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Friday Grey Matters: African Grey Parrots on Stamps

By retrospectacle on November 24, 2006.

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African Grey Parrots are so loved, they've even been honored with stamps in many countries! The stamp on the upper left was a 3 cent stamp issued in Cuba in 1967, one of 15 in a collection of birds in the Havana Zoo. The lower right stamp is from Sierra Leone in Africa, issued in 1999. It was also part of a set of 20 stamps entitled 'Beautiful Parrots and Parakeets of the World.' I once collected stamps as a kid but quit after my precious collection was water-damaged beyond repair. However, these stamps are really beautiful, and I wish I had them!

Here's another sheet of parrot stamps with a Grey Parrot (below), from Somalia..

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My favorite is this stamp from Guinea:

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And for more African Grey Parrot stamps than you thought possible, visit this link. Awesome!

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hey if u like parrots check the mauritius parrot stamps
yo

all those greys and not one timneh. i guess congos are just more flashy.

I just chock it up to Timneh's being rarer. They are as flashy--I've always loved their interesting horn-colored beaks.

I am from Sri-sanka.
My son( 10 years old) collecting stamps as his hobby.
If you have stams in other countries, can you kindly send few for him. I can send you some Sri Lankan and USA stams.
His address is
Binara Medawatta
No 155
Siri Dhamma Mawatha
Colombo 10
Sri Lanka

Terrence

By Terrence Medawatta (not verified) on 07 Oct 2007 #permalink