Going Ape

Here comes an MC, had to buy it as I had no other choice to get an elephant MC, it came in a set of four where there was only one elephant.

Moustached guenon or moustached monkey (Cercopithecus cephus), designed by Jean Van Noten, printed by photogravure, and issued by Congo Democratic Republic (Kinshasa) in August, 1971, Scott No. 736.

- nethyrk

Here are two more examples of a large number of recent issues by African countries showing their wildlife - I have already mentioned Togo, check them out if you collect wildlife stamps! These are from Uganda (no numbers as yet)

Patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas), designed and engraved by Pierre Béquet, and issued by Mauritania on July 6, 1963, Scott No. 142.

- nethryk

Jolly-looking orangutans, printed by lithography, and issued by Australia on September 28, 1994, Scott No. 1388.

- nethryk

50th Anniversary of the discovery of DNA. 2003 GB.

The furry guy on the left looks like one of our salesmen.

Thanks for the new pictures,fellow primates!

Here are some more new issues from Mozambique:







And my apolgies if I posted the following earlier - they are not paes, but certainly, primates - the tarsiers. What I like about these issues is that they include some very rare species, some critically endangered.







There are also a whole lot of new issues from Guinea, some with apes and monkeys. I'll post them shortly.

Here are some of the new Guinea issue that have monkeys on them. There are a whole lot more in this series which is all about endangered species in West Africa. Quite a worry, such a high number...























There are a few more, still need to do the scans...

Apologies to the original scanner, Dopplemeier, for using the last two scans - I didnot realize I still needed to do those (I often paste in a picture in my records until I can have a good scan). OTOH, I can recommend this seller whom I have always found reliable and reasonable in prices, with prompt despatch of orders.

I must catch up on sleep some day if I can't do it nights... apologies for miss-spelling the name....

Nobori-zaru (traditional climbing monkey toy), printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan (Miyazaki Prefecture) on December 11, 1967, Scott No. 940.

- nethryk

The latest issues from Uganda (no numbers yet) - there are some other issues like this of other endangered animals, like lions.

Year of the monkey (pattern on bingata cloth), printed by photogravure, and issued by Ryukyu Islands on December 11, 1967, Scott No. 165.

- nethryk

Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), engraved nad printed by Waterlow & Sons., Ltd, and issued for use in the State of North Borneo on January 1, 1939, Scott No. 196.

- nethryk