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A bird stamp is a postage stamp that illustrates one or more birds. It is a popular theme in topical stamp collecting.
Birds started appearing on stamps by 1875, when Japan issued a series of three stamps bearing stylized illustrations of the three species ''
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''Birds of Britain: The Monthly Web Magazine for Birdwatchers'', March 2002. The first United States bird stamp, depicting an eagle with wings outspread, was issued in 1869 on Scott #116 and #121, on stamps that were issued for general mail usage. The UK issued its first in honor of "Nature Week" in 1963. As of 2003, over 10,000 bird stamps had been issued around the world. A prominent collector is Chris Gibbins whose collection of over twelve thousand stamps portrays about three thousand species. Organisations that cover this field include the American Topical Association and The Bird Stamp Society.
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Birds of the World on Postage Stamps
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A bird stamp is a postage stamp that illustrates one or more birds. It is a popular theme in topical stamp collecting.
Birds started appearing on stamps by 1875, when Japan issued a series of three stamps bearing stylized illustrations of the three species ''Motacilla alba
The white wagtail (''Motacilla alba'') is a small passerine bird in the family Motacillidae, which also includes pipits and longclaws. The species breeds in much of Europe and the Asian Palearctic and parts of North Africa. It has a toehold in ...
'', '' Accipiter gentilis'' and bean goose.Malcolm Ogilvie"Birds on Stamps"
''Birds of Britain: The Monthly Web Magazine for Birdwatchers'', March 2002. The first United States bird stamp, depicting an eagle with wings outspread, was issued in 1869 on Scott #116 and #121, on stamps that were issued for general mail usage. The UK issued its first in honor of "Nature Week" in 1963. As of 2003, over 10,000 bird stamps had been issued around the world. A prominent collector is Chris Gibbins whose collection of over twelve thousand stamps portrays about three thousand species. Organisations that cover this field include the American Topical Association and The Bird Stamp Society.
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Birds of the World on Postage Stamps
– Chris Gibbins' collection online Birds on stamps Topical postage stamps {{philately-stub