Bird stamp

Philatelists interested in a particular subject are very exciting and exceptional people. They collect specific postage stamps, covers, post cards, postmarks and other types of philatelic goods.

A lot of people all over the world like birds. This is the reason why so many collectors choose this subject for their collections. Every single collector determines his own collection strategy: focus his attention on specific postage items or products from specific countries and decides what kind of bird images he will collect on the first place. Postage stamps displaying various birds are issued all over the world. Collectors usually find information about new issues on the Internet or in printing press and buy a particular bird stamp. It is very time- and energy- consuming work which deserves to be respected.

Postage stamp issue quite often comes along with the issuing of some additional products. That could be, for example, a First Day Cover (FDC). Collectors may be interested in such products as well because it usually includes not only a bird stamp, but an interesting appropriate postmark. The cover can be also properly designed.

For example, issued on July 6, 2011, in New Zealand, very unusual round stamps were featured with Round Kiwi FDC:

October 11, 2010, Ascension Island post issued a set of stamp showing The Yellow Canary, which in combination with FDC looks incredibly harmoniously. Stamps, cover and postmark together form a perfect whole:

A souvenir sheet can also be issued as an additional product. It underlines all advantages of bird stamp and can be considered as interesting philatelic item as such.
For example, July 6, 2011, Niue issued Birds souvenir sheet designed in birds‘ shape:

Philatelic collections can cover absolutely different subjects and are limited only by a collector’s imagination. Some philatelists show a considerable interest in city birds – pigeons. Such collectors would not stay indifferent to the set of 2 stamps Faroe Islands Pigeons issued on September 16, 2009:

Or a Pigeons souvenir sheet issued on November 28, 2011, in Belarus:

Collectors interested in postage items with the image of penguins can add the following bird stamp to their collections:

This Preserve the polar regions and glaciers souvenir sheet was issued on February 11, 2009, by the Czech Republic.
November 15, 2011, British Antarctic Territories issued similar Frozen planet (penguins) souvenir sheet:

Some collectors are interested in products showing parrots. They definitely won’t ignore Montserrat Caribbean Parrots souvenir sheet issued on October 11, 2007:

Bird stamps are always bright and colourful.
A lot of collectors devote their collections to stamps displaying fowls. They will be interested in the postage stamps and FDC called Animals and their offspring issued on August 25, 2010, in Israel:

The philatelists interested in postage products imaging Owls have quite engaging collections as well. For example, September 10, 2006, North Korea issued appropriate postage stamps and FDC:

Collecting of stamps and other postage items requires a lot of time and energy, especially if collector searches a particular bird stamp. We share collectors’ passion for wonderful birds and believe we will be very helpful in such difficult yet interesting work.