May 23rd, 2012 
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Nudibranchs are marine molluscs renowned for their flamboyant colour patterns. They have evolved to the point where they no longer need the passive defence of a shell, instead opting for special chemical secreting glands or recycled stinging cells to keep their soft bodies intact. Nudibranchs have bright, colourful bodies that not only advertise their toxicity [...]
September 6th, 2011 srmodh 2,063 viewsAn Post issued a series of four stamps to honour the Irish horse. Peter Curling, Ireland’s leading equestrian artist, painted the images on which the stamps were based. They show four common horses in Ireland; the thoroughbred horse, the Connemara pony, the coloured horse and the Irish draught horse.
July 28th, 2011 srmodh 4,483 viewsAn Post issued eight stamps for its Irish Animals and Marine Life definitive series, illustrating Ireland’s biodiversity from the seabed to the mountain top. Biodiversity is an all-encompassing term used to describe the variety of all life and natural processes on Earth. The species featured on these stamps are; the Beadlet Anemone, the Squat Lobster, [...]
July 13th, 2011 srmodh 3,559 viewsAustralia post issued a set of stamps featuring some most popular native baby animals, a bilby, dingo, kangaroo, koala and sugar glider. The Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is a nocturnal marsupial with distinctive rabbit-like ears, greyish fur and a beautiful bushy black tail with a white tip. It survives on a diet of seeds, grubs, bulbs, [...]
May 28th, 2011 srmodh 1,591 viewsThe zoological garden is a unique school of knowledge introducing visitors to natural and cultural values. On the 1st of July 1938, the Kaunas Zoo was officially opened in the Mickevi?ius Valley under the initiative of naturalist Professor Tadas Ivanauskas. On the 4th of December 1958, the Kaunas Zoo was granted the name of a [...]
May 24th, 2011 srmodh 1,000 viewsEuropean Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus Pall.) In Estonia, the European or brown hare is a species that settled in the area from the south about 200-300 years ago when a part of their forest habitats had been replaced by fields. As a result it is also called the field hare. As the scientific name indicates [...]
March 3rd, 2011 srmodh 2,864 views“The cat lies by the door dead, and can eat neither butter nor bread.” So begins an old Faroese rhyme about a poor cat that is so in love that it has completely lost its appetite. Nobody knows when cats reached the Faroe Islands, or how many cats there are, as they aren’t registered. Cats [...]
February 23rd, 2011 srmodh 2,583 viewsDuring the operation of whaling stations between 1904 and 1965, a variety of animals were brought to South Georgia. Two, the brown rat and house mouse, were introduced accidentally. Most were brought to the island to provide fresh food. These included reindeer, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens, geese and even pigeons. Some were allowed [...]
February 23rd, 2011 srmodh 5,224 viewsSingapore post issued a definitive stamps of pond life featuring animals such as common Tilapia, pond wolf spider, water strider and water scorpion. A pond is and inland body of standing water, either natural or man-made, which is smaller than a lake. it undergoes marked changes as time passes, and most obvious changes that one [...]
February 7th, 2011 srmodh 1,431 viewsIsland post issued a set of two stamps featuring Ringed seal and Grey seal found in Island. Ringed seal (Phoca hispida) is slightly smaller than the harbor seal. This species has a circumpolar distribution and is by far the largest seal stock in the Artic. It is a common vagrant in Iceland, especially in the [...]
Australia is hosting an International Stamp Exhibition, AUSTRALIA 2013 in Melbourne, from 10 - 15 May 2013 at the Exhibition Buildings, Carlton, Melbourne.
Thailand will host THAILAND 2013 - World Stamp Exhibition from 2 to14 August, on the 130th anniversary of the Thailand’s postal service.
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