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Panterra
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 November 2021 at 04:58 |
Sandy Island 2019 minisheet, including the Cat posties on one value! Sandy Island, an increasingly-well-known Pacific outpost, has had its distinctive stamps
for several years now, and in 2019, issued this attractive set to show
some peculiar animals. Here is the minisheet, which comprises
several values, including the cat mailmen of Liège. === The left block of stamps were inspired by a true event. It took place in 1879 in Liège, Belgium. The city fathers attempted to train 37 cats (imagine that!) to deliver mail from the central post office to outlying villages. What the cats thought about this, and what they did and didn't do, is lost in the mists of time. All we know is that the scheme didn't turn out exactly as planned. The stamps at the right show a family of lions on the savanna. The Typically, the lion inhabits grasslands and savannas but is absent in dense forests. It is usually more diurnal than other big cats, but when persecuted it adapts to being active at night and at twilight. In the Pleistocene, the lion ranged throughout Eurasia, Africa and North America but today it has been reduced to fragmented populations in Sub-Saharan Africa and one critically endangered population in western India. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1996 because populations in African countries have declined by about 43% since the early 1990s. Lion populations are untenable outside designated protected areas. Although the cause of the decline is not fully understood, habitat loss and conflicts with humans are the greatest causes for concern. One of the most widely recognised animal symbols in human culture, the lion has been extensively depicted in sculptures and paintings, on national flags, and in contemporary films and literature. Lions have been kept in menageries since the time of the Roman Empire and have been a key species sought for exhibition in zoological gardens across the world since the late 18th century. Cultural depictions of lions were prominent in the Upper Paleolithic period; carvings and paintings from the Lascaux and Chauvet Caves in France have been dated to 17,000 years ago, and depictions have occurred in virtually all ancient and medieval cultures that coincided with the lion's former and current ranges. .·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·..·:*¨¨*:·. |
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Capricornia
Unmounted Joined: 04 November 2021 Location: Germany Status: Offline Points: 6 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 11 December 2021 at 09:50 |
Sandy Island 2020 Issues Finally, the 2020 issues of Sandy Island have arrived at the Sandy Island Agency headquarter! While the main shipment from Chan Hui Shudian Printing SA, Waikoa Island, South Pacific to Sig. Vaccarezza, sent in late 2020, is presumed lost, a small number of sheets were sent from their reserves to us, which arrived today. This series was the last set of Sandy Island stamps designed and ordered by Fabio Vaccarezza. - The 0.50 Rupee stamp shows an American Bison overlooking the prairie plains. The animal is described as a "Great Collector", probably not of stamps though. - The 0.95 Rupee butterfly stamp is a reissue of the 2019 issue, showing a Swallowtail (Papilio machaon). - The second 0.95 Rupee stamp shows a group of tree frogs enjoying the view from the flowers of a tropical plant, a kind of "Frog's Condominium". All three stamps were designed by the late Postmaster, Fabio Vaccarezza and printed on ungummed paper by Chan Hui Shudian Printing SA, Waikoa Island. More details on the stamps and other Sandy Island issues can be found here. They are available through Capricornia Post and selected agents. |
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Juergen Schwarz
Postmaster General Capricornia Post |
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Capricornia
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 12 December 2021 at 01:08 |
Sandy Island 2021 Issues In 2021, the postal service of Sandy Island was taken over by Capricornia Post Extraterritorial Services, the internationally operating branch of Capricornia Post. Although the stamps of Capricornia Post are usually printed by yourstamps, it was decided that the newly formed Sandy Island Agency would be supplied by both yourstamps (for definitive issues) and by Chan Hui Shudian Printing S.A., the traditional printer for Sandy Island, located on Waikoa Island in the South Pacific. Sandy Island 2021 Commemoratives: In 2021, four commemorative stamps were issued:
The stamps were designed by the new Postmaster J.Schwarz and printed by Chan Hui Shudian Printing S.A. They were printed on ungummed paper, in sheets of 10 for each motive, plus a combination sheet containing two stamps of each value, except for the 1.10 Rupee stamp of which four are contained in the sheet, with one tete-beche pair. Official date of issue is 2021.12.12. Sandy Island 2021 Definitives: In November, two Definitive stamps were issued. They show shells which can often be found at the beaches of Sandy Island.
The small stamps were printed by yourstamps on gummed paper. It is planned to issue further values in the next years, with similar motives. Official date of issue is 2021.11.21. The 2021 issues can be ordered at face value through Capricornia Post and will be offered through selected agents, too. Capricornia Post is open to stamp exchange agreements with other stamp issuing entities and states, regarding new issues. |
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Juergen Schwarz
Postmaster General Capricornia Post |
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