'.r - .EE .F IJ r . i n *i. * . 1. . +** * 4, * U. r 1.. . . . '...... -4 'T .. .-r.'§, I A useful by-product of the website is an illustration of each registered stamp. For 11 .-:-- IF 1\ - P J*. II "l . . J I.12- . '.|' -l g . I E ..1 -I *-:' . . . I example, the Argentine stamp registered AR007.02 is this King Penguin 75c value listed II 1:4'.. fn*l . ll"'I
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Ztt%g/W" 15 Years élgo ' snippet from the March 1988 magazineQ COLLECTIVE NAQMES By Paul Milsom Those of us who collect more than one stamp of a particular species may be interested in some of the collective nouns given to groups of birds. Some of the ones I've come across seem quite appropriate, others are amusing, while some are frankly puzzling. a murder of crows a flight of dunlin
a charm of goldfinches a. flush of mallard an uMcindness of ravens a clamour of rooks a fall of woodcock a spring of teal a wisp of snipe a descent of woodpeckers a murmuration of starlings a herd of wrens a congregation of plovers a tribe of sparrows an exultation of larks a convocation of eagles a gaggle of geese a covert of coots a tiding of magpies a bevy of quail a rush of pochards a watch of nightingales a deceit of lapwings a band of jays a siege of herons a mutation of thrushes a company of wigeon
Note by (czzrrerzt) Editor* Those with web access who want to take a further look at this subject might try http://www.bop/. net/~tross/gnlist. him!
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An exhibition success story
Alvidon F. Asis (647) has written about his recent exhibiting experiences in the following terms:
It is a great distinction for me to write in our philatelic journal for the first time. Our officers and some members of our society have been making great philatelic endeavours to improve our existence not only in producing such good stories and philatelic researches but also in providing beginners like me with some insights and suggestions for improving my bird stamp collection. Two pages are not enough to list all the persons, here and abroad, who helped me in achieving philatelic successes.
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Baptism of Philatelic Fire
Since I joined the Bird Stamp Society many correspondents have encouraged me to exhibit. Stamp exhibition was very much Greek to me since I was only an avid stamp collector - and I mean stamps in a narrow sense. Eventually I finally decided to give exhibition a try. I do believe there's no harm in trying this new stuff and if it will broaden my philatelic knowledge why not?
I was invited to join Naga City Philatelic Society, the only local stamp club existing in our region. It was a blessing in disguise when l learned that they were going to hold a competitive stamp exhibition since I had only three months to prepare my stamps.
My entries included a 96-page, 6-frame thematic class entry and a 48-page, 3-frame Open Class enter/. I included there covers, errors, specimens, blocks, metered mails, some maxicards and of course mint stamps. In the Open Class entry I added some cards, pictures and medals, among other things. My thematic entry is entitled CICONIIFORMES. I tackled it in a more modern pattern. I included myths and legends where these birds played significant roles and, of course, the taxonomic classifications, families and a lot more. My Open Class exhibit is about Uses of the Bird's Beak. I discussed the unseen and amazing ways in which birds use their beaks. It includes tool-using birds and a lot more.
NAGAPEX 2002 was held at the Montessori School in Naga City, part of Bicol Region, around 400 miles southeast of Manila. It coincided with the club's 18th Foundation Anniversary - 2 years earlier than the Bird Stamp Society. With a theme "Stamp Collecting - An educational avocation against modern environmental distraction" the exhibition attracted a lot of new and would-be collectors from around the
. . . . region and some guests from the national office. The event ran from November 23rd to 24th, 2002 and its . i I programme included lectures, raffles, workshops and ceremonial cancellation of anniversary covers - I which I conceived and designed myself. I The award ceremony was held on the afternoon of November 24th. I won Gold Awards for my entries in i the Open and Thematic Class categories, the highest ones given in the competition. My Open class exhibit remained in the Naga City Post Office for a week for public viewing, while my Ciconiiformes exhibit was sent to Manila for the national .competition. Z iI The Philippine National Philatelic Congress ran from December 2nd to 7th, 2002. lt was organized by the
Philippine Philatelic Federation. (lt is the only umbrella organization recognized by the F.l.P.) There were Q § q a lot of great exhibits from around the country. It was a national exhibition, I must say, so expectations r- were much higher than the local ones. No other exhibits were about birds. Since I couldn't stay in Manila . . . for long, I decided not to attend the award ceremonies and stayed home with a lot of hope and optimism...... The day after the awards, I was informed by the organizer by phone that I had won a Vermeil award! I ...... was so happy when l learned about my success. I also learned that no exhibit won a Gold level award...... Page 124 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3 ...... I am planning to enter more competitions in the future so that I can finally make it in the international arena. I know I still have a lot of things to do to improve my collection. And to all you who have helped me, in one way or another - thank you, and I wish you good life, good health and good stamps!
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Even for non-exhibiting stick-in~the~muds like myself, this account of Alvin's early 'successes from nowhere' in both local and national EE competitions at a young age (he is 23) is heart~ warming and produces a feeling of optimism for the future of our hobby...... Others have said before me that the destiny of philately lies in the East and this story of enthusiasm and effort shows why that could be true. The reports of enormous attendances at NAGAPEX 2002 exhibitions in various
Lourdes Flores-Cubelo, the Assistant Postmaster General for Marketing and East Asian cities and lots ...... Philatelic Services, Giving Alvidon Asis the Gold trophy for his thematic of youth participation in exhibit. them are another indication of this trend. l'm sure other members of our Society join with me in offering Alvin our congratulations and are wishing him well on the international scene in due course. Editor P. S. Alvin tells me that his exhibit has been chosen to represent the Philippines at CHINA 2003 this coming September, subject to tina assessment and approval there.
KIWIPEX 2006
Kiwipex is being held to celebrate the centenary of the 1906/1907 New Zealand International Exhibition. The show will run from 2 to 5 November 2006 at the Christchurch Convention Centre, Christchurch NZ.
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I 'l . I l I . Y . 'I' I * .r I 1 . To . r . §I\IWl]'EX l\ATIO1*4AL ms;vs ZEAL» Ann STAMP EXHIBITION . .. . . »a..»»»»¢»l»o»»¢.»u»¢iii4¢»¢»¢av"\aa»¢:¢»allu-1l4ll»».l}lalal¢llttbilsllll4II**l11ll*l**.*!*11*":*12ll*" U* 1 , ¢ * I . . r 0 r :. w 'r Q $ , , 1. . 4* -, \! . ¢. I , n ,, , I . Special show souvenirs are being produced in aid A a I q o . :, I .. A _ .}¢ " . t , , . . .. Q. _ ., , . e. -a , #gyzIJ'~***,, ,. . r H'' #re* - nxwlu»*'* . . ,n . ¢lL*",, + \ . - 1 *» I 1 .1 4* I . i I *Ii 4 ¢ * *U ...... ,~,~. THEMATICA 2003 will he held on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 June 2003 at Carisbtooke Hall, 63 Seymour Street London WE :2HIF. The nearest Underground station is Marble Arch. Admission will be Free and even' visitor will receive a brochure and a special souvenir sheet. In the Dealers' Hall there will be approndmately 30 dealers, many from Europe. in the Exhibition Hall, there will be Competition entries, Displays, Specialist Societies' Tables and a Children's Comer. Visitors will also be able to vote in the "Thematics Best of the Reign Com petitior\", with the chance to win a Weekend in Paris. Competition entry Forms are available from Brian Sole, 3 Stockfield Road, Claygate Fisher KT!0 OQG. The closing date for receipt of completed entry tbrms is 16 May 2003 _ llHl,p us TO FIND THE BEST OF THE REIGN What is your favourite stamp of the past 50 years" You are invited to select what you consider to be the best designed stamp in three categories (give name of country, brief description of issue and year of release):- l. The stamps issued by the Royal Mailtthe British Post Office) 2. The stamps issued by Guernsey (including Alderney), Jersey and the Isle of Man 3. the stamps issued by other Commonwealth Tenitories (in Part l of the S.G. Catalogue) NB All the stamps chosen must bear either the portTait of Queen Elizabeth It or her Royal Cypher, and have been issued since her Accession in 1952. 1 Send your vote in each category to Thematica best of the Reign Competition, Thematic E/hibitions, PO Box 8843, London N3 lH]. no later than May 3 l, 2003. On the closing date, one entry will be selected at random, the sender will receive a cash prize of£l00. At Thematica, June 28 and 29 2003, the top ten stamps of the reign, as voted by you, will be on display. Visitors will be invited to choose their top three. Q . . .. 1 There will be a weekend in Paris and further cash prizes to be won' .. E .".-..-..-..-..-..-H--..-..-..-..-..-..-..-..»-.-..n--.--u--.._..-.".~."..".-.»-.»-.._-.»-»»-..-..-..-.»¢.".-..-.".~.".-..-..-..-~»».n---".-..--H-¢-.~--.".-..-..-."..".--u.-..-..-..-.."~""~».-..-..-.».- VOTING FORM Name 3 Address. \\¢l\¢4ot 0»lolsiltlots/l1nl1o\o\l\IOA¢l\lll4ll1l11llll1lllltlIlit00l0ll115ls¢llll11slll40ol¢0.l\ll\o.\»l.l-.A»l»l»Q\\ 2 My choice1 in each category is E= I. Stamps issued be Royal Mail * L 3 2l Stamps issued by Guernsey. Jersey and Isle of Man E .s s§ ¢ 'I .ni *s L; J Stamps issued by other Commonwealth territories if 0l0tr t¢lllcrvvo ltltleltlll¢llp\¢nllv\\¢~lib\¢O¢\o»\¢\lo¢¢4»¢¢\vo.obouaooooO0o\¢.l\1¢l1prqql¢l¢¢¢gg.»¢lso~I¢\¢l0ao»¢»I\\».loll»o Page 126 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol. 17 No.3 i u.p.u. COMMUNICATIONS RE. ILLEGALS Independently of the WNS website referred to in the 'Internet' section, I receive communications from the U.P.U. about communications they have received from various postal authorities and others. I will report those that appear to be of significance. 18.11.02 MOROCCO The postal administration of Morocco deplores the fact that illegal postage stamp issues inscribed "République sahraoui" (Saharan Republic) or "Sahara Occidental" (Western Sahara) are still circulating on the international philatelic market, and being sold through various Internet sites and philatelic publications. We wish to stress once again that this alleged republic does not exist, and that all these postage stamps are illegal. The illegal issues of which we are aware are summarized below: [The listing does not contain any bird stamps but some have appeared in the past with these names, eg. the 1997 birds listed in F12/1 and the 1999 falcons listed in F13/4. These should be regarded as illegals] These stamps have been issued in contravention of the Universal Postal Convention and the Letter Post Regulations and are prejudicial to the integrity and sovereignty of our country. Consequently, we regard these illegal issues as null and void and worthless whether for postal prepayment or as philatelic or collector's items. The postal administration of Morocco would be grateful for any information leading to the identification of those responsible for these illegal issues so that appropriate action may be taken. We also take this opportunity to confirm that the official postage stamps of Morocco are to be found on our site www.bam.net.ma, :I N 25.11.02 MYANMAR "Our administration would like to draw your attention to the presence on the philatelic market of illegal ...... stamps bearing the inscription 'Union of Myanmar'. | .H "These stamps, with a face value indicated in Myanmar kyats, have not been issued by the Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs, the sole body entitled to issue stamps in the name of the Union of Myanmar. They must therefore be regarded as illegal stamps." The list of illegal postage stamps appears in the annex. [The list includes: -in One sheet of nine 2001 postage stamps showing different breeds of owl. The values shown are 2 x 10K, 2 X 20K, 50K, 2 x 100K and 2 X 200K respectively; J This sheet has not been listed in "Flight".] 13.1.03 AFGHANISTAN "Unidentified individuals have been seeking to discredit our country through the circulation of illegal postage stamps. "I would draw the attention of all Union member countries and all philatelic partners to the fact that new postage stamps supposedly issued by Afghanistan, such as the ones annexed to this letter, continue to be produced and disseminated. "As these stamps are inscribed 'AFGHAN POST', there is no doubt that they harm the moral, religious and economic integrity of Afghanistan, as well as the postal service and the Union as a whole. "These stamps are, moreover, illegal. They have been issued without our administration's knowledge and in violation of articles 6 and 25.2.3 of the Universal Postal Convention, the U.P.U. Regulations and the legislation of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan. "These stamps have no value as collector's items or for postal prepayment. "Our administration wishes to alert all the postal administrations of Union member countries, the philatelic March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 127 community and collectors to the existence of these illegal postage stamps and urge them not to accept these stamps as postal prepayment or purchase them. "The postal administration of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan would also be grateful if the postal administrations of Union member countries would inform their philatelic partners of the existence and dissemination of these illegal stamps and exercise increased vigilance in their respective countries." [The listing includes: Fauna -- One horizontal miniature sheet of nine postage stamps, each depicting a different member of the eagle family, together with a value and the inscription "Afghan Post". Fauna - One vertical miniature sheet of nine values entitled "FAUNA OF AFGHAN". Each postage stamp depicts a different creature, has a value of 500 AFG and is inscribed "Afghan Post". Fauna »- One vertical miniature sheet of nine postage stamps, each depicting a different member of the owl family, together with a value and the inscription "Afghan Post". Fauna -- Two miniature sheets, one horizontal and one vertical, inscribed in the middle "Birds of Prey" and depicting various species of owl. There are other species on each postage stamp. The postage stamps are in two strips of three, at the top and bottom in the vertical sheet, and on the left and right in the horizontal sheet. Each stamp is inscribed "AFGHANISTAN" with the value. The horizontal sheet contains stamps with a value of 10,000 each, the vertical sheet stamps with a value of 20,000 each. Fauna - One vertical miniature sheet of nine postage stamps depicting various species of eagles and owls. There are other species on each postage stamp and on the margins. Each stamp is inscribed "AFGHANISTAN" with the year 2000 and the value 20,000. Fauna - Two souvenir sheets inscribed "Birds of Prey" and depicting various species of owi. Another species is depicted on the postage stamp which each souvenir sheet contains. Each stamp is inscribed "AFGHANISTAN" with the value 100, 000. Fauna -- Two horizontal miniature sheets of nine postage stamps each. Each stamp depicts a different species of bird and is inscribed "2000" and "AFGl-IANISTAN". Each miniature sheet contains the following values: 10, 000, 15,000, 20,000, 25,000, 30,000, 35,000, 40,000, 45,000 and 50, 000. There are other pictures of birds and their environment in the margins of each miniature sheet. This bears on my comment in F17/1 page 19 that all Afghanistan bird issues since 1989 should be regarded as illegals.] Update on BTA March 2002 "Themescene" listing of illegals published in September 2002 "Flight" (F17/1) "Themescene" for March 2002 listed as illegals: Ukraine 2000 Postage stamps of the fraudulent issue entitled "Ukrainian Antarctic Post"? I did not report this one in "Flight" because I had not seen it and did not know it contained birds. Alex Stade (408) has sent me pictures of the two sets - which feature penguins (see Postbag). ` Editor British Thematic Association Meetings Programme l 2003 April 5th Thematic Seminar June 28th-29th Thematica Sheila Foster and Chris Earle Carisbrooke Hall, 63 Seymour West of England Thematic Society * Street, London May 17th Thematic Seminar (28th June) BTA AGM followed by a display by David Hunter, 2002 winner of the BTA cup Sheila Foster Sources and use of sugar Kent Federation w October 18th HAMPEX Members' meeting. June 14th Members' meeting Bring along 12 sheets relating to letter "H" Bring along 12 sheets relating to the letter "S" Thorndon School, Winchester Road, SWINPEX Chandler's Ford, Hants St. Joseph's Lower School, Queen's Drive, Swindon * Contact Chris Earle for details: "Ashursi" Green Roads, Thorpe, Surrey TW20 8QS __ (01932 564725) Page 128 FLIGHT March 2003 VOL17 No.3 g STAMPING OUT THE PANDA'S BIRDS history of avian portraits on W.W.F. stamps WWF By Tom Lloyd (677) The Panda logo of the Worldwide Fund for Nature (formerly the World Wildlife Fund) has appeared on many a philatelic product since its first usage, by France, at the close of the 1960s. Since then such stamps have been issued by many countries from all over the world, irrespective of their political, racial, or religious make-up, potentially for the purpose of promoting and maintaining this highly esteemed biodiversity~supporting charity. The World Wildlife Fund was established under Swiss law in 1961, with its headquarters based at Morges in Switzerland, for the specific purpose of saving the world's wildlife and wildlife places, by raising funds and allocating them for conservation projects, wherever they might be needed. Educationally the W.W.F. also endeavours to make mankind in general aware of the necessity for conservation, as well as encouraging the world's various governments to take action to maintain the biodiversity of their own particular areas. Sadly not all the stamps which carry the W.W.F. logo have been authorised by the charity, but those that have been by agreement between the W.W.F. and the stamp issuing authorities provide an income for the fund by them paying for the right to use the panda logo. Of course all users of this now famous logo do help to advertise the charity, so to that extent they do have their uses. Hardly surprisingly, the many stamps that have been produced that include the logo illustrate all sorts of life forms but, for this series of articles, only those with birds as their subject matter will be under consideration. However, having said that, l'll immediately break the rule by first describing the French issue which catalysed other stamp issuing authorities into producing such items for nlu:l themselves. Thus it was on Saturday the 11th of October,1969 that the post offices of ,1 France put on sale a 45 centimes stamp, coloured black, orange-brown and olive green .3 (SG 1847, or Domfil 969.135) for the stated purpose of promoting nature preservation. ~At the bottom left corner of this stamp is placed the Panda logo of the W.W.F. This recess printed stamp was engraved by its designer, Monsieur R.Cami and printed on unwatermarked paper by the French Government Printers of Paris, one of the last to be produced there before the works transferred to Perigueux in the Dordogne during the following year. It was perforated at the rate of 6.5 per centimetre (cm) on all four sides. The subject of this "Penny-Black" of W.W.F. stamps was an example of the European Mouflon, Ovis musimon, a kind of wild sheep and so, as it isn't a species of bird that is all I'll say about it. Six and a half years later the first W.W.F. stamp to depict a bird was produced by the Principality of Liechtenstein and put on sale on Thursday the nth of March 1976, as part of a set of four, the other stamps displaying non-bird creatures. Strangely, the W.W.F. logo on this stamp has been printed almost as if it was a photographic negative, with the black bits of the panda being produced in white and the white bits, not actually in black, but in the stamp's background colour of carmine-lake, if l've matched it up with my Stanley Gibbons Stamp Colour Key correctly. incidentally two forms of the logo have been used by the W.W.F. over the years. The first type has the panda with its forelegs curving inwards slightly and was used from the setting up of the charity, then in 1986 the design was modified a little, giving the animal a more upright stance with straighter front legs and with much more rounded black eye patches. The initials,"W.W.F." are sometimes to be found printed immediately beneath the panda in either version of the logo. • This 80 Swiss Centimes stamp was designed by Louis Jaeger and produced in sheetlets of twenty with the original panda logo set at the left side of the bottom margin. The stamp, which carries a portrait of a Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, was printed using the photogravure process by lmprimerie Courvoisier S.A. of La-Chaux~de-Fonds in Switzerland. Printed on unwatermarked paper and perforated at the rate of I 5.75 per cm on all four sides. (SC 633, or Domfil 976.6.) A special First Day of Issue cover was I produced by Franklin Mint for this stamp, postmarked 9490 VADUZ AUSGABETAG - 11 MARZ 1976, I and numbered 4 from a total of 107 different covers issued as a set, all certificated by Roger Page, as being produced under the authority of the World Wildlife Fund of Morges in Switzerland. This cover March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 129 enclosed an information insert by John Pinches Ltd. The designer of the engraving of a Lapwing on this cover is not named, but my guess it was probably Donald Paterson as he designed a similar cover for the 25 Centimes stamp from the same set. At the time of issue of this Liechtenstein stamp, the Lapwing, as a subject of a conservation issue might have raised a few eyebrows, for surely it was then a well-known and often observed bird of the European, in general, and British, in particular, countryside. However, according to Chris Mead in his changing centuries book "The State of the Nation's Birds", published in the year 2000, the Lapwing's population in Britain and Ireland during the nineteenth century "declined due to drainage plus widespread and organised egg-collecting for food". "A Lapwing protection bill was passed (in 1926) and caused a temporary increase." in a different book "The Birds of the British Isles and their Eggs", written by T. A. Coward and first published in 1920, there is a report that "an extraordinary weather migration took place at the end of December 1927" (There were many editions of this book, with this quote coming from a much later one.) "In an easterly gale large numbers of Lapwings crossed the Atlantic and reached Labrador and Newfoundland". Briefly then, what can be said said about the Northern Lapwing, Green Plover, Lipwingle, Peewit, Tewit, Wallopie Weep, or whichever one of the thirty or so common names for this bird you may prefer? Well, Vanellus vanellus is a fairly large plover, the adults of which are black above with a sort of greenish/purple iridescent sheen, while their underneaths are off-white. Their slender, long and upturned crest feathers are very noticeable, but their chief characteristic is surely their floppy flight, which I guess is the most likely origin of the scientific name "Vanellus" - derived from the Latin word 'Varmus" which translates as a winnowing movement. They breed in fields, marshes and moorlands, while spending the winter season at estuaries, grassland and on arable land. Their calls are a characteristic "pea-whit, pea- whit". They are gregarious by nature and (if I may be permitted to tell of a personal anecdote) this community-flocking habit of theirs once caused me to get a Royal Air Force guard dog into trouble.' Temporarily stationed for just a couple of weeks at R.A.F. Kidlington, near Oxford in 1955 (to assist in the medical examinations of would-be cadets for the University Air Squadron) one Sunday, wearing "civvies" and with borrowed binoculars, l was lying flat on the station's small airfield, observing a flock of Lapwings, feeding in the grass. Suddenly l became aware of a dog running UP behind me and without thinking, I said "Down Boy - Keep Quiet". The dog did just that,. but suddenly a pair of size ten black boots plunked down beside me.' "Just what are you doing?" demanded an Air Force Police Corporal "and what did you do to my dog?" Apparently, being new to the station, l looked rather suspicious, peering at the airstrip through binoculars, so the policeman had sent out his dog to "sort me out". Having identified myself, it was the dog that was in trouble, being sent back to wherever he'd come from for retraining. I never did find out if he was dismissed the service in disgrace." Before finishing with W.W.F. Bird Stamp number one, I'll return to the above mentioned book by Chris Mead, where is stated the fact that "research documents a 47% loss of (these) breeding birds from England and Wales in just eleven years". "Outlook" he claims "seems to be fairly grim". There were no W.W.F. bird stamps issued in 1977, but the following year produced a veritable flock of such issues, commencing with the portrayal of an Ostrich ...... Sfruthio carrielus on a 100 Ouguiya, multicoloured stamp from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, which was put on sale on Monday the 27th of February 1978. (SG 578 or Domfil 978.6.) This stamp was part of a set of six and was both designed and lithographed by the firm of Format International Security Printers Ltd. in London, using unwatermarked paper, perforated 6.75 per cm by 7.0 per cm. i Imperforate examples of this stamp came on sale in a so-called de luxe sheet, but this was completely unauthorised. Because this is not the only W.W.F. stamp to depict an ostrich, l'll not say much about this bird at this point, except for repeating a short piece I wrote for the magazine of a church I was attending about seven years ago, where I said that sadly, I find humans forget a myriad of interesting natural facts while remembering certain lies. Ostriches never have, do not now and, I feel sure, never will bury their heads in the sand. No! - not at any time, and surely not when they feel danger coming near, for they are too sensible to do such a thing. With regard to the scientific classification of birds, the first order given in any ornithological book is the Struthioniformes. This order contains just one family, the Struthionidae, which contains but one genus, the Struthio, made up of the single species, camelus, which means camel-like. All the other scientific words quoted mean Ostrich! About 3 million years ago, in the Pliocene era, there were nine species of Page 130 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3 ostrich, but only the "camel-birds" survive. The flightless Ostrich is the bird equivalent of an antelope and can run at sixty miles per hour. They can outrun a lion and if cornered can break its skull with a kick. The Ostrich is a vegetarian and as it moves about looking for food it bends its neck down, holding its head parallel to the ground. (Maybe it's this habit which gave rise to the head-in-the-sand myth.) Formerly widespread in Africa and the Holy Land, the range of these largest of living birds has been reduced by hunting and habitat destruction during the 19th and 20th centuries, so now the last remaining specimens survive chiefly in East African game-parks. With a diameter of two inches, Ostriches have the largest eyes of any land animal. Groups of the females lay their eggs in one another's nests, thus increasing the chances that some of their offspring survive if any particular nest is raided. In Oliver Goldsmith's book originally published in 1774 under the title "History of the Earth and Animated Nature" this famous poet and playwright ends his piece on the Ostrich with an unfulfilled prophecy saying that "it is not for their feathers alone that they are prized, they are often ridden upon, and used as horses. Posterity may avail themselves of this creature's abilities and riding upon an Ostrich may one day become the favourite, as it most certainly is the swiftest, mode of conveyance." So leave your car at home and jump on the next passing Ostrich! So much then for W.W.F. Bird Stamp number two and onward to the Wednesday of the following week, the 8th of March 1978, when the first set of bird stamps plus a miniature sheet made their appearance, with each value depicting a different species. These were issued by the Caribbean island called Grenada and were the work of that well known and admired philatelic designer, Mr Gordon Drummond. These stamps were all produced by multicoloured lithography in sheets of fifty, at the London firm of Questa Colour Security Printers Ltd. employing unwatermarked paper. Each stamp was perforated at the rate of 7.0 per cm on all four sides. The design of every stamp in the set contained a miniature representation of the fund's original logo, enclosed within a circle, plus the letters W.W.F. placed beneath the Panda's feet and with the words "WORLD WlLDLlFE FUND" arched above the animal's body. The % Cent (SG 922 or Domfil 978.19) was the lowest value stamp of the set, and depicted a couple of Black-headed Gulls, Laius ridibundus, which is a bit of a laugh in a couple of ways. The genus name of "Larus" is said to have come from the Greek word "taros" indicating it to bea seabird, whilst the specific name of ridib undus is simply the Latin word for laughing, which is clearly an imaginatively speaking allusion to this bird's giggling sounding call. Those readers who might understandably expect W.W.F. stamps to always illustrate examples of endangered species, might find a common enough bird a ridiculous choice of subject. However, adding to that feeling of possible incongruity is the fact that the Black- GRENADA headed Gull, even though it possesses a very large range, is not likely to be on any Caribbean "twitcher's" species list of sightings. This gull breeds in Britain, Ireland and mainland Europe as well as ranging over Asia and the Persian (or should that be Iranian these days) Gulf (indeed l observed some in Bahrain when stationed at R.A.F.Muharraq way back in the l960s),the Indian sub- continent and as far east as the Philippines, China and Japan. In June 2002 my wife and I saw flocks of them about the shores of Ullswater in the Lake District, gobbling up the many scraps of food flung in their direction by obliging visiting tourists. Within the United Kingdom their breeding colonies are concentrated towards the north and the west, though they can be spotted in lots of other parts. Later in the same year we saw quite a number in Ireland, particularly around the coastline of Galway Bay. It is claimed that Black-headed Gulls often accompany Lapwings and some other birds in order to take their food from them, while some bird-watchers say that they are the most usual gulls to be observed circling over London during the winter period, some having travelled long distances to get there. In 1990, for example, the corpse of one was picked up at the Brent Reservoir, which had been ringed five years previously in Finland. Within Great Britain, although they are predated by foxes, hedgehogs and occasionally even an escaped mink, they are doing well. Several colonies contain more than twenty thousand of them, so surely the future of Larus ridibundus in these islands must be considered assured. So much then for the bird on W.W.F. Bird Stamp number three.(WWF BS 3) The next higher value (SG 923 or Domfil 978.20) of this 1978 Grenada stamp issue, namely the 1 Cent, depicts a couple of Wilson's Storm Petrels, Oceanites oceanicus which once more I doubt have little to do with this Caribbean island. This petrel's common name was chosen in honour of the author of an 1805 nine-volume bird work entitled "American Ornithology" namely Alexander Wilson, a "birder" who lived from 1788 until 1813. Being so similar, both the genus and species scientific names have been derived from "Okeanos", who, according to Greek mythology, was a sort of river god. I say "sort of" river god, for March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 131 his"river" was believed to stretch right around the whole world and hence was, I guess, the source of the term "ocean". As members of the Hydrobatidae family, the Wilson's Storm Petrels have been claimed to be the world's most abundant seabirds, which often flock together in quite large numbers in the wake of ships, flitting from side to side and often dropping their long legs onto the surface of the water while picking up food. They breed in burrows in Tierra del Fuego as well as the Falkland Islands and southwards to the very coasts of Antarctica. Then, following the breeding season, they migrate into the northern parts GRENADA of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Having a total length rarely in excess of 180 milimetres, this smallish bird's food consists almost entirely of crustaceans, though l feel sure the occasional little fish ends up being swallowed by them. Some ornithologists suggest that the habit of these petrels "pattering" their feet on the water produces a not quite understood mechanism which "anchors" the birds, enabling them to withstand any breeze. A single white, though occasionally speckled, egg is incubated for an average of 45 days. Chicks remain nest- bound for about ten weeks and, though the eggs weigh about 25% of that of the hens laying them, the youngsters are fed so well that they become twice as heavy as their parents. Captain G.S.Tuck, in his "Guide to Seabirds on the Ocean Routes" says that off the bulge of Brazil is a sea area through which Wilson's Storm Petrels pass during their northward springtime migrations into the westward quarter of the North Atfantic, and during April and~May, they are almost certain to be observed from ships, often quite close to the coast all the way south to Buenos Aires. Anyone voyaging far south, to the Falklands and South Georgia, say, will almost inevitably catch sight of these birds. Elsewhere there are frequent sightings by sailors en route between India and Sumatra particularly from June to October, though there don't seem to be any reports of sightings around the coasts of Grenada! So much for it being portrayed on W.W.F. Bird Stamp number four! (WWF BS 4) On then to WWF BS 5, which, at double the price of the last stamp, depicts for us a r..al pair of birds commonly called Kiildeer Plovers, Charadrius vociferus, which are more suitable to be philatelically celebrated on an issue from a Caribbean island, ranging as they do from Canada to Mexico on the North American mainland then throughout the West Indies and southward along the coasts of Peru and Chile. The two cent stamp from Grenada which displays these birds is numbered 924 by Stanley Gibbons or 978.21 by Domfil. The genus name of "Charadrius" was supposedly derived from the Greek word GRENADA "kharadrios" which apparently refers to living in a cleft and was itself developed from "Kharadra" the Greek for a mountain stream or a ravine. Rather strangely Charadrius was mentioned in i the so-called Vulgate (meaning common) Bible which originated with Jerome attempting in around 405 AD to provide an alternative to the many confusing Old Latin versions of the time. There has also been a c i e I very silly myth of olden days claiming that the sighting of one of these birds could cause the observer to ; recover from jaundice. The scientific name for the species, namely "vociferus" refers to them being noisy birds, which produce a call that has been said to sound like "kill deer", which of course explains the common name, for these birds would be utterly incapable of murdering any members of the Cervidae family of antler bearing mammals: The preferred habitats of Chara drius vociferus are wide expanses near wet areas, rivers and ponds through the Americas, and yet this bird has also been spotted by twitchers on very rare occasions, visiting Europe. Their nests consist of nothing more than mere scrapings in bare ground. Sad to say, in some places Killdeer Plovers select gravelly-surfaced roads on which to scrape together their pathetic nests, where passing motor vehicles often run over them, crushing the eggs. They are also said to be silly enough to "nest" on gravel covered flat roofs of houses, blocks of flats and offices etc. on which the hatched chicks find themselves either trapped by parapets or they get themselves killed by leaping to the ground. Notwithstanding those last comments, I cannot but help being amazed of claims that Killdeer Plover chicks have actually survived leaping, before they could fly, from the roofs of buildings up to four stories high.' ...... The next highest priced stamp of this 1978 W.W.F. bird stamp set from Grenada (WWF BS 6) namely the ...... 50 Cents value, depicts the Hummingbird known as the White-necked Jacobin (SG 925 or Domfil 97822) ...... scientifically named Florisuga mellivora These scientific names are both interesting and appropriate. The ...... genus "Florisuga" meaning a flower, is combined with "sugere" that means to suck, while the species ...... word "mellivora" is again a combination of Latin words,"mell", standing for honey and "vorus" indicating ...... eaUng...... Page 132 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3 ...... l'm now going to mention a type of plant and by doing so I assure you l'm not digressing from the subject of this piece. The wild plantain, Helicoriia la fispatha, belongs to a genus which forms one of the most striking characteristics of the neotropical landscape. Possessing, as they do, big banana-like leaves, together with bizarre, colourful inflorescences, H.latispatha is certainly a "sun-worshiper", and, indeed, has often been described as being the most heliophilous member of its genus growing in Costa Rica. On any one plant its flowers, which are tubular, ripen sequentially, one every two days, but each one lasts for only one day: Each individual flower of this plant produces 75 microlitres of nectar containing sugar at a concentration of 0.9M of glucose. These botanical physiological facts are significant because it's why this plant, which grows in large clumps up to an elevation of two-thousand metros, attracts White-necked Jacobins to act as one of its chief pollinators, by so supplying all the bird's daily energy requirements. Though l've never visited the country myself, l've heard that a visit to the Corcovado National Park in . : u Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula is a pretty good bet for seeing these birds feeding on these plants, which are . J ..I . . also known as Platanilioes. . Hummingbirds such as the White-necked Jacobins, more than perhaps any other avian group, evoke pictures of tropical splendour. Their rapid wing beats really do sound like humming - just like the lazy sound of bees at summer flowers in Britain, but magnified tenfold in loudness. A special F.D.C. was produced by Franklin Mint for this stamp (numbered 79 from the total of 107) with an information insert by 4 John Pinches. The design of this cover depicts one of these birds hovering, while taking nourishment from flowers of the plantain, as described above. The design of this cover consisted of an engraving by Frank Fretz. l 1flfm 15 Stamp artist Gordon Drummond's choice of bird to be displayed on the 75 Cent stamp, I C 752 I rmm@F¢hnn"mwnnnnmm i _r of this Grenadan set (W.W.F. BS 7) is usually referred to as a Blue-faced Booby, or I In x I 5 occasionally as a Masked Booby. Oddly, the special F.D.C. produced by Franklin Mint and franked with this stamp is numbered 78 out of a total of 106 and not 80 as might I, I be expected. The original engraving on this cover, which is intended to illustrate this . booby's characteristic mode of flight, was designed by John Schoenherr, while the I n 'E information given on a card insert was produced by John Pinches. The catalogue m 'E I é. n numbers of this stamp are - SG 926 and Domfil 978.23. I Q 6 11 n z I u II 4 ~... 'H r a 1 1 J up m -m1 These boobies are scientifically named Sula dactylatra. "Sula", the name of the .. . ' '* genus, is an Icelandic term for a fool, used probably to indicate these birds' stupid looking gait when walking on land. "Dactylatra" comes from the Greek word "daktulos" which literally translates as fingers or toes, but here refers to this bird's primary wing coverts. This has been added to the Latin word "aler" which indicates the colour black. So the whole suits this mainly bright white bird which possesses black coloured primaries. The species Sula dactylatra usually nests on arid islands but fishes over open seas and ocean areas, yet in spite of the patchy distribution of its prey often in quite low densities, the colonies of these birds when breeding often contain thousands of individuals. The females lay two eggs at a time and the first fledgling . .. to hatch out, without fail, always kills its brother or sister when it hatches out. This peculiar habit seems to ... be, on the face of it, quite nonsensical, though maybe the second egg laid is some sort of insurance policy against the first one failing to hatch or producing a sickly chick likely to die early. Why, though, shouldn't both chicks be allowed to develop, without any thought of siblicide? l've wondered about this for some time and suspect that, because this bird's food is not over-plentiful, the raising of just one chick per couple prevents both being underfed and maybe dying though lack of enough sustenance. Maybe these Sulas are not so foolish after all: Now we are getting to the higher values of this set of stamps from Grenada, starting with the one dollar value (W.W.F. BS 8) on which Gordon Drummond has illustrated for us an example of a Broad-winged Hawk, Buteo platypterus perched majestically on a branch. This stamp (SG 927 or Domfil 97824) was honoured on the special F.D.C. ii produced by Franklin Mint which they numbered 80 out of their 107 in total. The original art engraved on this official cover depicts a Broad-winged Hawk swooping low over the countryside in the process of gathering up material for nest building, and was designed by lsa Barnett. As with all these covers, an information card was enclosed an NA A produced by John Pinches. =II.. .| I II ..llll I The scientific name bestowed on the genus, namely "Buteo", is simply the Latin for a Buzzard and not any old hawk as some books state, for that would be "Accipiter". The species name of "platypterus" is supposedly derived from two Greek words, namely "platys", indicating wide and "pteros" which means March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 133 feathered or winged. The Broad-winged Hawk is one of the 212 or so species making up the bird family called the Accipitridae, which has been divided into a number of sections, with the Buteo genus being included in the Buteoninae subfamily. The whitish underwings of Buteo platypterus adults have dark borders, while the tail has alternate broad black and white bands, with the last white one being broader than the others. Typically the juveniles possess a black moustache-like streak and rather indistinct tail bands. These birds can be heard calling on winter grounds and in their breeding areas, when they produce a shrill sounding "pee- twee-pee-twee" whistling noise. Most Broad-winged Hawks spend the northern winter months in South America, but a few of the North American ones remain in southern Florida or migrate there from further north. Though I have never visited the country myself, I have been advised that a trip to the Palo Verde National Park in Costa Rica will prove to be a good place for raptor-loving twitchers, who should either walk or slowly drive along the two main roads, where sightings of Broad-winged Hawks are quite common. Moving on again to the two dollar stamp of the 1978 Grenada set (W.W.F. BS 9) on which perches a Red-necked Pigeon, Columba_..squamosa, which resides on islands forming the Greater, Lesser, and Dutch Antilles. This stamp (SG 928 or Domfil 97825) was not used on any of the Franklin Mint First Day Covers, The genus name of ...... "Columba" is simply the word "pigeon" in Latin, while "squamosa" means scaly in the ...... same language. A quick glance at the picture on the stamp will supply the reason for this pigeon's common name, for even though they are not startlingly coloured (like, say, the GRENADA multicoloured fruit doves) they are far from being drab with their wine-red throat feathers making them look quite handsome. Apparently, in the manner of pigeons in general, these red-necked ones have comparatively "loose-fitting" feathers, which, it has been surmised, has the advantageous effect of leaving would-be predators not so much empty handed, but with rather untasty feathery mouthfuls. Their nests are almost a mere formality, composed as they are by a gathering together of loose twigs formed into an untidy platform. This species' clutch size seems not to have been ascertained, but their youngsters grow-up quite quickly, aided, it would seem, by them being supplied withe most nutritious semi-liquid digest of seeds, etc. obtainable from their parents' crops, which is often called "pigeons' milk". Never mind then, the perceived architectural inadequacies of their nests, these birds prove to be prolific breeders: -| II Il rl1llr lll ll "III:IFH I IIIIII111111 1 .. =- IlIII II an II 'noHull* I -ll*I.l:*FI I I u| lu J I II I IIIu I I 'I v I At last we reach the top value stamp of this bird set from Grenada (SG MS929 or Domfif 978227 which, as the Gibbons number indicates, was issued only within an almost~square shaped miniature sheet measuring 10.3 cm by 9.4. The stamp depicts a perched pair of Scarlet ibises, Eudocimus ruber with an almost identical picturing being used by Gordon Drummond to fill in the left (non-stamp) side of the sheet. The name "GRENADA" appears across the top of the sheet, while reading downwards between the actual stamp and the right edge are the words "WILD BlRDS". Placed beneath the stamp is an enlargement of the original W.W.F. logo contained within a white circle, making it stand out from the pale grass-green background of that part of GRENADA the sheet. l realize that some collectors, particularly those who detest the very existence of miniature sheets, won't be in agreement, but this, I think, is a great miniature sheet, not only because it is beautifully illustrated, but more importantly for someone who sets out his collection species by species, the fact that only Scarlet ibises are pictured on it makes it "just-the-ticket". Within the numbering of the issues covered by these articles this miniature sheet is (W.W.F. BS 10). As to the source of the scientific names of this bard the rather strange sounding "Eudocimus" applied to its genus has been adapted from the Greek word "Eudokimos" which, according to Mr A.F.Gotch in his work "Latin Names Explained", means to be of good repute, or famous, while the specific "ruber" is quite simply the Latin for red or ruddy. Indeed, as a bird, the Scarlet Ibis well qualifies for being the famous red one, for it is probably at least one of the best known and recognizable of species, usually identifiable even by non-ornithologists. No other type of shore or wading bird has such a vivid scarlet plumage, which is made even more conspicuous by the habit of these ibises gathering together in really large flocks in open habitats. This "ruddy man/el" occurs along the marshes and northern coasts of South America, from Brazil to Venezuela, as well as in Trinidad, where it is that island's so called "National Bird" appearing on that country's coat-of-arms. That, I suspect, is the reason for it having had about twenty philatelic Page 134 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3 appearances on stamps issued by Trinidad and Tobago. These birds use their long, downWard-curving, bills to probe out their food, which consists of mainly crabs, along with some small fish, amphibians, molluscs and various other invertebrates from the mud-flats of their habitats. They nest in colonies, usually in the tree tops, on loosely woven platforms of sticks. lt is claimed that for we human beings, observing the sunset flight of these beautiful birds as they journey home to roost in mangrove thickets is one of the most magnificent and satisfying of wild life experiences. Sadly it's not one l've had yet, though l've often gazed on some housed in the Cotswold Wildlife Park near the small Oxfordshire town of Burford. It is claimed, by the way, that the Scarlet Ibises get their gorgeous plumage colouring in the wild by including invertebrates in their diet which contain the pigment carotene that they obtained from eating plant material. In captivity this pigment has to be supplied as an additive to their diet. This then concludes the longest set of W.W.F. bird stamps, though it does tie in first place with another of the same length from the same island's Grenadines. It is a long journey (almost half way round the world in fact) from Grenada to the Indian Ocean island which at one time was, in translation, called the Island of the Swan, by the Portuguese, the Ile de France by the French and Mauritius by the British, though in fact that name was chosen by Admiral van Warwyck of Holland in honour of Prince Mauritius van Nassau, the "Stadthouder" of the Netherlands at the close of the sixteenth century. It was a stamp issued by the postal authorities of Mauritius as part of a set of four which becomes the next of the Panda's birds stamps (WWF BS 11) to come to our attention. This was put on sale in the island's post offices on Thursday September the 9th, 1978 and had the face value of five Rupees, it being the top value of the set (SG 560 or Domfil 978.32). Once again it was designed by Gordon Drummond and depicted a pair of Mauritius Kestrels as well as including the original form of the W.W.F. logo. Along with the other (non bird), stamps of the set, it was multicoloured and lithographed by the firm of Walsall Security Printers, Ltd., who employed paper containing the so-called diagonal multiple- crown CA watermark placed sideways on. It was perforated at the rate of 6.5 per cm by 7.0. This stamp also appeared, along with the other three of the set, in a special (too large to be called miniature) sheet headed "MAURITIUS as World Wildlife" (SG MS561 or Domfil 978.33). This sheet contains brief descriptions of the various species shown on the four MAURITIUS stamps contained within it. The information thus provided for the Mauritius Kestrel states that "this rare bird, now in grave danger of extinction is confined to the forests in the small Black River Gorge area of Mauritius. Even though they are now officially protected, the kestrels, particularly the eggs and chicks, are still under constant threat from predators. Remember, tlssnhvk utauii b».lll# please, that this was produced in 1978. (This special sheet l'm numbering W.W.F. BS 12.) The Welsh ornithologist, Mr Carl Jones, since the 1970s has been involved with a captive breeding programme of Mauritius Kestrels at Black River. Half the cost of this programme has been met by the Jersey Wildlife Trust, now known as the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, of which I am a member. In 1983 eggs were laid in captivity but proved to be infertile. Lee Durrell, at the end of 2001 writing in the Trust's news-letter, said that in the mid-1970s, when there were only four Mauritius Kestrels known living in the wild, most conservationists were of the opinion that they had no hope. "Let the species die out with dignity" they said. But Durrell Wildlife believed that given time and dedication it would be possible to have them flying above the forests and hills of their Indian Ocean island. lt has taken more than twenty years to achieve, but they are! Scientifically they are called Falco punctatus, with "Falco" coming from the Latin word "fax" meaning a sickle, which is a reference to the birds of this genus possessing talons curved like sickles. "Punctatus" is Latin for spotted, which these bird certainly are, especially on their under surfaces, a point very clearly shown on the original design of the Franklin Mint First Day Cover produced for this stamp, which they numbered 107, the last of that particular series. Sadly the artist who designed this cover has not been named. Way back in 1801, C.H.Grant, a noted historian of Mauritius, reported that in those days this kestrel lived close to the sea and fed upon grasshoppers but had no fear of human beings. It is now known that in fact it preys on these and other insects very rarely, preferring to eat lizards and small birds. These kestrels make no nests but lay, usually three, eggs in a shallow depression in a rocky hollow. It seems that only the hen birds sit on and hatch out the white and brownish spotted eggs, though both of the parents bring food to the developing chicks. This fledgling food nearly always consists of small, probably very young, lizards. The adult Mauritius Kestrel's head and face are streaked with brown, while the breast is white, as stated above, with heart-shaped speckles that are black in colour. The "bright" looking eyes are dark brown. March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 135 The philatelic appearances of Falco puncfatus have not been very many, with the majority having been engendered by the Mauritian Post Office, rather unsurprisingly, plus one from the island of Jersey on which, instead of the panda emblem of the W.W.F, is the quite appropriate Dodo logo of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. Perhaps the most unlikely philatelic source of a picture of this species occurred on Wednesday November the 29th 1989 when the post offices of Sierra Leone put on sale a miniature sheet priced at 150 Leones dedicated to this bird. Before consideration is given to the next issue of W.W.F. bird stamps, I ought perhaps explain to readers not "in the know" that the charity entered into an agreement with Franklin Mint, resulting in that company acting as their authorised philatelic agents to bring about their stamp productions. This lasted from 1969 until the end of 1982. Since 1983 the Swiss firm called Groth AG has taken over the job under a global licence from the World Wide Fund For Nature. (More on WWF. issues by Tom Lloyd in future) Tom Lloyd's collecting principles When he wrote to me about this series Tom look the trouble to explain his attitude to collecting, giving full weight to philatelic aspects as well as to the theme. I hope he will forgive me for quoting an extract from his letter here. I think it could stimulate others to respond - or even follow suit. On the opposite page I have reproduced a sample page from his collection, that concerning the Atlantic Puflin, because it illustrates how he puts his principles in practice. . . . . Editor ...... "I don't know about you, but I often find the information (or lack of it) contained in the various stamp catalogues most infuriating, for I like to know all about every issue of items included in my own collection. Thematic collecting is, thank goodness, gaining in respectability throughout the philatelic world, but those collecting in this way must always remember that the items within their collections - if they're stamps - have been designed, printed and priced to pay for the delivery of mail, so philatelic information is very important. These remarks are targeted at anyone presenting a display of a theme to stamp clubs, etc., for l've often asked such "displayers" questions like "who designed that stamp?" or "who printed it?" - and have got back a shrug of the shoulders with the statement "I don't know" said in such a manner that it was quite obvious there was little chance of them trying to find out!! . Thus I would like thematic stamp catalogues to state the day, month and year of issue, together with the name of the designer and printer and printing method used, plus any watermark, phosphor lines or special surfaces connected with the paper and the perforation measurements. As far as one's own collection goes, it is obviously not possible to remember these facts about each stamp in it, so I put it on each page. I was caught out once when giving a display by some "wag" in the audience asking me on what day of the week was such and such a stamp first put on sale. From now on I include that information as well!" Tom Lloyd In response I offered some thoughts about the catalogue policy of Stanley Gibbons and others: "lt would be wonderful indeed if thematic catalogues carried the full complement of philatelic data that appears in the specialist country catalogues but l know of none that do. The catalogue producers would probably say that it would make them too big and expensive to sell readily and l suspect that those, like Gibbons, who produce both kinds have more than half an eye on the potential for double sales as well. f have reluctantly come to terms with buying the Gibbons 'Part'°Catafogues as they come out in order to pick up the philatelic detail and l keep years of back numbers of Gibbons Stamp Monthly (GSM) to supplement them. The trouble with even this policy is that half the 'Overseas' Parts have not appeared in new editions for a decade or more and the GSM supplements are equally out-of-date for many of the countries involved. Now we have a new problem with Part 1 because it will no longer be re-issued annually as a comprehensive listing. For post-1950 issues we shall have to accumulate the new Part 1 counhy catalogues that we want - and doubtless the "difficult" countries will be ignored indefinitely like the 'Overseas' ones. I don't see much prospect of improvement in this area unless, in time, comprehensive web-based catalogues are developed." Editor Page 136 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No.3 ~1"'--1"l-~\_ an I .q Plan am FRA'[FIR(,UIA ARCTICA. ALL ANT 7 V'LJrF IN '_ F5-ELNIFLIC ._- I mum f (1)URlTL*5H INDIAN OCEAN 'IERRTIYFY 13/1 Pence Stalin issued 22/5/200O.IJe=:i;;fJ7pci by I P.J.Hoyal.Lit)1olgr'qi':cci by Wakaall Security Printers on paper wit~h The djaglozmal I multiple cwoam & c.A. ,\w111em1v,=1urk.Perlhr~'ated '7-?5/cm, by '7-25/cm. I (2)MAN)( 13 Pefxee stamp PO/*TJ/1'§3F19.l)esigned by William Ol1ver.L.it.hog;mthy I N I s I by Quests color* security Printp1~=.,r.ta. ,m Lnw=1Lermar'1 -.|-|n||-- BRITISH lNDlAN ...... Isle .. .. .as%1]=1£;°a'1u\l ocuw ILRRIIORY I . .. Cr z1 nl;n4na;n I f Euzlrnrya I 1 KINCDG1 ,A ELm:t~az.oa I I I 5 I ! (PHY11JM _ 1 Hs: I I croups L I L A r Craniate Ir 's chordates I I`HY1lM Craniata (Fl37:'lLB2 ) I NATURAI. HTSTURY :- SUP! {YLl1*1 This mcsdilm sized aLi<,v.r1'th H length of 32cm,is a sent bin] with a large heeled Vertebrata and ax short: 1'a'i 1 .Tn the sunny it is 1.rxn1'st-Jlcmblc lxeing, blzacck above and white (;u°Lezs i below,wii'h a large white patch on each side of' its kxzad and pumi.-»likc multi- I Aves N oolourexl lxaak.T1's fcxztz and leg-s are bright oranges. Pairs perform face -Lu - (umm face, bill rapping di:spla;ys 'Jn the spri.ng,Line.'1h&se birds fl.v strongly l vrith Onareudlrii- t`ast be.LLing wi.rlg;s.'l'Iey can swim well unden»4ate=r~,dnalsing after f`1sh,wiH1 sand ibmes eels being an of tam favouritz d'xJice.Fid1 are packed, cIuss-wi.z8ee,iJ1 the bill, rumhuny | beibre they set off to carry than to their yoLane;,at hone in shallow rebUs in I Alcidaie Lnde1"QFol.lIld bU1r'I*OWS, lined with t`eathel"r=s anf grass. The 1arlnter*tin'e usually was aspect out at sea,wi11'1 only a very I`ew relairdrwg inshore. Fwztczmlila a°EcIEs attica I 1 f I c 4 I I J r 4 i J. r 44-l-hun» we-he W +-wwvu1vuh1h1i--in -;5.l; aT "DLLECTICN I March 2003 Vol. 17 No. FLIGHT Page 137 THE OILBI HAN FICTIO y Roy W. Rings (729) vwvvuvvvtuvsvvwwvll1¢~vrulrv\rvvv¥ 3 A few days ago, January 7, 2003, I received a selection of bird stamps from a dealer in Caracas, Venezuela and he included a gift that was m :» Venezuela Scott 1251 featuring a guacharo cave. Guacharo is the local N name for the Oilbird. I also received Scott 1210 which is the only stamp m Q that portrays this species. Taxonomically the Oilbird is Sfeatornis al m cadpensis, Family Steatornithidae, Order Caprimulgiformes. The Oilbird is o In i-1 lr. we ru- .1 rs--"'f l > I I ll.lll ill .I II 1111111 lh..llI ill I' ill ". II | I I | II I an accepted common name for the owl-like, cave-dwelling bird which gets its name from the most unusual way the birds were formerly used by the Indians of Venezuela. The naked young birds were fed on rich, oily fruits and became grotesquely fat, reaching twice the adult weight at their maximum size. The baby birds were taken from their nests in caves and boiled down in water for oil for cooking and for their torches for night forays. The Oilbird spends its days in dark caves, manoeuvring by means of =...-' q l a bat-like, sonar device, or echo-locator, found in the ears. It emits a H.. 1 clicking sound at an audible frequency of 7,000 cycles per second, unlike the bat's cry, which is supersonic. The vocal emissions of the oilbird can be easily heard by the human ear while the bird is in flight For night-flying the bird depends upon its large, highly light-sensitive eyes. Oilbirds occur throughout northern South America and on the island of Trinidad. The birds are rich brown in colour with black bars and scattered white spots. They are 33cm in length and have wingspans of 91 cm. They have powerful, hooked beaks surrounded by stiff, whisker-like hairs. They use their beaks to pluck fruit while the bird hovers in the air, it never perches. Oilbirds are also the only nocturnal, fruit-eating birds. They nest in large colonies on high, rocky cave ledges, often quite far into the cave. The female lays two to four eggs in a clutch, and the eggs hatch in about 33 days. VERTISEME l . Our latest BIRD LISTS 155 + 156 (Unmounted Met) are now available Free copy on request. (Overseas $2 for Air postage) I'-J I'-J Clearance List also available for Mounted Mint and Fine Used Birds. (No.157) DJ DJ Your Wants List also welcome. (SG or Domfil Ref.) 4. Ask for our latest BIRD AUCTION CATALOGUE Contains many Rare and Unusual Items (Free in UK, $2 Overseas) Anthony Grainger Phone: 0113-2583790 42 Lee Lane East Horsforth Leeds LS18 SRE End}and e mail: birdstanlps@the-g1°aingers.freese1've.co.uk Page 138 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No.3 ?. 5 ...... THE WORLD ON STAMPS - PART 1 . . .; . .. E By E Reg Jones (66) :...... Clements H&M (2nd) ...... s. . 1. ANGUILLA ZENAIDA DOVE (Zenaida auria) 72-112 65-112 ...... Also known as the COMMON GROUND DOVE, RED DOVE, SEASIDE DOVE, WOOD DOVE or ...... MOUNTAIN DOVE...... Stamps Year Values SG No.(unless othewvise stated) ...... ANGUILLA 1995 4 values 959~962 (20, 45, 50cr & 255) . . . .. ANTIGUA 1976 2c 471 .. . . .. BARBADOS 1979 450 632 .. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1973 5c 290 ii It LI 1985 $5 578 COOK ISLANDS 1985 MS $5.20 MS 1021 (c) (Audubon) ...... DOMINICA 1975 8c 497 ...... GRENADA 2000 $1 3927 NEVIS 1991 400 604 I ST. KITTS 1981 $2.50 68 Zrgyuiffa Hrgguflfa 45c 201; t faster 190 LE¢l_-rtvf' 1°7*?5 l '2lrzgui([a 1 Flnguiffa '.t't~ $5 r 50a 33? Easter Easter 109:7 . ANTIGUA - MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD (Fregata magnificens) 19-3 19-3 The MAN O' WAR BIRD, WEATHER BIRD, SCISSOR-TAIL or SCISSORS. I Stamps r g | 1 I At least 60 stamps from 26 countries. llllI l I 0 5 l o » II 'lil I I I I II II |: I Ii I I II II * * . s • .. • .. • ANTIGUA r' »1 EAQBLJDA -go .\ l . I. 0 I "l5¢ I .. l . q A ... 4 L . "\ n 1 '*~I'*\_ 1 * - .- y z.*-?-T g" * 3» , r * » £,-5 a r . . "_ - ,P .* I . .41:.;>.*. _ ,:. .. la- , n . ...g r; ¢.. 1 \ 4 "~: \ . 4 ?-'E,.. J a . 'i-m .ve 2 r r ":. **.v' 1 * 3 » . . *" ," a» .,ex , . ....?:**'*\*;* I . ....b. -v.;.}..,.t., * I 1 . . j P Y x . . * - * "vi., q * 4 ¢, ,a 1 I | ;. 2...' 4 ___,¢ I I I I I March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 139 3. ARGENTINA U RUFOUS HORNERO (Furn arius rufus) 107-40 102-39 The BAKER, HORNERO or OVENBIRD ARGENTINA 1966 27.50+12.50p 1166 1994 1r 2661 URUGUAY 1963 50c 1206 g . O 4 . 1*\-l. lim 1lnilu 'S 1]l2el1r:;uA~. I l I »» H n 4. AUSTRALIA - (1) LAUGHING KOOKABURRA (Dacelo novaeguineae) 89-25 84-34 Also known as the LAUGHING JACKASS or JACKASS, the GREAT BROWN KINGFISHER, the GIANT KINGFISHER, the LAUGHING KINGFISHER or KOOKABURRA. Alternative scientific names of Dacelo gigas or Alcedo novaeguineae. There are upward of 19 stamps from 9 countries with 10+ from Australia. six f planet-1 0 i ¢»~»q¢'* _ ?°"1¢¥ Austrzxliaa 2()< n n 'I (2) EMU (Dromaius novaehollandiae) 4-1 4-1 This bird is also known as the SPOTTED EMU, the AUSTRALIAN EMU or the LARGE EMU and has an alternative scientific name of Drorriiceius novaehollandiae. vvrvvvvvv Al L§TnA1.1F\ q There are some 48 stamps from 9 countries with 39+ from Australia. .¢ 'I I 4 <4 * iv 1. 1A* I v V* .'¢' f '~ "¢ 'H 4 I r 1/ 1 Q!~v ur w = gum | 2? go . . A ,J- A ' . ,U .011 l £1| (' l 523 A¢lqAJ.A.N.AN.;AAA v 'ss *' ' Y r f a g, 11 J I up L "r ` z=*»§z1:'>s;s:=&§@~ Au AT i |. A r 1 x _-~ A MHlllHHi*ll'Ill1»r I it :I 'II 1 3 Page 140 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3 5. AUSTRIA an BARN SWALLOW (Hirundo rusfica) 123-47 11783 Otherwise known by a long list of alternative names: SWALLOW, EUROPEAN SWALLOW, COMMON SWALLOW, EURASIAN SWALLOW, EAST ASIAN SWALLOW, CHIMNEY SWALLOW, RUSTIC SWALLOW, HOUSE SWALLOW with local names like the Scottish SWALLA & LATOWER or the CHRISTMAS BIRD or HIRONDELLE. Stamps up vi v Iv | I I I Definitely too numerous to list, I estimate around 109 stamps from 67 sources. I 0L éwuwwww-w-w=r=if=-w=-vu-uv=u-=-u-=~r-\¢-*w--u--u=u----w--w--w *r 'ur-I' F. "i p A a AND . BAHAMAS - GREATER FLAMINGO (Phoenicopferus rubber) 25-1.1 25-1 The alternative scientific name places it as a sub-species - Phoenicopterus roseus ruber. There are many alternative names, including ROSY FLAMINGO, FILLY-MINGO, FLAMENCO, PINK FLAMINGO, FLAMANT, ROSEATE FLAMINGO, SCARLET FLAMINGO, AMERICAN FLAMINGO, CARIBBEAN FLAMINGO, CUBAN FLAMINGO, WEST INDIAN FLAMINGO, GREAT FLAMINGO, FLANMAN and FLAMANT ROSE. Stamps A low estimate is of 160 stamps from 74 countries! The Bahamas list at least 19 stamps with 2 very nice se-tenant strips of 5 stamps each. 250 IBAHAMAS 25c EBAHAMAS 250 dl 3' h¢l~=run»~4 rulers' viwww wwwwwvw we WW .\`ATIO'\'Al. TRI.T*1T s x.\¥Inl<-u flu ~e~l . \'~\ HON-Xl !'l{l."~4! u xmlumu !RI"i! xml If *\ -Xa UH '*~2i 'ilV#'l1'1 lla:w1'r.\nrv 4 nn:rc.°'.C»r iv Jrnrvi 'f at v *I unfvs 7. BALI - BALI MYNAH (Leucopsar rothschildy 190-52 166-66 This beautiful and critically endangered bird is also known as the BALI STARLING, ROTHSCHILD'S MYNAH oR STARLING, the WHITE STARLING, the BALI WHITE MYNA, the WHITE MYNA or ROTHSCHILD'S GRACKLE. March 2003 Vol. 17 No. FLIGHT Page 141 (BALI MYNAH) Stamps INDONESIA 1982 100r 1682 } MS500r MS 1684 } (same design) 1996 300r 2280 MS1250r MS 2280(a) JERSEY 1972 39 74 8. BANGLADESH - MAGPIE ROBIN (Copsychus saularis) 112-180 130-38 The MAGPIE ROBIN or DHAYAL is also known by the following alternative names: SHAMA, ROBIN DAYAL, DYAL THRUSH, ROBIN DYAL, ASIAN MAGPIE~ROBIN, INDIAN MAGPIE-ROBIN, SOUTHERN MAGPiE-ROelN, DHYAL BIRD, DYAL, DYAL BIRD. Stamps BANGLADESH 1983 50p 204 II MS MS 208 BERNERA IS. 1978 50p Rosen BN36 BHUTAN 1998 90ch 1276 BRUNEI 1992 60 sen 516 CHINA (P.R.I 1982 MS $2 MS3207 (lower left) CHINA (TAIWAN) 1989 $5 718 MACAO 1995 MS 10p MS903 RUMANIA 1991 21 MS5338B SINGAPORE 1998 60c 920 Ill' Ill • VIETNAM (NORTH) 1973 20x N742 • 35% .• I VIETNAM 1980 * emeralamds 50x 359' • .~> .• igootlanci .• • nmarw .• .• I .• • n• . I ;» r x • U • », o 0 osooooooaaoooaooooovlooooooovo 9. BELGIUM - COMMON KESTREL (Falco tinnunculus) 32~26 32-28 There are numerous alternative and local names for the Kestrel. EUROPEAN KESTREL, ROCK KESTREL, OLD WORLD KESTREL, KASTRIL, KISTRIL, WINDHOVER, STONEGAIL, STEINGAIL, STANNEL I KEELIE, CASTREL and STANNIEL. Scottish names include KEELIE HAWK, REDHAWK 1 STANCHEL, STENCHIL, WILLIE WHIP THE WIND, STANNIEL and, from other parts, WINRIBBER (Kent), WIND CUFFER (Orkney), WIND FANNER (Sussex) and WIND FLICKER. There are also FLICKWIND from Northants and another Kent name WIND SUCKER. * g, Stamps :I At least 41 from 36 countries or sources. IfI n-l!4'r: `i' ':1 'x Ill! §nl.l-l1..ll J, re Lu A I .,r I* HMHIHMHMHHM11-. »- I "'.L'f"' Hhl.'H1"'H'.'= II 11*I n1n=m~m H'--'Hl...H..=ll1,.,l l.l [H I Page 142 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No.3 10. BELIZE - KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN (Ramphastos sulfuratus) 102-31 98-31 Also known as the SULPHUR-BREASTED TOUCAN or the RAINBOW-BILLED TOUCAN (Ramphastos carinatus). Stamps At least 40 stamps from 26 countries. » o v".r'Tlu"."1 *J-.'..~ J-L-» Ag. 09 10<° I 1 ;:....,:.:= . .. > I 4 .». 5 al*,: 1 v, '»1 v ~, IBWWN > | , ~r \|. | . =| 4 "8.;;f.:;.1=; .i.1 a In . an a 1, r - 5 =. I < %ii& Y | q N > » 1 :as I 3 g -. E. `- v -0 =l I A E 1 *et ` ' 4' ' 4 F 3 i• 1 'z ~sun : s . | 4' 1:;:1:§P8.1E.:353:51, 1 ¢ I .v g wt . 4 E » Q \. g » 4 g I 1 if L je ,J »#`.-s 'O E 1 I' i-_ 5 ' _ , € I I n » 1 I l BELIZE»wm ,... I, *in--ln-I-¢-_ in_lgr _*L.;5 I BELIZE,,.,,.,..~-. I g. -.,._..~~ *FEW 81u. ED to U 11. BERMUDA - WHITE-TAILED TROPICBIRD (Phaethon Iepturus) 14-3 14-3 This wonderful bird is also known as the YELLOW-BILLED TROPICBIRD, GOLDEN BOSUNBIRD, WHITE-TAILED BOSUNBIRD, LONG-TAILED TROPICBIRD, TRUPHIT, CHITEE~CHURO, LONGTAIL, SCISSOR-TAIL, BOATSWAIN BIRD. BO'SUN BIRD and lots of other local names. Stamps There are at least 70 stamps from 29+ countries, including 11 from Bermuda. ».-' liwwwi ww wwwvwww-wwhung Antigua & Barbuda r P I POSTAGE 290th Anniwexuary Ofthg/' • birth of John Audubcr' I .1i2O*¢*lQ,Q1*&°#Q¢.$.*! Mb ofa-m |»* H.\1LU_*» ul *i hr -sulnsuhu &\».5¢..Ld~nll»l» q& t2ER,1iUD,i' I .moan 758. 17: up '4~ al' J' \ .r LNhnnnnnnnnannnnnlmla¢n4nnn»\w¢nnum.¢nn»»nu\g a. - uNusual.1l.1lt1.»4-l1#-0\¢U¢.t§!*O l V I 3/.'/ *r I r s * 1* i* March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 143 12. BHUTAN - COMMON RAVEN (Corvus corax) 189-117 175409 The Raven is also called the NORTHERN RAVEN, BROWN-NECKED RAVEN, GREAT RAVEN, CORBIE or CORBIE CROW, MARBURAN (Cornwall), GROUPY CRAW, CORBY or REVIN in Scotland and RALPH in Cheshire. Stamps There are some 15 stamps from 12 countries, some fr om the fable "The Raven and the Fox". l;€:1.»5'»4n enc; Uganda label >> OSTA 7sl19A\ 110 13. BOLIVIA - ANDEAN CONDOR (Vultur gryphus) 28-6 28-7 The Condor is the national bird of 4 South American ib""W"vl'w8r"v"w"w*"liw*u="wv°"wr*'w"1v-"lr U* up U II w u v u CORREOS DE BOLIVIA countries - BOLIVIA, CHILE, COLUMBIA and ECUADOR. It appears as a 'heraldic' bird on many coats of arms. Stamps There is an abundance of stamps FBUNA EN PELIGPO DE EJTIHUDN over 100 from 17 countries. 14. BRAZIL - GOLDEN CONURE (Aratinga guarouba) 74-201 68-144 This parrot has alternative names of GOLDEN PARAKEET, QUEEN'S CONURE, BAVARIA'S CONURE, the QUEEN OF BAVARIA CONURE, QUEEN OF BAVARIA'S CONURE and ARARAJUBA. Alternative scientific names are Guarouba guarouba and Psiftacus guarouba. Stamps ANTIGUA 2000 $1.20 CONGO 2000 5f GUYANA 1990 $60 PARAGUAY 1983 GS5 (label) 8355 SIERRA LEONE 2000 8001 SPANISH SAHARA 1993 120ptas TANZANIA 1995 75sh. 1065 UNITED NATIONS 1995 $7 V180 (Vienna) ZAMBIA 1997 K500 Appendix 15. BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS n. MOURNING DOVE (Zenaida macro ura) 72-109 65-110 Also known as the AMERICAN MOURNING DOVE, CAROLINA DOVE, LONG-TAILED PEA DOVE, FIFI '.P.Q¢ql¢vv.»l¢l or RABICHE §"+§' '-f~'§'v" # w - _ (Colurnba macro ura or BJNHIIIJS Bahamas 31 35 *i Q Zenaidura macroura) . u l»» §'x Qamps U =» b. e= At least 16 from 12 different countries, but . . 5__ . r . . k . . . not the British Virgin . . . . . . Muufrurin DOW . Islands. 1 151 . M "Jo we Us we . . . ZvnmMa mismuum . P we unlink ohm.: Csrléi ...... -JO .a.4s-a.m!lfL=~!~ . .s»W¢ . . . . Page 144 FLIGHT March 2003 VOL17 No.3 I I I: 1 I. .I .. . .. 16. BURMA (MYANMAR) - BURMESE PEACOCK - (Polyplectron bicalcaratum) 38-147 35-198 This bird is also known as the GREY PEACOCK-PHEASANT, the COMMON PEACOCK~PHEASANT, the IRIS PEACOCK-PHEASANT, Hisifr, 1PI.l*'v the CHINGUIS PEACOCK-PHEASANT and the MALAYSIAN PEACOCK-PHEASANT (Pavo bicalcuratus). 5 H QISR Stamps BHUTAN 1968 4c, 50c & 4n 189, 194 & 199 } II 1970 200 on 4n 220 } 20c on 50c 240 } (same design) f';Ifu:1'rl":r:»n b' ltr.lf:llnrT1 Land' HUNGARY 1977 6fo 3012 17. CANADA - COMMON LOON (Gavia immer) 8-4 8-4 Known as loons in the Americas, the GREAT NORTHERN DIVER, NORTHERN DIVER or ICE DIVER is also known as the CARARA ARRAN UAGYAR' P05714 6Fr HAWK, OLLAN HAWK, EMBER' GOOSE, EMMER GOS, IMMER, LEAM, BISHOP, NAAK and HOLLAND HAWK. Stamp ANTIGUA 1986 $3 label 993 CANADA 1957 50 495 GAMBIA 1985 MS10d MS 585 GREENLAND 1967 90m 65 .. 1988 7k 175 HAITI 1975 75c, 19 & 1g50 MK1406 ICELAND 1967 20k 430 MONGOLIA 1978 40m 1140 l x pa no e u":r's*°l w .I n'V"'v'1*5""?l¥ PABAY 1981 10p U.S.A. 1982 200 1952 N.W.F. 1969 18. CAYMAN ISLANDS ul CAYMAN PARROT (Amazona leucocephala) 74-299 69-238 (SSP. caymanensis) i; This is a sub-species of the CUBAN AMAZON from the GRAND l CAYMAN ISLAND. Other sub-species are from the Bahamas L=i»==&1IS.¢lia&...A&.li.£..E@a=...l,.-&._.I==»--*A.»&...&Jn».»1»~ Dr an a_i. -¢...eLJi,A£-.4 LOL n...¢ JL .L and Cuba. The parrot is also known as the GRAND CAYMAN PARROT or CAYMAN AMAZON www www ww www Stamps CAYMAN ISLANDS 1962 My 165 1975 50c 388 1993 50 x 2. 30c x 2 765-768 1996 800 830 1997 MS80c 1998 867 .a.nnnn*.laon.sn.ul-m».»a.n s ., M'i"¢' r I OF PART 1 CONTINUED) b\*' f'¢tlrnJ' 4:46aff'-*flJ March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 145 LISTINGS by Randy Shore Randy Shore, who produces the new issues for the American Topical Association's Biophilately magazine, has embarked on a definitive listing of duck stamps. "Flight" new issue listings have generally ignored these Revenue items, but I know that many members collect them so I hope it will be of service if I reproduce Randy's listings as they appear. Here is the first installment Editor UNITED STATES FEDERAL DUCK STAMPS 1934-2001 RW1 $1.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos RW2 $1.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria RW3 $1.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis RW4 $1.00 27.129 Greater Scaup, Aythya manila RW5 $1.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Aras acute RW6 $1.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis RW7 $1.00 27.091 American Black Duck, Anas rubripes RW8 $1.00 27.151 Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis RW9 $1.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana RW10 $1.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor RW1 t $1.00 27.021 Greater White-fronted Goose, Ariser albifrons Rw12 $1.00 27.113 Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata RW13 $1.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana RW14 $1.00 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens RW15 $1.00 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola RW16 $2.00 27.140 Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula RW17 $2.00 . 27.014 Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator RW18 $2.00 27.074 Gadwall, Aras strepera RW19 $2.00 27.135 Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus RW20 $2.00 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors RW21 $2.00 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collars RW22 $2.00 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens RW23 $2.00 27.147 Common Merganser, Mergus merganser RW24 $2.00 27.131 Common Eider, Somateria mollissima RW25 $2.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis RW26 $3.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos RW27 $3.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana RW28 $3.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos RW29 $3.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute RW30 $3.00 27.031 Brant, Branta bemicla RW31 $3.00 27.028 Hawaiian Goose, Branta sandvicensis RW32 $3.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria RW33 $3.00 27.016 Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus RW34 $3.00 27.136 Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis RW35 $3.00 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus RW36 $3.00 27.139 White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fusca RW37 $3.00 27.026 Ross's Goose, Chen rossi RW38 $3.00 27.109 Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera RW39 $5.00 27.027 Emperor Goose, Chen canagica RW40 $5.00 27.134 SteIler's Eider, Polysticta stelleri RW41 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor RW42 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria RW43 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis RW44 $5.00 27.026 Ross's Goose, Chen rossi RW45 $5.00 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus RW46 $7.50 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis RW47 $7.50 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos RW48 $7.50 27.151 Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis RW49 $7.50 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria RW50 $7.50 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute RW51 $7.50 27.071 American Wigeon, Aras americana RW52 $7.50 27.109 Cinnamon Teal, Aras cyanoptera RW53 $7.50 27.004 Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor RW54 $10.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana RW55 $10.00 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens Page 146 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No.3 RW56 $1255 27.130 Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis RW57 $1250 27.009 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna autumnali¢ RW58 $15.00 27.132 King Eider, Somateria spectabilis RW59 $1500 27.133 Spectacled Eider, Somateria fischer RW60 $1500 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria RW61 $15.00 27.146 Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus separator RW62 $15.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos Rwes $15.0 27.138 Surf Scoter, Melanitta perspicillata Rw64 $1500 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis RW65 $15.00 27.141 Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica RW65A $1500 27.141 Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica (Self-Adhes RW66 $15.00 27.129 Greater Scaup, Aythya manila RW66A $15,00 27.129 Greater Scaup, Aythya manila (Self-Adhesive) RW67 $15.00 27.090 Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula RW67A $15.0 27.090 Mottled Duck, Aras fulvigula (Self-Adhesive) RW68 $15.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute RW68A $15.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute (Self-Adhesive) RW69 $15.00 27.137 Black Scoter, Melanitia nigra RW69A $15.00 27.137 Black Scoter, Melanitta nigra (Self-Adhesive) UNITED STATES FEDERAL JU NIOR DUCK STAMPS 1993-2000 JDS-1 $5.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana JDS-2 $500 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus JDS-3 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Aras acute JDS~4 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria JDS-5 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis JDS-6 $5.00 27.091 American Black Duck, Aras rubripes JDS-7 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor JDS-8 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute JDS-9 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos ALABAMA STATE DUCK STAMPS 1979-2001 AL1 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor AL2 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos Al..3 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis AL4 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis AL5 $5.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana AL6 $5.00 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola AL7 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor AL8 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis AL9 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute AL10 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria ALL t $5.00 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus AL12 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor AL13 $5.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana AL14 $5.00 27.109 Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera AL15 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Aras carolinensis ALee $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria AL17 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis AL18 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor AL19 $5.00 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens AL20 $5.00 27.141 Barrow's Golder eye, Bucephala islandica AL21 $5.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana AL22 $5.00 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola AL23 $5.00 27.151 Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis ALASKA STA TE DUCK STAMP S 1985-2001 AKA $5.00 27.027 Emperor Goose, Chen canagica AK2 $5.00 27.134 StelIer's Eider, Polysticta stelleri AK3 $5.00 27.133 Spectacled Eider, Somateria fischer AK4 $5.00 27.014 Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator AK5 $5.00 27.141 Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica AK6 $5.00 27.136 Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis AK7 $5.00 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens AK8 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria AK9 $5.00 27.021 Tule Greater White-fronted Goose, Ariser albifrons el AK10 $5.00 27.135 Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus AK11 $5.00 27.031 Pacific Brant, Branta bernice nigricans March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 147 AK12 $5.00 27.029 Aleutian Canada Goose, Branta oanadensis Ieucopare AK13 $5.00 27.132 King Eider, Somateria spectabilis AK14 $5.00 27.141 Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica AK15 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Aras acute AK16 $5.00 27.131 Common Eider, Somateria mollissima AK17 $5.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Aras americana ARIZONA ST ATE DUCK STAMPS 1987-2001 AZ1 $5.50 27.099 Northern Pintail, Aras acute AZ2 $5.50 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis AZ3 $5.50 27.109 Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera AZ4 $5.50 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis AZ5 $5.50 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Aras discors AZT $5.50 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola AZ7 $5.50 27.087 Mexican Duck, Anas platyrhynchos diaz AZ8 $5.50 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos AZT $5.50 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana A210 $5.50 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria AZ11 $5.50 27.074 Gadwall, Anas strepera A212 $5.50 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor AZ13 $5.50 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens AZ14 $7.50 27.151 Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis A215 $7.50 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana ARKANSAS S TATE DUCK STA MPS 1981-2001 ARE $5.50 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos AR2 $5.50 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor AR3 $5.50 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Aras carolinensis AR4 $5.50 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute AR5 $5.50 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos AR6 $5.50 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos AR7 $7.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor AR7b $5.50 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor AR8 $7.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute AR8b $5.50 27.099 Northern Pintail, Aras acute AR9 $7.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos AR10 $7.00 27.091 American Black Duck, Aras rubripes and 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos AR11 $7.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana AR12 $7.00 27.113 Northern Shoveler, Aras clypeata ARt3 $7.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos AR14 $7.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis AR15 $7.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos AR1e $7.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos (Black Lab) AR17 $7.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (Chocolate Lab) AR18 $7.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (Yellow Lab) AR19 $7.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor AR20 $7.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (Golden Retriever) AR21 $7.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria CALIFORNIA STATE DUCK STA MPS 1971-2001 CA1 $1.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute CA2 $1.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria CA3 $1.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos CA4 $1.00 27.021 Greater White-fronted Goose, Ariser albifrons CA5 $1.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis CA6 $1.00 27.071 American .Wigeon, Aras americana CA7 $1.00 27.109 Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera CA8 $5.00 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus CA9 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor CA10 $5.00 27.099 Northern Piritail, Anas acute CA11 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria CA12 $5.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana cA13 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Aras carolinensis CA14 $7.50 27.087 Mallard Decoy, Anas platyrhynchos CA15 $7.50 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris CAN $7.50 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis CAN $7.50 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana Page 148 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3 CA18 $7,50 27.067 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos CA19 $7.50 27.109 Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera CAN $7.50 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta oanadensis CA21 $7.90 27.074 Gadwall, Anas strepera CA22 $7.90 27.021 Greater White-fronted Goose, Ariser albifrons CA23 $10.0 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute CA24 $10.50 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor CA25 $10.50 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens CA26 $10.50 27.067 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos CA27 $10.0 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute CA28 $21.00 27.076 Green~winged Teal, Anas carolinensis (se-tenant pair: CA29 $21.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor (se-tenant pair) CAN $1050 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis and 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos and 27.071 American Wigeon, Aras americana CAN $10.50 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria COLORADO STATE DUCK STAMPS 1990-2001 CON $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis CO2 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos CO3 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute CO4 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis CO5 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor CO6 $5.00 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola CO7 $5.00 27.109 Cinnamon Teal, Anas cyanoptera CO8 $5.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana CO9 $5.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana CO10 $5.00 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors CO11 $5.00 27.074 Gadwall, Anas strepera CO12 $5.00 27.151 Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis CONNECTICU T STAT E DUCK STAMPS 1993~2001 CT1 $5.00 27.091 American Black Duck, Anas rubripes (lighthouse) CT2 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria (lighthouse) CT3 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos CT4 $5.00 27.136 Long-tailed Duck, Clangula hyemalis (lighthouse) CT5 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis CTG $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos CT7 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis (lighthouse) CTS $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor CT9 $5.00 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola DELAVWARE STATE DUCK STAMPS 1980-2001 DE1 $5.00 27.091 American Black Duck, Aras rubripes DE2 $5.00 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens DE3 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis DE4 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria I DE5 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos DE6 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute DE7 $5.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana DE8 $5.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana DE9 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor DE10 $5.00 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola DE11 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis DE12 $5.00 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus DE13 $5.00 27.113 Northern Shoveler, Aras clypeata DE14 $5.00 27.140 Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula DEt5 $500 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens (dark phase) DE16 $5.00 27.130 Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis DEt7 $6.00 27.074 Gadwall, Aras strepera DE18 $600 27.139 White-winged Scoter, Melanitta fuss DE19 $600 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Aras discors DE20 $6.00 27.016 Tundra Swan, Cygnus columbianus DE21 $600 27.031 Brant, Branta bernice DE22 $6.00 27.136 Long-taited Duck, Clangula hyemalis FLORIDA STATE DUCK STAMPS 1979-2001 FL1 $3.25 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Aras carolinensis March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 149 FL2 $3.25 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute FL3 $3.25 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana FL4 $3.25 27.122 Ring~necked Duck, Aythya collars FL5 $3.25 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola FL6 $3.25 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus FL7 $3.25 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor FL8 $3.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria FL9 $3.50 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos .1. FL10 $3.50 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana FL11 $3.50 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors FL12 $3.50 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor FL13 $3.50 27.099 Northern Pintail, Aras acute FL14 $3.50 27.151 Ruddy Duck, Oxyura jamaicensis FL15 $3.50 27.071 American Wigeon, Aras americana FL16 $3.50 27.090 Mottled Duck, Aras fulvigula FL17 $3.50 27.004 Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Dendrocygna bicolor FL18 $3.50 27.140 Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula FL19 $3.50 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus FL20 $3.50 27.113 Northern Shoveler, Aras clypeata FL21 $3.50 27.099 Northern Pintail, Aras acute FL22 $3.50 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collars FL23 $3.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria GEORGIA ST ATE DUCK STAM PS 1985-1999 GA1 $5.50 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor GA2 $5.50 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos GA3 $5.50 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis GA4 $5.50 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collars GA5 $5.50 27.999 Golden Retriever & Duckling GA6 $5.50 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor GA7 $5.50 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis GA8 $5.50 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola (lighthouse) GA9 $5.50 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos GA10 $5.50 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collars GA11 $5.50 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana GA12 $550 27.091 American Black Duck, Anas rubripes GA13 $5.50 27.130 Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis (lighthouse) GA14 $5.50 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collars GA15 $5.50 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute HAWAII STAT E DUCK STAMPS 1996-2001 HI1 $5.00 27.028 Hawaiian Goose, Branta sandvicensis Hl2 $5.00 27.089 Hawaiian Duck, Aras wyvilliana HI3 $5.00 35.001 Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo HI4 $5.00 38.140 Ring-necked Pheasant, Phasianus colchicus Hl5 $5.00 38.057 Erckel's Francolin, Francolinus erckelii l Hl6 $5.00 38.141 Green Pheasant, Phasianus versicolor IDAHO STATE DUCK STAMPS 1987-1998 ID $5.50 27.109 Cinnamon Teal, Aras cyanoptera ID2 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis $5.50 . . . . ID3 $6.00 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors ...... ID4 $6.00 27.014 Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator . ID5 $6.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana IDG $6.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis I ID7 $6.00 27.140 Common Golder eye, Bucephala clangula i lD8 $6.00 27.135 Harlequin Duck, Histrionicus histrionicus -i § ID9 $6.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor 3 1010 $6.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos ID11 $6.00 27.113 Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata ID12 $6.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis I ILLINOIS ST ATE DUCK STAMPS 1975-2001 I IL $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos I3 2 IL2 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor E g lL3 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis § IL4 27.120 .g $5.00 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria . . IL5 . $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Aras acute ...... Page 150 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3 ...... IL6 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Aras carolinensis IL7 $5.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana IL8 $5.00 27.091 American Black Duck, Anas rubripes IL9 $500 27.130 Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis IL10 $5.00 27,108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors IL11 $5.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana IL12 $5.00 27.074 Gadwall, Anas strepera IL13 $5.00 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola IL14 $5.00 27.140 Common Golder eye, Bucephala clangula IL15 $5.00 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collars lL16 $10.00 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens IL17 $10.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis IL18 $10.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos IL19 $10.00 27.099 Nor hem Pintail, Aras acute IL20 $10.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria 1-21 $10.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis IL22 $10.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor IL23 $10.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria IL24 $1000 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis lL25 $1000 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis IL26 $10.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos IL27 $1000 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute INDIANA STATE DUCK STAMPS 1976-2001 INK $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis IN2 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute IN3 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis IN4 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria IN5 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos ING $5.00 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus IN7 $5.00 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors IN8 $5.00 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens IN9 $5.00 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana INto $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute IN11 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor IN12 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria IN13 $6.75 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana IN14 $6.75 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis IN15 $6.75 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Aras discors IN16 $6.75 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos IN17 $6.75 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis IN18 $6.75 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor IN19 $6.75 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute IN20 $6.75 27.140 Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula IN21 $6.75 27.091 American Black Duck, Anas rubripes IN22 $6.75 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis lN23 $6.75 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana lN24 $6.75 27.129 Greater Scaup, Aylhya manila IN25 $6.75 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collars lN26 $6.75 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus IOWA STATE DUCK STAMPS 1 972-2001 IA $1.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos lA2 $1.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Aras acute IA3 $1.00 27.074 Gadwall, Anas strepera IA4 $1.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis IA5 $1.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria lA6 $1.00 27.130 Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis IA7 $1.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor IA8 $5.00 27.142 Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola IA9 $5.00 27.121 Redhead, Awhya americana IA10 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis IA11 $5.00 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens IAt2 $5.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana IA13 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor IA14 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos lA15 $5.00 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors IA16 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 151 IA17 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute IA18 $5.00 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors IA19 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria IA20 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos IA21 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos IA22 $5.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos lA23 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis IA24 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis IA25 $5.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aylhya valisineria lA26 $5.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis lA27 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute IA28 $5.50 27.014 Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator lA29 $5.50 27.144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus IA30 $5.50 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens KAnsAss§r ATE DUCK STAMPS 1987-2001 Ks1 $3.00 27.076 Green~winged Teal, Aras carolinensis KS2 $3.00 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis KS3 $3.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos KS4 $3.00 27.082 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor KS5 $3.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute KS6 $3.00 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria KS7 $3.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos KS8 $3.00 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors KS9 $3.00 27.141 Barrow's Goldeneye, Bucephala islandica KS10 $3.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Anas americana KS11 $3.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (self-adhesive blue) Ks12 $3.00 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos (self-adhesive green) KS13 $3.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (self-adhesive red) Ks14 $3.00 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos (self-adhesive purple) KS15 $300 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos (self-adhesive orange) KENTUCKY STATE DUCK STAMPS 1985-2001 KYD $5.25 27.087 Mallard, Aras platyrhynchos KY2 $5.25 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor KY3 $5.25 27.091 American Black Duck, Aras rubripes KY4 $5.25 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis KY5 $5.25 27.120 Canvasback, Aythya valisineria KY6 $5.25 27.071 American Wigeon, Aras americana KY7 $5.25 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute KY8 $5.25 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Anas carolinensis KY9 $5.25 27.121 Redhead, Aythya americana KY10 $5.25 27.029 Canada Goose, Branta canadensis KY11 $5.25 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collars KY12 $7.50 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Anas discors KY13 $7.50 27.113 Northern Shoveler, Anas clypeata KY14 $7.50 27.074 Gadwall, Anas strepera KY15 $7.50 27.140 Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula KY16 $7.50 27. 144 Hooded Merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus KY17 $7.50 27.087 Mallard, Anal platyrhynchos LOUISIANA STATE DUCK STAMPS 1989-2001 LAW $5.00 27.108 Blue-winged Teal, Aras discors LA2 $5.00 27.076 Green-winged Teal, Aras carolinensis LA3 $5.00 27.062 Wood Duck, Aix sponsor LA4 $5.00 27.099 Northern Pintail, Anas acute LA5 $5.00 27.071 American Wigeon, Aras americana LA6 $5.00 27.090 Mottled Duck, Anas fulvigula LA7 $5.00 27.021 Greater White~fronted Goose, Ariser albifrons LA8 $5.00 27.074 Gadwall, Anas strepera LA9 $5.00 27.122 Ring-necked Duck, Aythya collaris LA10 $5.50 27.087 Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos LA11 $5.50 27.025 Snow Goose, Chen caerulescens LA12 $5.50 27.130 Lesser Scaup, Aythya affinis LA13 $5.50 27.113 Northern Shoveler, Aras clypeata (To BE CONTINUED) Page 152 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No.3 RECENT NEW BIRDS IN THE PHILATELIC AVIARY Adapted from articles by Chuck Braun in Biophilately llll llll'IIIIIIlIIIIIIII ll I II II II I II lllll\ Ill I Ill II III l IIIII IHIII1IIIIIIIIlI HIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIliilllI:IiI II llllIHli1hlllili\llllillIilIIIHIH.HI lllllllll.l.l iii\. II | BULLER'S ALBATROSS, Thalassarche bulleri Diomedeidae (010.0100) [10008] Mozambique, 2002, F1712, 10000 MT l S Length: 30 to 32 inches, sexes alike, migratory. White underwings with a thick black bar on the leading edge and a thin bar on the trailing edge, Habitat: marine and pelagic. Range: Breeds on Snares and Solander Islands, New Zealand, migrates to south-eastern Australia and south-western South America. MO IQUE Refererlce:del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the 1000(m4T World, Volume 1 . /4' . r l aaluoouceounluwncanu I I . I Helzulbhqmar. de Guff: I | • 1.»Ln'\1-lr.--lf"¢ l nil" r -Ja is *'pl'z I | • WHITE-RUMPED VULTURE, Gyps bengalensis Accipitridae I 950F I (030.0490) [30047] Guinea, 2001, F16/3 & F17/2 idp, 950 francs I Length: 30 to°47 inches, sexes alike, resident. Diomcdca tmulkri Blackish with white lower back and underwing coverts. Habitat: open country near populated areas. Range: Iran to the Malay Peninsula and Vietnam. Refere n cedel Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the Vunw _J : !sn..l:1u»r World, Volume 2. I 9 . • • * . I • o » • U • Q o . o • • GRAY HAWK, Asturina nitidus Accipidridae Q.:-ur-11»4I¢-.v1l~ui**'.iit-I-I-:cQ (030.1730) [30160] Mexico, 2002, F17/2, 1 peso Length 15 to 17 inches, sexes alike, partially migratory. Gray, with fine white barring below and black tail Ur: IYIHITVQ Habitat: tropics and subtropics. Range: Texas to north-central Argentina, birds at the northern limit of the range migrate south. Referencedel Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 2. ct\QR* fill! I ORANGE-BREASTED FALCON, Falco deiroleucus Falconidae (032.0460) [32057] Bolivia, 2002, F1712, 4.00 bolivianos Length: 13 to 16 inches, sexes alike but the female is larger, resident. Dark above with a white throat, rufous breast and vent and a dark band below the breast. Habitat: lowland tropical rainforest. Range: Southern Mexico to northern Argentina. on Referencefdel Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargalal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 2. CRESTED GUAN, Peneolpe purpurascens Cracidae (034.0200) [34020] I Mexico, 1996, F1211 but corrected in F1314, 1.80 pesos The bird to the left I of the I Length: 29 to 36 inches, sexes alike, resident. Dark with a bushy crest, red throat and white fringes on the breast feathers. Habitat: humid forests. Range: Mexico to Ecuador. I I Refe rerlcefdel l-loyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the I Birds of the World, Volume 2. March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 153 i BROWN-HEADED PARROT, Poliocephalus crypfoxanthus Psittacidae E l'€PUBLIOU€ DE GUIDEE E (074.1770) [69083] Guinea, 2001, F17/2, 1500 francs l g : Length: 10 inches, sexes alike, resident. Green, brighter below, with a dusky -- -r. . 'FF.1.F' in : brown head end neck. PF t la* J-"1 .F ,,*"83¥.». "at ? _ i - JL * 4' ' Habitat: bush, savanna and woodland. Range: Southeastern Kenya to 4 . Jw-- __ A. 1 4 es 7* :f I H • northeastern South Africa. .1" *i *Y \.1 £r,., E POIC€PHRLll§ CY BKOXRDYHUS E Referenoefdel Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Eirds of the World, Volume 4. vouuvcuuwlvvlivwlilny; . e a For LitiId} 1 • Addresses l';i1*.l',» • BLUE-TAILED BEE-EATER, Merops philippinus Meropidae (092.0200) [87019] • 4 1 • I 9 Singapore, 2002, F1711, (22 cents) . • • • • o . Length: 12 inches plus 3-inch tail streamers, sexes alike, migratory. Green above L..1r • . I. • Q* i • c with a blue rump and tail, blue-bordered black eyestripe and rufous-tan throat. ,of l. . I |!». • • v |*-in • Habitat: near water. Range: Breeds from Pakistan to New Guinea, winters from India • | • i "\ 0 to Indonesia. • I • • • Reference:del l-loyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of the •s .• . • World, Volume 6. • n • s 1 l .• GAPORE .• -Eaw 5565 71 Iv tvboo ibltoooa ons noc BLACK-BODIED WOODPECKER, Dryocopus sohultzi Pioidae (104.1680) [99155] Bolivia, 2002, F17/2, 0.00 bolivianos Length: 12 inches, resident. The male (foreground) is black with a red crest and molar stripe, the female (background) lacks the red molar stripe. Habitat: xeric woodland and savanna. Range: Southern Bolivia to north-central 6.00 Argentina. Reference:del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott and J. Sargatal, Eds. Handbook of the Birds of 'gm .ages s P?'I the World, Volume 7. MAYOTTE SUNBIRD, Cinnyris coquerellii Nectariniidae (166.1020) [151054] Marcotte, 2002, F17/2, 0.46 Euros \ Length: 5 inches, resident. The male (shown on the stamp) is green with a yellow betty and white vent, the female is duller and drabber. Habitat: forest and second growth. Range: Marcotte, Comoro Islands. Reference: Sinclair, l, and O. Langrand. Birds of the Indian Ocean. -1* g. 'lUNawe-uf-wuaa l-=u~.~w=w=u#u-1 =m-"eww-u~l* w=w~"1*»"\»= w r r H in ii MAYOTTE WHITE-EYE, Zosterops rnayottensis Zosteropidae (171.0100) [152058] Marcotte, 2002, F17/2, 0.46 Euros Length: 5 inches, sexes alike, resident. Olive above and yellow below with an orangish belly. Habitat: forest and shrubs. Range: Mayotte, Comoro Islands. up-lliii* Reference: Sinclair, I. and O. Langrand. Birds of the Indian Ocean. MAYOTTE DRONGO, Dicrurus waldenii Dicruridae (180.0080) Marcotte, 2002, F17/2, 0.46 Euros Length: 10 inches, resident. The male (shown on the stamp) is black with a forked tail, the female is paler below. Habitat: forest. Range: Mayotte, Comoro Islands. Reference: Sinclair, I. and O. Langrand. Birds of the Indian Ocean. Page 154 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No.3 #~=; , - sr- LLP* iM; Mile Nu in' off i vu J - E 15 *"»q- UPDATES TO CLEMENTS 5TH EDITION CHECKLIST f f N1.l'.::8::I E.'n~u.!'.l.2! *i*"'=1E _e -.| (Abstracted from www.ibispub.com) December 1st 2002 Correction to June 15 2002 change reported in F17/1 - page 34 Clements page 247 [1020400 (98032)] Cuvier's Toucan Ramphastos cuvier. Now considered a race of [1020390 (98032)} White-throated Toucan Ramp hastos tucanus, i.e., not 1020380 (98033) Black-mandibled Toucan, R ambiguus as stated in F17/1. This is an amendment to the change originally published on the bis website. All examples of Cuvier's Toucan listed in F17/1 therefore become White-throated rather than Black~ mandibled. As stated, this is really a reversion to Howard & Moore (1980); Clements 5th edition originally split Cuvier's Toucan and has now lumped it again. --n-n-_-ll-- December 1 2002 changes Along with material changes to Clements 5th edition species culled from the ibis website I am offering some comments [in square brackets] on certain species, particularly those depicted on stamps. l have consulted with lqell Scharning over these ids though we differ in a few instances. Any further input is welcome. Editor December 1 2002. Page 10 Change English name of Pterodroma phaeopygia to Galapagos Petrel. Race sandwich ensis is raised to species level: Hawaiian Petrel Pterodrorna sandwichensis. Ranges as listed in the checklist. [There are no examples on stamps] December 1 2002. Page 25 z`- x kll.;» (~.,.;' |.. .,5`*,'. " . -u r \ ; n> 1"u;1-» `;>» \ 1 .-1- $4 - mf: ¢,> r Change scientific name of [240330] Roseate Spoonbill to Platalea 1 r ; r, .1 I .f. '1 'q- a 'a }4. '»~ ajax. » i» X .1 \ :- ., _~ u r 21 ... . \-*"~.. . .1 » The Greater Flamingo [250011] Phoenicopterus roseus and the .I 1 'I me ; e~\ 'i Caribbean Flamingo [250010] Phoenicopterus ruber are ( 1 ., considered monotypic species. Ranges as published in the ."P i Ki / checklist. [See this copy of Chris Gibbins' website map for New |- and Old World distribution. " E 'Roseusi the Eurasian Saxon, has a plumage that looks much more white than pink; it just has a pale pink flush - contrasted with the red wing coverts. For a good example see the recent (2002) Maldives 25r MS (F17/1). 'Ruber', the American axon, has bright pink-red plumage. See, for example the St. Vincent 1995 $5 MS (F10/1). There are over 200 Greater Flamingos (as broadly defined) on stamps and splitting them between the two new species is a challenge. The following list includes the stamps which l think portray the Eurasian species, roseus. The remainder can be regarded as ruber. This is a provisional exercise; when in doubt f have taken note of the issuing country. Any comments welcome. Phoenicopterus roseus Afghanistan 1968 7a SG631 2000 30, 000a F15/4 (but an illegal issue) Algeria 1987 id SG965 F2/3 Argentina 1984 20p SG1899 Painting (Note that neither roseus nor ruber occurs in Argentina, but this is a Zoo illustration. The birds look pate and a better tit for roseus,) Austria 2002 580 F17/1 Schénbrunn Zoo Azerbaijan 1999 1000m SG454 F14/2 EUROPA - Reserves March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 155 (Belarus 1998 5000r F13/3 W WF.) (Although this 'stamp' shows roseus it was not listed in Gibbons' Part 10 or CBoS 5th edition (Belarus listings to 2000) and should be regarded as bogus.) Burundi 1977 8f SG1186 African animals 30f SG1210 Chad 1998 200f F13/4 Congo (Brazzaville) 1992 250f SG1316 F 7/3 Congo (Kinshasa) 1963 3f SG474 Protected birds Cyprus 1986 17o SG679 EUROPA Cyprus 1988 180 SG720 F8'/1 EUROPA 180 SG721 F3/1 Czechoslovakia 1977 2k SG2356 Children's book illustrators Djibouti 1982 80f SG847 PHILEXFRANCE Djibouti 1995 30f F14/2 Djibouti 2000 100f F16/3 (Doubtful identify. Not seen and set includes Eurasian and American birds. ) Ethiopia 1999 45o SG1744 F14/4 National parks France 1970 45o SG1871 Nature conservation year France 1999 3f SG3584 F13/4 EUROPA French Somali Coast 1958 1of SG440 French Territory of the Afars & lssas 1974 5f, 10f & 15f SG608-610 Lake Abbé Gambia 2000 5d SG3664 F17/1 Painters Sheet 2 De Hondecoeter Germany (East) 1956 10p SGE288 Berlin Zoo (The design is monochrome, white on dark green, but roseus assumed in Zoo context.) Germany (Fast) 1989 MS border SGE2957MS F4/2 Alfred Brehm (Flamingos in border are very sketchy. Roseus assumed in context of Brehm's travels.) Ghana 1994 200C SG1994 F9/2 fran 1971 8r SG1653 Ramsar conference Kazakhstan 1998 30t SG232 F13/2 (Too pink in general appears noe but inscribed as P.roseus and right for range so reluctantly accepted.) l Liberia 2000 $100 MS F15/2 Liberia 2001 $20 F16/3 (Not seen.) Libya 1982 15d SG1193 Madagascar 1999 2000f F16/2 Malagasy 1989 1000f F4/4 (Not seen.) Malawi 1982 1k SG653 National parks. (Rather pink but accepted in range and context.) .. Maldive Islands 2002 25r MS . F17/1 Birds of the Maldives . .. .. Mali 1995 200f 8G1432 F10/4 Birds & butterflies Mauritania 1960 100f SG146 Mauritania 1961 18u SG714 Birds of the Arguin bank Morocco 1988 3d60 SG755 F3/4 Oman 1987 50b SG336 F2/2 Environment day Portugal 1982 27e SG1889 PHILEXFRANCE '82 Portugal 1991 60e SG2228 F5/4 Tourism Portugal 2000 90e SG2763 F14/4 Birds of Portugal Portugal 2000 Various F15/3 M/C vended labels; design as 90e above Qatar 2001 2r SG1090 F16/2 Clean environment (Note that Qatar 1971 3d (SG351) purports to be 'Qatar fauna' but the birds are far too uniformly pink for roseus. Qatar 1976 80d (SG611) is also far too pink. For the 2001 2riisted above the artist has got the right appearance for the home range flamingos.) Rumania 1987 1/ SG5141 F2/3 Nature reservations Russia 1962 16k SG2787 Rwanda 1975 40f MS SG668 MS Aquatic birds Senegal 1974 2 @ 250f SG549 & 550 Djoudj park Page 156 FLIGHT March 2003 Vol.17 No.3 Senegal 1978 20f SG661 Saloum Delta park Senegal 1987 125f, 1351, se921, 922, & 2 @ 350f 924 & 925 F2/3 Djoudj park Senegal 1992 10f SG1154 F 7/1 National parks Senegal 1996 175f SG1413 F11/1 National parks Sierra Leone 1984 60c SG800 African transport - Locomobile (Sierra Leone 1992 30/ (SG1829) just shows a head which has the full pink flush of ruber and puzzling yellow upper parts to its mandibles. lt is certainly not roseus.) Sierra Leone 1994 12001 SG2158 F9/3 (Singapore 1973 15c (SG193) only shows flamingos in outline at Jurong bird park. Far East Zoo flamingos are likely to be ruber, like Singapore 1970 75c (SG130). lhave assumed this.) Somalia 1965 is SG433 Flora 8. fauna (Shown uncoloured but roseus in range and assumed.) Somalia 1998 200, 400 & 3300s and 26008 MS F16/4 (The flamingos are stylised and some apparentjuveniles appear on the MS. Some birds appear too pink overall and would not be acceptable as roseus if Somalia were not in its range. Make your own choice) South West Africa 1961 3c & 5c SG176 & 178 (SG has these as Greater Flamingo (pre~split) but others have at least the 5c as Lesser Flamingo. Lesser looks right to me for the 5c in view of the dark red bill but l prefer Greater for the 3c. If Greater, certainly roseus.) . South West Africa 1979 4C SG330 Water birds Tanzania 1989 2 @ 20s SG634 & 636 F3/4 Tanzania 1990 MS border SG816 MS F5/4 Tanzania 1993 100s SG1562 F8/4 Wildlife at watering hole (Not seen, but assumed roseus because of range and context.) Tanzania 1994 150s SG1774 F9/1 Tanzania 1996 2008 F11/4 UNESCO Ngorogoro (Not seen, but assumed roseus because of range and context.) Tanzania 1997 140s F17/3 Tourist attractions - Kilimanjaro Tanzania 1997 370s F12/1 Birds of the world Tanzania 1999 3705 F14/1 Tunisia 1966 150m SG605 Birds of Tunisia Tunisia 1967 155m SG638 As above with new face value Turkey 1976 150k SG2553 European wetlands Turkey 1976 200k + 25k SG2571 Turkish birds United Arab Emirates 1994 3d SG469 F9/4 Birds of U.A.E, Upper Volta 1984 90f SG701 Yugoslavia 1991 Label with pair MS2710 F6/3 Danubian Region Zil Elwannyen Sesel 1983 20r SG68 So the Caribbean Flamingo examples exceed the Greater Flamingo ones by about 20 - but this is unlikely to be the tina position] n . 0 December 1 2002. Page 47 J' _.° . Race hastate of [302050] Lesser Spotted Eagle i.s raised to species "5 I r 1, I . . ... u evel. [302051] Indian Spotted Eagle Aquila hastate. Range as .fig 8- ,'!~ .. . f ~i8§é. . of'. ._...... 1" .l published in the checklist. . \_ . . ,;8. ...-.";" J L - . .' ., . . . .. pi.':": . § .\. I . . l. . . J'5'§8Eiq".=:\*T-£4 . l ]."."° -L ." l 'u J- . |.. .-~=i*'='=§Q.* . 1 .q- . .1,§?-5A .. a . [See Chris Gibbins map here for separation of range between ' ...... =- *I ...... §..=. .. . . ~z'- "f-8;,.g...:.o*l" *Ins - Europe & western Asia and the Indian subcontinent. There are '...... \" ' . | a "§.» . I -_A;"'»' . `..I.I "A, a ._. *f apparently plumage differences as follows: p. pomarina has a I \ i. H" l pale head contrasting with darker back, a yellow or amber iris, and ' I I .,.. II* *J"1,l,~ a rufous patch on the neck. A. p. hastate, on the other hand, has head and back uniformly dark brown, a brown iris, and no patch on h 5' the neck. (Parry et al.)" There are four certain examples of the I 4 ..* *_.=- | (broadly defined) Lesser Spotted Eagle on stamps. Using the ~! plumage criteria, supported as necessary by the location of the .re? 1 i ssuing countries, the split may be made as follows (overleaf): March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 157 Aquila pomarina Belarus 2000 100r SG400 F14/4 Red Book of Belarus Hungary 1983 aft SG3507 W W.F. Aquila hastate Afghanistan 1974 to SG774 Afghan birds fllfaldive islands 1997 3r SG2639 F12/1 Eagles of the world The following example has also been listed in FLIGH Tl' Sierra Leone 1998 500i F15/4 Birds of prey However, l have not seen this issue and no other source has reported it so it should be regarded as bogus] December 1 2002. Page 85 Change genus of [461140] Purple Gallinule and [461150] Azure Gallinule from Porphyrula to Porphyry. December 1 2002. Page 87 Race macqueenii of [510060] Houbara Bustard is raised to species level. [510061] Macqueen's Bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii. fl/facqueen's Bustard occupies the range east of the Nile to Pakistan. Macqueeni is reported to be a smaller and paler version compared with C.u. undulate - the main North African subspecies. (The rare Canary is. race, Cu fuertaventurae, is also smaller but is darker than undulate above.) l doubt whether the colouration of the stamp image is a sufficient basis for discrimination so those who want to split the species would probably do better to accept the range of the country of issue. This would leave the following residue as C.u.undulata: Algeria 1982 80c SG830 Nature protection Libya 1965 20m SG338 Morocco 1970 40f SG293 Nature protection Spanish Sahara 1961 25c, 75c, 1p50, 3p & 10p SG177, 179, 181, 183 & 185 Tunisia 1965 500m SG608 Birds of Tunisia Tunisia 1995 350m SG1309 F11/1 I issues from Bahrain, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Yemen and Yemen P.D. R. would become macqueenii. i $3 v" s- December 1 2002. Page 97 6 q ,1,.I,4 Race delicate of [620180] Common Snipe is raised to species level: F- 1 '- 1 ¢' FX 7 *1 I r 'I . 1 "'-a1 \--¢. . Y "4 .5 ' ""» [620181] Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicate. Range as listed in the \_ ». a - ' s |*_ { ' ,»;.*~ checklist. Tx/# 0 I * .r-'~ .*' 15 [Chris Gibbins' map shows the New World range that has become J a delicate. \. The fringes of the wing coverts of Gaflinago gallinago are apparently a pale brownish-buff rather than the white or cream of delicate. However this again seems completely unreliable in the context of stamp images and the country of issue plus context of issue seem the best guide for a split. On this basis there is no evidence of any examples of delicate on stamps. All Common Snipe stamps come from Old World countries (and mostly relate to local concerns) except for the St. Vincent & Grenadines 2001 $2 (SG4972 & F16/4) which was part of a set celebrating of Japanese painters.] December 1 2002. Page 102 Because of a major taxonomic revision, the species between Thayer's Gull and Great Black-headed Gull are changed as follows: [I have noted the main field characteristics for each new species and suggested which stamps should be assigned to it. Gulls often appeared on early, uncoloured, stamps and they also feature as incidental small images. So sometimes the main criterion has to be the stamp issuing country - if the issue has a local context. /dealt with the first main split of Herring Gull (compared with Howard & Moore 1980) in F15/4 (p. 179) but this further analysis takes a fresh look at the whole spectrum. lt hardly needs saying that these suggestions are not the #na word. European Herring Gull Larus argentafus [670220]. L. a. argentous: Iceland, Faeroes, Br. Isles and w France, winters to n Iberia and L. a. argentatus: Scandinavia to Kola Peninsula, winters n and w Europe [Grey back, yellow bill and pink legs. Alderney 1983 18p SGA12 Cambodia 2000 1500r F15/3 Note: set not related to Cambodia range France 1947 500f SG1013 Germany (West) 1990 100p SG2303 F4/4 Page 158 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3 Great Britain 1994 19p SG1815 F8/4 Isle of Man 1983 13p SG239 Isle of Man 1991 40p SG468 F5/4 Isle of Man 1994 1, 20, 36 & 41p SG614-9 F9/3 Jersey 1998 44p SG792 F13/1 Liberia 1999 $150 F14/1 Netherlands 1961 4C + 4C SG907 so. Wncent & G, 1998 $1 SG4117 F13/3 & F16/3 Identification Parade Senegal 1966 25f SG344 Tourism ('Gull sp' in CBOS) (Although it's 'tourism' and sopposed to be in Dakar.) Sierra Leone 2000 4001 SG3345 F15/1 Sweden 2001 6k SG2149 F15/4 Tanzania 1999 2508 F14/3 Sea birds (Sailing ship) Tanzania 1999 250s F14/4 Undersea life Tuvalu 1993 $1 SG687 F8/4 Greenhouse effect UN (Geneva) 1986 50 SGG141 F 1/2 UN (Vienna) 1994 4s SGV166 F9/3] Lesser Black-backed Gull Lanus fuscus [670221]. L. f. graellsii: Range: Iceland, Faeroes, Br. Isles, France, Portugal, winters to w Africa, L. f. fusous: Scandinavia to White Sea, winters to Africa and sw Asia, L. f. interrrle dius: NW E urope and ne Spain, winters to w Africa [8lackish back, yellow bill and yellow legs. Ghana 2001 30000 F16/2 fsle of Man 1983 50 SG234 Jersey 1999 28p SG788 F74/1 Liberia 1938 3c & 300 SG567 & 572 Sierra Leone 1988 65/ SG1155 F3/2 Sweden 1974 65o SG806 Sweden 2002 * F17/2 Identification Parade Tanzania 1997 370s F12/3 ] Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini [67022.2] . Range: N Siberia, winters to Middle East, South Africa and nw India [Similar to Lfuscus, but smaller] Bahrain 1993 150f G484 F8/1 Dubai 1968 60d SG317 I East Siberian Gull Larus vegae {67022.3] . L. v. vegae: Range: NE Siberia, winters south to China and L. V. mongolicus: SE Altai and Lake Baikal to Mongolia, winters s Asia [Similar to Largentalus but slightly smaller. L.v. vegae has pink legs. L.vmongolicus has yellow legs. Mongolia 1974 40m SG855 Mongolia 1978 1t2O SG1144] American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus [67022.4] . Range Northern North America (Alaska to Atlantic coast, winters to Central America) . [Similar to L.argentatus but larger. Cuba 1956 1Qc SG775 Grenada 1998 $2 SG3597 F13/2 Grenadines of Grenada 1998 $1.50 SG2579 F13/2 Nevis 1995 500 SG948 F10/3 United States 1991 290 SG2618] Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans [67023.0] . Range: Black Sea to Kazakstan, winters to s Asia and ne Africa [Grey back, yellow bill and yellow legs. Djibouti 1998 500f F14/4 8. F17/3 IdentfNcation Parade - Maskali I. Marshall is. 1988 250 SG176 F15/2 R L Stevenson It could be Western Gull, L.occidentalis. ] March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 159 Armenian Gull Larus armenicus [67024. 0]. Range: Lakes of Caucasus to e Turkey and Iran, winters to Red Sea [Similar to Lcaohinnans. Dark band around bill tip. No evidence of any examples on stamps] Steppe Gull Laius barabensis [67024, 1]. Range: Steppes of central Asia, winters mainly in sw Asia [Similar to and intermediate in size between L. cachinnans and L.h e uglini. No evidence of any examples on stamps.) Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis [67024. 2]. L. m. atlantis: Azores Islands and L. m. michahellis: Macaronesian Islands and nw Africa east through Mediterranean. Yesou, Pierre. 2002. [Similar to Lcachinnans but slightly dorker grey back. Bulgaria 1988 5s SG3513 F3/2 Gambia 1999 id SG3143 F17/1 Gibraltar 1986 29p SG533 F 1/1 Gibraltar 2001 42p SG970 F15/3 Italy 1999 9001 SG2544 F13/4 Liechtenstein 1939 20r SG178 Malta 2001 6c SG1214 F16/2 Monaco 1942 50f SG275 Monaco 1945 50f SG305 Colour change & surcharges 1f+4f (CBOS Common Gull ?) Monaco 1955 200f SG509 Spanish Sahara 1959 75c, 2p, & 10p SG159, 162 & 165 Yugoslavia 1984 16d50 SG2154] December 1 2002. Page 120 Race leucometopius of [721490] Gray-headed Quail-Dove is raised to species level. [721491] Hispaniolan Quail-Dove Geotrygon leucometopius. Ranges as published in the checklist. There are two examples on stamps: Cuba 1979 7c SG2576 Cube 1986 300 SG3156 F 1/2 Juan C Gundlach These two issues must be assumed to be the native species, G.caniceps. December 1 2002. Page 149 After Vulturine Parrot add: Bald Parrot Pionopsitta aurantiocephala. Range Amazonian Brazil (middle Rio TapajOs and possibly lower Rio Madeira). No examples as yet. December 1 2002. Page 176 After Southern Boobook add: Sumba Hawk-Owl Ninox sumb a en sis. Range: Sumba Island (Lesser Sundas) No examples as yet. December 1 2002. Page 189 Change English name of Guam Swiflet to Mariana Swiftlet. Banks et al. op cit. [There are no examples on stamps] December 1 2002. Page 190 Race formosa of Band-rumped Swift is raised to species level: Costa Rican Swift Chaetura formosa. Range: Humid lowlands of w Costa Rica and w Panama. Banks et al. op cit. [There are no examples on stamps] December 1 2002. Page 204 After Indigo-capped Hummingbird add: Alfaros Hummingbird Saucerottia (Arnazilia) alfaroana. Range Costa Rica (Volc8n de Miravalles). Possible hybrid or subspecies of S. oyanifrons. Banks et al. op cit. [There are no examples on stamps.) Page 160 FLIGHT March 2003 VOL17 No.3 December 1 2002. Page 216 Change English name of [88023] Eared Trogon Euptilotis neoxenus to Eared Quetzal. December 1 2002. Page 217 I The Blue-tailed Trogon is split into two species. Javan Trogon Harpactes reinwardtii end Sumatran E Trogon Harpactes mackioti. Ranges as listed in the checklist. [There are no examples on stamps] 3. December 1 2002. Page 285 Race paraensis of Olive-backed Foliage-gleaner is raised to species level. Part Foliage-gleaner Automolus paraensis. Range: Brazil south of the Amazon (Rio Madeira to Rio Tocantins). [There are no examples on stamps] December 1 2002. Page 289 After Strong-billed Woodcreeper add: Carajés Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes carajaensis. Range: Amazonian Brazil between rivers Xingu and TocantinslAraguaia. [No examples as yet.) December 1 2002. Page 290 Change scientific name of Zimmer's Woodcreeper to Xiphorhynchus kienerii. [There are no examples on stamps] December 1 2002. Page 386 The Blue-wattled Bulbul Pycnonotus nieuwenhuisii, known from two specimens from Sumatra and Borneo, was rediscovered in central Kalimantan, Borneo in September 2002, and may possibly represent a hybrid, [There are no examples on stamps] December 1 2002. Page 409 Change scientific name of the [136034] Scaly-breasted Thrasher from Margarops fuscus to Allene fuss. December 1 2002. Page 450 s The Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii is split into five species: Golden-spectacled Warbler Seicercus burkii. Monotypic. Range: W Himalayas (Pakistan to Kashmir and Bhutan), winters to India, Gray-crowned Warbler Seicercus tephrocephalus. Monotypic. Range N Myanmar to sw China and n Thailand, winters to Indochina, Plain-tailed Warbler Seicercus sorer. Monotypic. Range: W and s China, winters to Thailand, Cambodia and Annam, Whistler's Warbler Seicercus whislleri with races S. w. whistler, range: Pakistan to n India, and S. w. nemoralis, range: Nepal to sw China, Burma and n Thailand, Bianchi's Warbler Seicercus valerltini with races S. v. valentin, range: Cent. and sw China, winters to s Yunnan, nw Thailand and n Laos, and S. v. latouchei, range: Central and e China. 1. [There are no examples on stamps] . . .. . December 1 2002. Page 539 Race atricristafus of the {1600530] Tufted Titmouse is raised to species level: [1600531] Black-crested Titmouse Baeolophus atricristatus. Range: Southwest Oklahoma and Texas to se Mexico (s Veracruz). ,S [Only one example on stamps: g 4f/V) )l Bhutan 1985 25n SG633 MS Audubon NA# g Y* The Black~crested Titmouse has a jet black crest as opposed to the paler blue-grey crest of the Tufted I 1-) '50 f Titmouse. I I I have not seen the stamp image and would be grateful for any reports of its appearance. lt is more likely that Audubon saw and painted one of the more northerly sub-species of Tufted Titmouse but he reached the Gulf of Mexico in his travels so Black-crested is theoretically possible. ] 1 s December 1 2002. Page 606 :e Carrion Crow is split into two species. [1891040] Carrion Crow Corvus corone with race orienfalis and [1891041] Hooded Crow Corvus commix with races sharpii, pallescens and capellanus. The race orientals from central and eastern Asia overlaps locally with C. cornix in Siberia with only limited hybridization, suggesting that it also is a separate species. March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 161 ;_|.» 4 ~., "*-»,.- rI. .| : '....ll..lE-..» 1-J'-J"\'\' C€lwi?p L/-Sw 111 '+I J* [C.corone is all black while C.corni/ has a grey back, L, 1 "+. £_ a .or J"| an neck and lower breast (with more or less contrast) - I j '\. °\ - l i-In, "J -H giving the hooded appearance. The maps shown ,l*_ 1 here show the European range split between f C.cornix (left) and C.corone (right). Note that the \ II* f _, .r 1 .f "so nominate species of C.cornix is described in 'z£w»». ., |" I L:J -J 1 .. . \ .,-""""' ,..J _I Clements as spreading southeast-wards from N lo *l *I * 114 \.\ '*'~E" a ll' !*. *I r"" 'r' l:""J*1 .l * *-*. -1. r* H, *=.-~/'-,'¢ Europe. in fact it includes the whole of Ireland and -|_- -.. . "~." **. the west of Scotland in its breeding range. Carrion °*» ; * ' n.* Crows on stamps are C.corone except for the °~'- °\ * following examplesof C.comix: Bulgaria 1988 8s SG3516 F3/2 Finland 1987 1m70 SG1126 Sweden 1968 306 SG571 ] December 1 2002. Page 704 Change scientific name of Blue Grosbeak [2030350] Passerine caerulea -an----annnup----run----u--an-Q--nnni-n.unananun.»------in----an--nun.:-----an--nn-----anu---an--nnin------n------un:-un--ninun-anannum-||||u»-un--uns;»¢-uu-n--nnnnn-»n»- Postscript: Changes to European Bird Stamp Species. In the first part of my analysis of changes to European species stemming from Clements 5th, which I published in F15/3, I covered the split of the sub-species boyciana from 23011 (HM) White Stork Ciconia ciconia to form a new species, Oriental Stork, Ciconia boyciana. When reviewing 41/ Ii)!-!nl the existing stamps for allocation to Ociconia or Oboyciana l 4:I9' left two possible boyciana images undecided - Japan 80y 1essEEEnmE ..-cc . have now seen both these stamps. lt is clear that the Japanese one is indeed Oboyciana as is apparent from its black beak, it appears on top of a colourful elephant symbolising the International Year of the Elderly and Gboyciaria is in any case right for the range. Both species winter in India but the storks on the India stamp have red beaks so remain Gciconia. STANLEY GIBBONS' "COLLECT BIRDS ON STAMPS" .. 5TH EDITION (Continued from front page) The link between CBOS and Gibbons' out-of-date catalogue supplement listing means that the former's usefulness to collectors is not as great as it should be and it still needs to be used in tandem with DOMFIL. In succeeding issues of "Flighf"l plan to work through the 5th edition in some detail, country by country, noting any changes from the 4th edition and reviewing the scope of the additions in comparison with issues published in "Flight" and on the websites. (Kjell Scharning and Chris Gibbins get grateful acknowledgements from Dr. Ogilvie - though Chris's surname has gravitated to 'Gibbons'.) This process is likely to take up several numbers of the magazine so I shall place 'on hold' any reviews of other Gibbons catalogues, e.g. Part 5 - Czechoslovakia and Poland...... Footnote: 'Migratory Birds on Stamps' by P J Lanspeary (96) . . . . Gibbons Stamp Monthly for February 2003 featured the above article by Phil Lanspeary to coincide with 4 the publication of the 5th edition of CBOS. I Editor Page 162 FLIGHT March 2003 VOL17 No.3 : a .l .$ .2 ...... é IDENTIFICATION PARADE All members are invited to write Io me O17 any point concerning the icientnication or description Qf new issues NO matter how tentative their judgment may be; coimrmation is sought especia/lyfor "alternative " identyications in the "CORRECTIONS" .section and Q!! those in the "QUERIES " section of this feature as well as for idenfincations marked with a "? " 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. I continue to refer also to Howard & Moore (1980) (HM) numbers. Editor 5 CORRECTIONS ISSUE COUNTRY VALUE NUMBER IDENTIFICATION SOURCE F14/1 COMORO IS. 25.1.99 375f 27066 (HM) EUROPEAN (EURASIAN) WIGEON, 5. 270700 (C5) Anas perzeiope correction 271190 (C5) COMMON POCHARD, 27107 (HM) Ayfhya erina Editor F14/4 DJIBOUTI 6.12.98 500f 62000 (HM) Species of GULL Zi I. identification 670230 (05) CASPIAN GULL, I $1 67015 sub-sp. (HM) Laius cachirrnans KS & Editor I (See earlier feature on split of Larus cachinnans in latest Clements update.) F15/3 LIBERIA 21.8.00 Animals. 2 of 6v. + Ms. I listed the two stamps (illustrating a quetzal and an ostrich with an elf owl) but never listed the MS: $100 MS 70020 (C5) EMPEROR PENGUIN, 7002 (HM) Aptenodytes forster RS/KS F15/2 SOLOMON IS. Definitives dated 13.11 .00 Date correction to - 1.2.01 F16/1 TANZANIA 2000 Rare birds. Date correction to - 27.11.99 Also, I never listed the associated MS: 600s MS 1230560 (C5) BLUE SWALLOW, 117044 (HM) Hirundo atrocaerulea F16/3 MICRONESIA 12.11 .01 Date correction to 29.10.01 Composite sheet (2) of 6 (wrongly listed as second sheet 1): 1550700 (C5) SUPERB FAIRYWREN, 137006 (HM) Malurus cyaneus correction 1550090 (C5) VARIEGATED FAIRYWREN, 11 § x * 137008 (HM) Malurus lambert KS I* 5 3 I* 1491380 (C5) FLAME-TEMPLED BABBLER, II 132083 (HM) Staohyris speciosa 1491990 (C5) RED-BILLED LEIOTHRIX, g correction § I v 132193 (HM) Leiofhrix lutes KS E F16/4 MICRONESIA 12.8.01 Prehistoric animals. E § Archaeopteryx appears on two separate stamps @ 600 (not one as stated) in the sheet of 4 values. KS F17/1 COLOMBIA 1.2.02 2300p 1020380 (C5) BLACK-MANDIBLED TOUCAN, I 98032 (HM) Ramphastos ambiguus correction 1020350 (05) CHANNEL-BILLED TOUCAN, 98028 (HM) Ramphastos vitellinus KS F'l7/1 IRELAND 14.5.02 Definitives (470, 550 & 600). Date correction to - 17.6.02 F17M SINGAPORE 20.3.02 (-) 980210 (C5) BLACK HORNBILL, 93030 (HM) Anthraooceros malayanus correction 980200 (C5) ORIENTAL PIED-HORNBILL, 93031 (HM) An th racoceros albirostris KS F17/2 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 2001 Composite Sheet (2) See main new issue listing for revision of the identities on this sheet. KS F17/2 GAMBIA 2002 Sheetlet of e @ 7d This was a duplication (with the addition of the Canada Goose MS) of the sheetlet listed in F16/3. lt was issued in 2001 as recorded in F1613. F17/2 GUYANA 7.8.02 $100 1770141 (C5) BRAUN'S BUSHSHRIKE, 122025 sub~sp. (HM) Laniarius braun correction 1770200 (05) COMMON GONOLEK, March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 163 122030 (HM) Laniarius berbarus KS F17/2 KIRIBATI 25.3.0t Explorers Date correction to - 25.3.02 F17/2 MOZAMBIQUE. 17.6.02 'Seabirds of the World'. Note that only the sheet of 9 @ 10,000m + one MS were seabirds! The rest were a mixed lot. 28,000M 301480 (05) LONG-TAILED HAWK, 30135 (HM) Urofriorchis macrourus correction 301480 (C5) GRASSHOPPER BUZZARD, 30136 (HM) Butastor nu#pennis Editor COMMENTS TANZANIA - Gibbons' catalogue numbering Gibbons Stamp Monthly Catalogue Supplement for February 2003 lists Tanzania stamps for 1995 and 1996. Most of these have been classed as Appendix items, basically because they were only available from the Philatelic Bureau in Dar-es-Salaam. The following sets/items that have been listed in "Flight" all come into the 'Appendix' category. F1112 1996 8 @ 300s PINTAILED WHYDAH etc. F11/3 1996 8 @ 300s PALM-NUT VULTURE etc. F11/3 1996 3 @ 100s LESSER FLAMINGO etc. (SCOUT o/p on F8/2 items) F11/4 1997 (should be 1996) 200s GREATER FLAMINGO (UNESCO) There are still one or two loose ends affecting these two years which l hope to resolve in due course. Editor INITIALS KS lqell Scharning RS Randy Shore Membership Details: Re-lnstatements 295 - Mr P Kreytiak 381- Dr PK Bhattacharyya 701 - Mr C Eisen Resignations: 529 - Mr K Symonds Changes of Address: 531 - Mr Robin Middlemiss -- 37 Laws Street, Fulwell, Sunderland, SR6 9BD 903 Aves Philathelia Scandia - Dan Ehrencrona, Fastlagsgatan 14, 415 12 Gothenburg, Sweden. 327 - Eric Gordon, 3 Underage Road, Paignton, South Devon TQ3 3XS 701 - CHB Eastwood, PO Box 257, Broken Hill 2880, Australia. 873 Professor IJ Hodgkiss, 258 Poulton Road, Fleetwood, Lanes, FY7 7BT (with effect early Jul 03) New Members: c 734 - Mr Stephen Gardner, 'Thistledown', Milbourne, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, SN16 9JB 735 - Mr P Bennett, 18 Wilton Orchard, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3SA 738 - Mrs AD, Fife full name and address withheld by request 737 -- Mr John Pickles, 3 St Andrews Walk, Leeds, LS17 7FS Page 164 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3 NEW ISSUE LISTING CLEMENTS 5th edition (C5) C5 NUMBER HM NUMBER g ANTIGUA 25.11.02 Sheetlet of 6 + MS. 2o :- $1.50 190030 MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD FQEQ474 MAIN/HCENS 19003 N $1.50 680330 SOOTY TERN 5 TERNS Fl/5047;-4 62069 O o $1.50 2000010 BANANAQUIT 005/;'55,4 FL4 VEOLA 159124 Q $1 .50 200390 YELLOW-CFROWNED NIGHT-HERON NYC'77COR4X vo;/1054 20025 BAHAMAS 1.10.02 Wildlife paintings by Mark Catesby. 4 of 6v. _/150 2040010 BOBOLINK DOL/CHON ac O ,Q )2 /VO ,QU 5 162093 I/650 271020 WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL ANAS F A HA M EN 5 /5 27089 /OC 250010 CARIBBEAN FLAMINGO P/7'OEN/C'OP7'5'?(/5 ,QU 5 E ,Q 25001 `I'l Note split of Greater Flamingo, ruber and roseus becoming separate species. ,'§/soc 200390 YELLOW-CROWN ED NIGHT-HERON N)'C77CIOR4X vo;/m054 20025 I ~l BELGIUM 4.11.02 Definitives. 4' ii of". ' " l.. 0.41 En 720580 EUFQASIAN COLLARED-DOVE 5779507095£/.4 DE CA OC 7O 66057 I BLACK TERN CHL/DONMS N7'/G E R 62049 0.57Eu 680360 ' 0.70Eu 620430 COMMON REDSHANK 7'/=wva4 O 7 ANU 5 58015 1 En 1422380 NORTHERN WHEATEAR OEN4/V77/E O EN7' A NO H E 130166 2Eu 600310 COMMON RINGED PLOVEFI CHA/Q40/Q/U5 H /4 /CU LA 57029 5Eu 620840 RUFF P///LOMA CH(/5 p UG /VAX 58085 BHUTAN 2002 Ecotourism. MS. 90n MS 381530 INDIAN (COMMON) PEAFOWL PAVO C/?/5' TO T05 35202 BRAZIL 2.10.02 Mercosur. Tourism in the Bonito region. iv. 741900 RED AND GREEN MACAW A34 CHL QROPTERA 69131 Page Page or 1020410 TOCO TOUCAN I34A/Pt/AST05 7000 98031 200130 GREAT EGRET AFFDE4 ,415/4 20049 165 165 220160 JABIRU ./A5/HU MYCTERM 23014 BRITISH ANTARCTIC 25.10.02 20th anniversary of CCAMLR. 1 of 4. 37p 100010 WAN DERING ALBATROSS 0/0A/E054 SWMN5 10001 BRITISH ANTARCTIC 1.11.02 Exploration. William Speirs Bruce. 1 of 5v...... /~40P Bagpiper and in 70020 EMPEFQOR PENGUIN AP7'ENODY7'E5` 7002 go '3 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 13.9.02 Beaches of Virgin Gorda. 6v. -x on. 5c 110700 AUDUBON'S SHEARWATER p UF F /N U5 LH7' E RM /N /E As 11066 of 40c 670430 LAUGHING GULL LAR U5 A ,Q/C / L L4 62027 ESOC 150060 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN ,D E L G4 N U 5 ER y7'H /-7O A? H y/V C H O5` 15007 x" ¢'*P* 750 170120 PELAGIC CORMORANT p HA LA C'7' ,Q O co /q4X p EL4 G /CU 5 17013 ;*°`* $1 190030 MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD F ,qE G4 A MA G N /,E/ C E N 5 19003 p it $2 140020 RED-TAILED TROPICBIRD HA ET /-/O N F?U O R/ GO U D A 14002 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS 1.12.02 BirdLife International. 4v. and composite MS of 5v. 10c, 350, 40c & 70c (different) 270080 WEST INDIAN WHISTLING-DUCK DENDROCYGNA AFx' 5 O /1?54 27008 As above + $2 and border - MS 270080 WEST INDIAN WHISTLING-DUCK DENDROCYGNA A R 5 O F?54 27008 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 2001 Composite sheet (2) of 9v. (Listing in F17/2 revised.) 2"5f 742150 JAN DAYA PARAKEEV A/Q477NG4 JAN oA yA 69150 7' /s25f 1020390 WHITE-TH ROATED TOUCAN 84A//PHA5T05 U 014N U5 98032 sub-sp. z5f 860970 GLITTERING-BELLIED EMERALD CHL OROS77L§ON A U /?E O VI N 7',cy /5 81091 325f 741820 HYACINTH MACAW ,4nooo/?H>wcHu5 H yA C'/N 7' H /N U5 69122 ° gtjf 742920 BLUE-HEADED PARROT P/ONUS M E N 5 7 /?U U5 69223 G£/325f 742620 YELLOW-CH EVRONED PARAKEEV 5/?o TOGEQ/5 C H/R //s> / 09197 1/325f 150080 BROWN PELICAN PELEG4A/I/5 O 00 /5 DE A/ 7°A L /5 15008 _,225f 250010 CARIBBEAN FLAMI NGO PHOEN/CUPTERUS ,QU ER 25001 ' /325f 1020410 TOCO TOUCAN R4A/P/v'A57'O5 7 o CO 98031 CHAD 2002 4v. Surcharge on 1996 issue. , V am . e. 300f on 200f (different designs) 10010 osTFucH C3-4A/ELU5 1001 § CHILE 11.9.02 Easter Island. 1 of 2v. + MS. g ¢4»"450p 2020690 COMMON DIUCA-FINCH D/Z/G4 154119 3 2000p MS 2020690 COMMON DIUCA~FINCH D/U84 154119 ...... CUBA 2002 ESPANA 2002. 5v. + MS. (Continued) 7' up MS 620590 RUDDY TURNSTONE AR /VA ,QM /N go ,D H E 5 58031 :'., in border 600270 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER p L UVM L/5 D O M //W c 8 4 57026 § in border 620560 WANDERING TATTLER H7'E E ,cyO 5 CEL U 5 I/V7' G4 NU 5 58029 3 :- in border '? species 620430 COMMON REDSHANK A?/N 5:4 O 7 4N U5 58015 N ESTONIA 10.6.02 Estonian Krone. MS with 2v. sCO 5 4k40 and margin Unidentified Song bird. 21 FALKLAND ISLANDS 31.10.02 Islands (2). West Point Island. 2 of 4v. 2 40p 100090 BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS 7'/v'ALA.SIS,4/70/7'E MELANQPHH/5 10007 70090 ROCKHOPPEP. PENGUIN EUDYPTES C/7'/?YSIO0OA/E 7009 ...... Cd FINLAND 15.1.03 Provincial birds. 3 self-adhesive in coils. 1st 760150 COMMON CUCKOO CUCUL US G4 N O /c?U 5 71014 1st 1220860 SKY LARK ALA!/DA 116077 1st 1890030 SIBERIAN JAY p5q/5Q,q>g(/5 /N FAU 5 7'U 5 175041 " 'Ea l FRENCH ANTARCTIC 1.1.03 Emperoro penguin. iv. E /ei16Eu 70020 EMPEROR PENGUIN APTENOD Y7'E5 7002 Q 4* who I 2 FRENCH ANTARCTIC 1.1.03 Discoverers. 1 of cartoon sheetlet of 4v. : e' 5,4 ~I 0.46Eu 70020 EMPEROR PENGUIN F0957'5g/ 7002 FRENCH ANTARCTIC 1.1.03 Luc Marie Bayle. iv. 0.46Eu Very small -II 70040 ADELIE PENGUIN PYGOSCEL/S ADELME 7004 GAMBIA 16.7.01 Wildlife. 1 of 4v. 2d 302220 MARTIAL EAGLE ,DQLE/1/AL-ra/5 BELL/COS(/S 30218 GAMBIA 16.7.01 Wildlife. 1 of Sheet 1 of 6 stamps. . 7d 310010 SECRETARY-BIRD 5346/774,c7/U5 55QPEN7:4/WaS 31001 GAMBIA 16.7.01 Wildlife. 3 of Sheet 2 of 6 stamps. . 0/Q/57-47A 84017 Page 7d 890110 MALACHITE KINGFISHER 7d 960010 EUFXASIAN HOOPOE EPOPS 91001 7d 150010 GREAT WH ITE PELICAN 0/V00g0TAL UP 15001 167 ~GAMBIA 2002 Ecotourism. 1 of sheet of 6 + MS. 9d 200110 GOLIATH HERON A9054 GOLM TH 20058 lard MS 220030 YELLOW-BILLED STOFQK MYCTERM I5/5 23003 ...... GREAT BRITAIN 14.1.03 Birds of prey. 10 1st class. 1st 5 different designs 320260 EURASIAN KESTREL F4100 77NNl/NC(/LUS 32028 TJ 1st 5 different designs 770140 BARN OWL 7'y7'0 ALBA 72002 23 ...... GRENADA 1.7.02 3" * Ecotourism. 1 of sheet of 6 and MS...... $1 1990360 BLACKPOLL WARBLER DEA/DROlCA STRIATA 159040 \\\*' ...... /$@ MS 1230120 TREE SWALLOW TACHYCINETA BICOLOR 117003 GRENADINES OF GRENADA .7.02 Ecotourism. 1 of sheet of 6 and MS. $1.50 890880 RINGED KINGFISHEFI CE ,Q yL E TO/QQUA7A 84003 /its MS 2011660 ANTI LLEAN EUPHONIA E U p H O N/A Af/l/S/G4 157148 GUINEA 2002 Caribbean Hummingbirds. 4v. and MS. . 900f 860640 JAMAICAN MANGO AN 7'H QUO co 7'H OR4X MANGO 81064 990f 860680 GREEN-THROATED CARIB E U L4 M P/5 HOW OSER/CE(/S 81067 -l000f 860990 CUBAN EMERALD C'HL O F?O 5 TL'/ 5 ON Iq/60/q?0// 81093 1000f 863150 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIFID A7'R CH /LO 0 I 7 U 5 COL Z/5/?/S 81303 4000f MS 860900 BLACK~BlLLED STFIEAMERTAIL R O CH /LU 5 50/7Z/L UP 81125 sub-sp. GUINEA 2002 Caribbean Hummingbirds. Composite sheet of 6. lH9I7H lH9I7H 1000f 861170 BLUE-HEADED HUMMINGBIRD CMNOPHAM 5 /CO L O,Q 81103 1000f 860050 RU FOUS-BREASTED HERMIT GL,-46/C75 H5`/ H 5 U 7'A 81007 1goof 861000 HISPANIOLIAN EMERALD C/7'/.0/?05l77L50N WA /N F O /V/ / 81094 1 goof 860990 CU BAN EMERALD C/7'L0/?0577L50N R /CO ,QD // 81093 1000f 863140 BEE HUMMINGBIFQD A/ELL/.SZ/G4 H E LE N AE 81309 1000f 860620 ANTILLEAN MANGO ,4n7'HQ4coT/1o,Q4x D O M /N/C U5 81062 E E D D 2002 Victory Day. MS. qzue qzue g g o_ o_ Q Q OF OF O O CD CD 300400 BALD EAGLE HAL/-4Eb7'US LEUCQCEPHAL U5 30038 8003 8003 IRELAND . .02 Definitive. 41 c 1270030 GOLDCFREST REG(/L UP REG(/LUP 136157 LVI0A LVI0A IRELAND 6.8.02 Definitive booklet stamps. 41 c 1270030 GOLDCFQEST I1?560;US HEGUL UP 136157 8'0N 8'0N 36c 1350550 WINTER WREN Moe; OD Y7'E5` 7'/EPOGL OD Y7E5 t 27048 4tc 1960010 CHAFFINCH FF?/NG/LL4 COEZE55 163001 ...... . . .. . KOREA (NORTH) 15.6.01 Anniversary of communisty party. MS. 80c MS 430150 RED-CROWNED (MANCHURIAN) CRANE G/w5 ../APONE/V5/S 40005 March KOREA (NORTH) 15.6.01 Communist party congress. MS (design as above). 800 MS 430150 RED-CROWN ED (MANCHURIAN) CFIANE GR(/5 J,4PO/VE/VS/5 40005 2003 KOREA (SOUTH) 2.8.00 KORPEX. Pane of 1997 (F12/4) stamps with personalised labels. Vol. 170w 620400 FAR EASTERN CU RLEW NUMEN/U5 A//,40AG4SC24/5?/ENS/5 58011 17 KUWAIT 17.4.02 Scientific Center. 3 @50c in booklet panes. Add to 3 @25c in sheet listed in F17/2. No. 501° 600010 NORTHERN LAPWING V-4NELL US VANELL US 57001 50f 600040 SPUFi-WINGED PLOVEF( V4NELL U5 SF'/A/OSUS 57003 3 50f 320260 EURASIAN KESTREL PALCO 7/NA/UNC(/LUP 32028 LIBERIA 9.3.98 Creatures of the sea. 3 of sheet of 16 - and border. 2 @ 20c (different) + borde 250010 CARIBBEAN FLAMINGO PHOEN/COP?/5/?U5 I?L/EER 25001 Note split of Greater Flamingo, ruber and roseus becoming separate species, 20c + border 200000 Species of EGRET 20000 FLIGHT LIBERIA 5.9.00 "Wind in the Willows". 4 of sheet (1) of 8. $15 780970 TAWNY OWL 57°/? /X AL UC O 731 14 $15 920220 EUROPEAN BEE-EATER M /etO p 5 87021 $15 300300 RED KITE M/7:4L VL/ a M/L VU 5 30030 $15 270470 COMMON SHELDUCK E O ,QN A 7AD O,Q N A 27044 LIBERIA 5.9.00 "Wind in the Willows". 2 of sheet (2) of 8. (There is a 3rd sheet without birds.) $15 930010 EUROPEAN ROLLER c0/240/45 cm/Qwuz U5 88001 $15 270110 MUTE SWAN CYGA/US OL of? 27010 LIBERIA 5.9.00 "Wind in the Willows". MS (1 of 3). $1 O0 MS 1370110 DUNNOCK PRUNELM MODULAR/S 129010 LUXEMBOURG 10.12.02 Charity. 1 of 4. 0.59-1-0.11 En 381400 FIRING-NECKED PHEASANT P//45IMN(/S COLcw/cu5 35189 Page MARSHALL ISLANDS 2.5.01 Stamp Day. "Stamp on Stamp". Canoes from 19.1.01 issue (F16/2). 340 680300 GRAY-BACKED TERN 5`7'E/QNA 62067 169 MEXICO 20.8.00 Expo HANNOVER 2000. 1 of sheet of 11. 39 741890 SCAFILET MACAW ,4/c24 A/AG-40 69130 ...... MICRONESIA 25.3.02 Japanese Art. Sheetlet of 6 @ 60c and MS. (1 of 2 sheetlets and 2 MSs.) 60c 1890000 Unidentified OORVID 175000 'o m 60c 200230 LITTLE EGRET E G A?57' A G4/'2ZE7'T4 20047 'Q ¢'D 60c 270630 MAN DARIN DUCK A /X 6,4459/cum 754 27059 4 *'"* 381540 GREEN ~l 53 $2 ms PEAFOWL P A VO MUWOU5 35203 Q ua1:vw MONGOLIA .¥"*w 30.12.01 Endangered steppe zone species. 1 of sheetlet of 10. : oh 116 ...... *¢a. are* 200t 1890670 MONGOLIAN GROUND-JAY PODUCES ,L/£A/p5c;>50/V/ 175064 g 3 MONGOLIA 30.12.01 History of humanity. 1 of sheetlet of 20. 200t 300000 Unidentified EAGLE 30000 MONGOLIA 1.4.02 Birds of prey. 5v. Y 1 Oot 300520 HIMALAYAN GRIFFON G p 5 Hn/44,4 YEA/5/5 30051 150t 300530 EURASIAN GRIFFON G yp 5 FUL V05 30052 300t 300470 EGYPTIAN VULTUFZE N E O P H ,Q0 N pgqgg/V0p7'5'/Q05 30044 400t 300550 CINEFIEOUS (BLACK) VULTURE A E G yP /U 5 MONACHUS 30055 y 550t 300460 LAMMEFQGEIER G p AET UO BA/'?5,47'£/S 30045 FLIGHT MONGOLIA 27.4.02 Japan diplomatic relations. MS. MS border Unidentified bird MOZAMBIQUE 1.6.02 Americo Vespucio. 1 of 3v. 30000M 742620 YELLOW-CHEVRONED PAFIAKEET 5/=;'o7'065q/5 69197 ...... MOZAMBIQUE 17.6.02 Fauna. 3 of Sheet (1) of 9. . 10,000m 770140 BARN OWL / ) / O ALBA 72002 g?§ . . 10,000m 1041670 PILEATED WOODPECKER DR)/OCUP(/5 P/L54 T(/5 99157 .. . 3 3l'0,000M 863150 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIFQD ARCH/L OCHUS COL L/BR/S 81303 8o :- no MOZAMBIQUE 17.6.02 Fauna. 2 of Sheet (2) of 9. Q Q 10,000m 290010 OSPREY p AN D/O N /-/A L /A ET U5 29001 o.> 10,000m 2040060 RED-WINCaED BLACKBIFQD A GE LA/ L/5 P H OE N/C E U 5 t 62053 2. , ..w NORFOLK ISLAND 12.11.02 Christmas. 4v. 45c, 450, $1, $1.50 (all different) 680430 WHITE TERN ALBA 62089 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 12.10.01 China diplomatic relations. 1 of 3v. 50t Dragon and - 1870000 Unidentified BIRD-OF-PARADISE 174000 qruew z on I" G) m m > 2001 National parks. 2 of 4v. £OOZ `: 92 re 200030 GRAY HERON A9054 C//V E F?54 20053 ,J SARUS CRANE GR(/S 'I0A 430080 A N 77G O /VE 40008 275f 430020 BLACK CROWN ED-CRANE 5,4L54A?/0,4 40014 LL 'ON SIERRA LEONE 29.4.02 Wildlife of West Africa. 1 of sheet of 6. s 11001 1901140 ERR ERR EER ERR ERR SLOVAKIA 18.12.02 Stamp day. iv. 10k Magnifying glass and 890020 COMMON KINGFISHER AL CEDO A 7TH/5 84011 / SOUTH GEORGIA 7.1.03 4v. and sheetlet. ' GRAY-HEADED C /7/,Q y5 O5 7O M 10011 I//40p, 45p, 45p & 70p (Different) 100080 ALBATROSS THAMSSARCHE . ' A ,Iv £8 sheetlet = 4* above + border 100080 GRAY-HEADED ALBATROSS THAMSSARCHE C'H g y5 O5 7o M A 10011 5 I SWITZERLAND 19.11.02 Stamp Day, Lyss. ~I r . .11 70c 890020 COMMON KINGFISHER AL CEDO 84011 ~:4»""** TANZANIA 1997 Tourist attractions of East Africa. 2 of 4v. 140s 250011 GREATER FLAMINGO PHOEN/COP7'ER(/5 I?O5E(/5` 25001 sub-sp. 41 Os 200320 CATTLE EGRET 5[/B1/L cut I5/5 20034 TAN ZANIA 30.4.02 The big five". 2 of sheet of 5. 250s 200320 ERR ERR ERR E/?/Q' ERR l*r250s 200320 ERR ERR ERR EAR ERR THAILAND 4.8.01 THA!PEX '01. Domestic Fowl. 4v. + MS. w" .,:" / ¢' * s* f 3b, 4b, Gb & 12b (different) 381160 RED JUNGLEFOWL €44; UP CMLZ. Z/5` 35166 US G/JLLUP 35166 Page 33b MS with above 4 designs 381160 RED JUNGLEFOWL C-Z4LL TONGA 27.11.02 Eua national park. 4v. 171 450, $1, $1 .50 & $2.50 (different) 740700 RED SHINING-PARROT P/?O5IOP£74 745(/ENS/5 69036 ...... TURKMENISTAN 2002 Composite sheet of 6. 3000m 1402620 (GREATER) WHITETHROAT SQL W4 MMMUN/5 136091 `0 m 3000m 760150 COMMON CUCKOO Cl/CY/L UP CANOFF£/5` 71014 (Q m 3000m 1402630 LESSER WHITETHROAT 5)1WA CZ//5?R4CJ4 136092 E N 3000m 1890640 EURASIAN MAGPIE P/Q4 P/G4 175061 No 3000m 1890910 ROOK cxztrws FQUGVLEGUS 175087 a 3000M 1891170 RAVEN CU/?V(/S co/tz4,y 175109 UKRAINE Chomomorskyi reserve. Add to 4 of 5 birds - in MS format - listed in F1712. f :To Border & logo. 670400 MEDITERRAN EAN GULL 4,4/Q05 A//ELANOCEPHALU5 62033 I VENEZUELA 26.9.00 OPEC Summit, 1 of sheet of 10. 550b 1870370 GREATER BIRD-OF-PARADISE p,4,Q40/5,454 A/DOD/4 174037 \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ POSTAL STATlONERY(lncluding machine formats) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\l\\\\\\\\\\\ FAROE ISLANDS 17.6.02 Eggs & chicks. 4 Postcards. (See F17/1 for stamps) A set of postcards was released in conjunction with the four 'Eggs & chicks' stamps which could be maximised by the purchaser. FLIGHT FLIGHT NORFOLK ISLAND 26.10.01 Postcards with postage paid indicia. Centennial stamp show, Brisbane. EXTINCT NORFOLK STARLING APLONIS FUSCA 166008 740820 CRIMSON ROSELLA PLA WCEHCU5 ELEGAN5 69050 Chico'eague Chico'eague pair pair although although Stamp Stamp been been States States Geese Geese The The This This The The of of annual annual wor wor N go '11 m -\ o 'o o no -I Fish Fish Snow Snow is is for for painting painting w o 1 the the Ne Ne win win 2003.-'2004. 2003.-'2004. I by and and competition competition has has first first Geese Geese Naiéonat Naiéonat E Q- in 01 Q Q. ».~.~!d!Me ».~.~!d!Me Duck Duck will will Wiidiiie Wiidiiie - co entered entered time time March March become become against against v v artist artist The The Wi£d!»'e Wi£d!»'e that that Stamp Stamp :- Service. Service. to to nd nd every every competition competition Ron Ron Mr Mr design design abe abe ds ds the the fig fig a a mo mo pe pe Refuge. Refuge. Louque Louque background background 36 36 year year Louque Louque des=g'1 des=g'1 competition competition L L 2003 2003 y y :he :he 4> since since chworth chworth next next has has :neat :neat is is for for h h x x of of Th Th l\) MM MM sponsored sponsored s s 1973. 1973. Charlottcsvslle, Charlottcsvslle, the the 6 6 won won of of US US VoI.17 VoI.17 '49 '49 the the page page b b $15 $15 'Duck' 'Duck' the the other other LE LE His His ff ff !=penthouse !=penthouse Federal Federal -we competition. competition. s s |- painting painting he he * stamp stamp emnes. emnes. *he *he No.3 No.3 Virginia. Virginia. Duck Duck United United has has at at :r o of of a a SU Q on o :' (D ~< on g SHANGHAI LOCAL POSTS By David Cox (1) Under the authorization of Lhe Shanghai Municipal Council the Shangai Local Post was esLablished in 1863. It became par t of the Imperial Chinese PosL Office in November 1897. Birds featured on Lhe issues of Annoy, Ichang and Wuhu. AMOF The first dlstincLive issue Juno 1895 was printed by Schleicher and Skull, Germany, in sheets of A0 and showed a design of two Grey Herons. Denominations were ;,1,2,4,5, 15,20,25 cents. In October 1895, in to ac vols were overprinted POSTAGE DUE in Black or Red PUSTAGE Frovisionals Nay 1896 had ac surcharge on the he and So. '-:~1.**»we Varieties occur on all of L G """" the surcharges. . ... 0Lher stamps are non postal, . .. whilst stumps suruuharged AHOY HALF CENT are bogus. 9 ICHANG The Treaty PurL was not opened to foreigners until after the signing of the Treaty of Chefoo in 1uLc 1876. Just one bird issue is featured during the period of the Local Post. 1st December 1896, Lithography by Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry Co. printed in sheets of 50, and shows the Reeve's Pheasant. lmal¥mm 1\="='mNVlN¢ WUHU A Chinese port on Lhe Yang-tae River,sLamps were issued for a Local Post organised by a Mr Gregoor, postmaster of Wuhu. The first issue November 1894 issued in sheets of 100 was made in two printings and featured t to bird designs. Althou5§ difficult to est§Eish sjécics EEly showed 'U E§§"ii"§"?1§§*tie1d and a Pheasant. Values, 2,l,lU,&0 cents. Early 1895 these were overprinted locally with Chinese values, and I later overprinted POSTAGE DUE. A second set of definitives issued in 1895 included two bird species, Cranes and the Oriental Scops Owl. 1897,when advised Lhat no Furasher Shanghai Local Post mail would be allowed the posfMastor overprinted variou s issues P.P.C. Lo indicaLc "Pours Perendrc Conga" (to say goodbye). The post ceased in 1898. March 2003 Vol. 17 No. 3 FLIGHT Page 173 SOME NOTES FROM THE AUCTION SECRETARY, No. 16. Firstly, due to the very recent arrival of the new CBOS catalogue, it has not been possible to fully update all the stock, in time fer the next auction's catalogue, The only area where the new catalogue has been used, is where the item did not appeared in the old CBOS catalogue. The catalogue number has been inserted, together with #=# at the end of the description, to indicate that the lot appears in the new CBOS catalogue with that catalogue number. From a brief scan of the first few pages of the new CBOS catalogue, there appear to be quite a lot of changes to the species' names, whilst the catalogue values seem to have increased and decreased in approximately the same proportion. I hope to be able to reflect the various changes in Auction 63, but reserve prices will depend on which issue of the catalogue the vendors use. In fact, it would be helpful if vendors could indicate which version of the catalogue they used when sending new stock. I note that there might be another complication soon, as a new edition of Howard and Moore has been promised in the Spring. This brings me on to the second point. You may have noticed that the enclosed auction catalogue is shorter than recent ones. This is partly due to the following:- a) Recent lack of new stock. This may be partly due to the raising of the minimum reserve to 50p., but, if you have been waiting for the new CBOS catalogue to arrive, now is the time to prepare any items that you have for sale, as they will probably go into the August auction. For publication reasons, it is necessary to produce the next auction's catalogue at around the time of the current auction. For some unexplained reason, so far this year, _all the new stock has come from overseas members. (** Please Note that as l shall be away on Winter migration for 3 weeks, it would be advisable to wait until mid-March before sending new stock to me.**) b) l have modified the layout slightly, with the country name appearing on the same line as the first lot for that country, instead of having a separate line to itself. This has reduced the number of pages by 2, thereby saving on printing cost. If you have any problem with the new layout, please let me know, but l have managed in the past, with other catalogues in this format, by using a ruler across the relevant lines. In the last notes, I mentioned that items would not be retained for a second showing. Unless the new stock arrives in sufficient numbers, I have agreed with Graham Hors ran, that I can retain unsold items for the time being, to appear in another future auction, but only if new stock is .0_Q1 forthcoming in sufficient quantity. Next, thank you to those members who returned the questionnaire regarding the auction, packet service, subscriptions etc. They were all passed to Graham Hors ran for analysis and publication elsewhere in 'Flight'. Finally, whilst there have been many catalogue price changes, the your own bidding policy of only bidding as much as you want to pay still applies, regardless of the catalogue value. - Now, the usual snippets of 'useful' information from Auction 61, plus some comments on them. These figures are based on the position at the time these notes are prepared, and exclude adjustments due to non-payment, late payments, errors, returned lots etc.:- 1. 741 lots were sold to 68 bidders, out of 902 lots from 18 vendors, which works out at 82% sold. In addition, 58 duplicates were sold to 28 bidders. Of the few remaining second time lots, 70% were sold.. There were 1985 bids from 89 bidders. The average sale price this time was 32% over the Reserve Price, whilst the highest bids averaged 80% over the Reserve Price. (This is to give you some idea of how high to bid in future.) 2. There was an average of 2.65 bids per lot. This time, onlyl bidder was unsuccessful with any bids. However, there were 5 bidders whose purchases were over £100 each, mainly due to the popularity of the West Australian lots. There was almost a 100% sale of the West Australian items over the 2 auctions in which they appeared. 3. There were bids from 13 members in 9 overseas countries. In addition, there are many overseas members who are active vendors, which they use their sales income to pay for their purchases. In sale value terms, overseas vendors accounted for nearly 40% of sales in this auction. 4. Only 7 lots had 10 or more bids for them this time, but only 3 were for the single bird stamp in a set. Yet again, these all went for much more than the old CBOS catalogue prices. 5. Total sales were £2237, an average of £2.88 per lot sold. Of particular interest in the next auction are the post-independence high values from former French Colonies. Finaiiy, do not forget that all auction cheques need to be made out to:- BIRD STAMP SOCIETY ..! AUCTION ACCOUNT. Happy Hunting, Doug Blake Page 174 FLIGHT March 2003 VoI.17 No.3