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  2. Bird stamp - Wikipedia

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    Birds started appearing on stamps by 1875, when Japan issued a series of three stamps bearing stylized illustrations of the three species Motacilla alba, Accipiter gentilis and bean goose. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] 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 ...

  3. Prince Consort Essay - Wikipedia

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    The Prince Consort Essay in black. The Essay in red-brown. The Essay in brown. The Prince Consort Essay was a surface printed printer's sample stamp created in 1851 [1] as an example of the surface printed stamps that Henry Archer proposed to print and perforate under contract with the British government at a lower price than the current printing firm of Perkins Bacon.

  4. Category:Birds on stamps - Wikipedia

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    Bird stamp; Black Swan (stamp) D. Double Geneva; F. Federal Duck Stamp; I. Inverted Swan This page was last edited on 9 October 2024, at 17:43 (UTC). Text is ...

  5. Himiko - Wikipedia

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    To different interpreters, this early Japanese shaman queen can appear as evidence of communalism (Marxists), Jōmon priestess rulers (Feminist history), the Japanese conquest of Korea, [51] the Mongolian conquest of Japan (Namio Egami's "horserider theory" ), the imperial system originating with tandem rule by a female shaman and male monarch ...

  6. List of fictional princesses - Wikipedia

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    Princess Winger A bird princess from the island of the Sky Bird Kingdom. Voiced by Lisa Loeb. Princess Yasmine James Bond Jr. She is the daughter of Shiekh Yabootie of Al-Khaline and one of the Bond girls in the episode "Valley of the Hungry Dunes". Voiced by Sheryl Bernstein. Princess Lavinia Pernilla Kippernook Jane and the Dragon

  7. Flag and coat of arms of Transylvania - Wikipedia

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    They refer to the conquest's chronicling in the manuscript known as Gesta Hungarorum, which claims that Transylvania was settled by five Hungarian clans. Subsequent tradition codified their family crests, all of which had totem-like animal figures—Agmánd had a wolf's head; Borsa, a fish, Gyerő, a fish; Kalocsa, a bird; and Zsombor, a lion. [1]

  8. André Buzin - Wikipedia

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    He is known on the philatelic scene for the Birds series, a definitive stamp series of Belgium. Buzin designed his first stamps for Zaire in 1984. In Africa, he also created some stamp series for Mauritania and Rwanda. Almost all depicted local animals, but he designs stamps for the 1984 Summer Olympics. His major series have been issuing by ...

  9. Postage stamps and postal history of Bhutan - Wikipedia

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    In 1968 a Butterflies 3D stamp issue and in 1969 a Fishes 3D, a Birds 3D and Insects 3D stamps issues were released. Other 3D issues are Paintings (1970), Animals (1970), Conquest of Space (1970 and 1971), Antique Automobiles (1971), Mushrooms (1973) and, at last a Bhutanese motive, Ceremonial Masks (1976). [36]