Tuesday, 7 September 2021

Netherlands Kingfisher overlooked!

 A correspondent informed me that I had overlooked a Kingfisher on the Landgoed Haarzuilens sheet issued in August. I could not see it, but found a better image of the sheet which confirmed that there is such an image on the right side, 4th stamp down. The shape is good, but the colours are all wrong.

Surprisingly, this is the first occurrence of this species on a Dutch stamp. Hopefully, a collectable example will appear in a future issue.

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Vanuatu and PCi

Commonwealth Stamps Opinion informs us that Vanuatu Post has fallen into the clutches of Philatelic Collector Inc, and so it is unlikely that any more indigenous birds will appear on future stamps.

A sheet of six stamps celebrating the Smithsonian has one bird Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus), which may well be my last mention of Vanuatu.