Category Archive for 'WWF'

WWF   – Sierra Leone – Forest Puff Adder/Bitis gabonica Souvenir Sheet of 8 stamps with 2 complete sets Date Of Issue:-01.06.2011. Cost :-Set of 4 Rs 200/-. Souvenir Sheet with 2  set of 4 Rs 450/- Contact:-08860120900

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WWF   – Yellow-bellied Sea Snake – Pelamis Platu Sheet let with 4 sets. Date Of Issue:-25.03.2011. Cost :-Set of 4 Rs 275/-. Sheet Let with 4 set of  4 Rs 1100/- Contact:-08860120900

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WWF Maxim Card – 2010 Year of the Tiger – Nepal Date Of Issue:- 14.09.2010.

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WWF  – Samoa – Lanbirds of Samoa, Se-tenant A set of 4 featuring the Pacific Robin, Polynesian Triller, Polynesian Starling, Wattled Honey eater is yet another  endangered species list. The Wattled Honeyeater is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is the only species in the genus Foulehaio.The species is endemic to [...]

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WWF  –North Korea –Black-faced Spoonbill /Platalea minor, Se-tenant A set of 4 featuring the Black-faced Spoonbill /Platalea minor, Se-tenant is yet another  endangered species list. This spoonbill is listed as Endangered because it has a very small population, split into several small sub populations, that is believed to be undergoing a continuing decline owing to [...]

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WWF  – Sao Tome & Principe –Grey Parrot, Se-tenant A set of 4 featuring the Grey Parrotwhich is yet another  endangered species list. The Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) is a medium-sized parrot found in the primary and secondary rain forest of West and Central Africa. Experts regard it as one of the most intelligent birds. [...]

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WWF  – Tajikistan – Bactrian deer, Se-tenant A set of 4 featuring the Bactrian deer, also called the Bukhara deer which is yet another  endangered species list. The Bactrian deer(Cervus elaphus bactrianus), also called the Bukhara deer, Bokhara deer or Bactrian wapiti, is a lowland subspecies of Red Deer that is native to central Asia. [...]

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WWF  – Antigua  & Barbuda –Caribbean Coot, Se-tenant A set of 4 featuring the “Caribbean Coot” which is yet another bird on the endangered species list. The  Caribbean Coot is a large waterbird of the family Rallidae, which is a resident breeder in the Caribbean and parts of Venezuela. The Caribbean Coot has sometimes been [...]

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World Wide Fund For Nature Official First Day Covers –  Lammergeier – Groth in Switserland A set of 4 First Day Covers – Lammergeier – Groth in Switserland – Lammergeiers are long-winged vultures known for their unusual habit of dropping bones on to rocks to smash them open and get at the marrow. They have [...]

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World Wide Fund For Nature Official Maximum Card – African Elephants – Uganda, Kampala. A set of 4 Maximum Cards – African Elephants – Uganda, Kampala. – For several centuries, African elephants have been hunted for their ivory. Its numbers are in decline and locally it may be almost extinct. There are two sub-species of [...]

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World Wide Fund For Nature Official First Day Covers –  Monarch Butterfly – Mexico, D.F. A set of 4 FDC’s – Monarch Butterfly – Mexico, D.F. – Every year in autumn, thousands and thousands of Monarch Butterflies migrate from northern North America southwards to California and Mexico for overwintering. In the U.S.A. the Monarch is [...]

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Birds on Stamps – Malawi – FDC – WWF Malawi  issued a set of Stamps on Birds under WWF.  A FDC with a 20t stamp on a pair of  Wattled Crane issued on 16 Feb 1987.

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Birds on Stamps – Malawi – FDC – WWF Malawi  issued a set of Stamps on Birds under WWF.  A FDC showing a 15t stamp on Wattled Crane issued on 16 Feb 1987.

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