Going Ape

Hello Laophil: Greetings from another monkey collector! Been absent for awhile -COVID and other matters but back and hoping to contribute more.




This is a recent issue from Indonesia, showing the moor macaque, one of six macaque species on the island of Sulawesi (formerly, Celebes). The number of species is remarkable as they all may have evolved from a species crossing over when landbridges were present in the recent past. I count myself lucky to have seen all six, as all are endangered, one of them (the crested macaque, or "Celebes black ape").

Hello Cobie, nice to meet again! thanks for sharing the SS and hope to see more from you. Here is one of my favorite shows Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus), engraved by John Augustus Charles Harrison and issued for use in North Borneo on January 1, 1939.

My turn again! There have been some nice primate issues from Niger - so here's
an example:


These are from 2022 and not only show quite a nice collection of primate but are also of interest for those who collect stamps of unusual shapes.

On the MS of 4, left. we see golden lion tamarin, mandril, orang-utan, and proboscis monkey; in the surround, gelada baboons, white-handed gibbon, chimpanzee, and gorilla. The SS MS shows a brown capuchin, and around it, a squirrel monkey, golden snub-nosed monkeys, and a Sumatran orang-utan.






The above is a 2016 issue showing two patas monkeys, as well as a Senegal galago and an olive baboon.




From 2015, a largish MS of 4 showing ring-tailed lemurs; on the stamps, crowned sifaka; a red-ruffed lemur; a white-handed gibbon, and a common marmoset.

PS Monkey collectors: Happy to correspond off-line about our collections - I think you can get my e-mail address if you are a bona fide member.

A commercial cover from Fujeira, one of the seven Emirates, sent registered to West Germany on October 15, 1971 franked with a complete set shows different primates.

Stamps were issued both perforated and unperforated:

Hello Lao-chin:

Sorry about the long delay; I'll try and do better as there have been some nice issues like the set below from Angola (2018):



showing
Angolan colobus (Colobus angolensis)
Demidoff's galago (Galagoides demidoff)
Swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis),
Black crested mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus);

nice to see the swamp monkey considered a "primitive" species in the sense that it seems evolutionary old.





This the Ms of the set;
Moustached monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius)
In surround: Western lowland gorilla (G. g. gorilla), and figurines of Angolan colobus and swamp monkey.

I like the small drawings which also occur on the margins of the full sheets of the set.

In 2019, another set of primates was issued:




These are
Chacma baboon (Papio ursinus)
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Red-tailed guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius)
De Brazza monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)

and the sheets have small drawings of the animals in the margins too.



Shown here
Blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
In surround: De Brazza monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus), red-tailed guenons (Cercopithecus ascanius), chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes).

More new issues to follow! Best wishes to all stamp enthusiasts here, Cobie

Hi Cobie, thanks for the nice stamps. Here are more from my zoo.

Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus), issued for use in North Borneo on February 1, 1961. It was overprinted and reissued for use in Sabah:

Hello Laophil:

Here's some more of mine:

and



Just to honour the subject, Apes:

MS of 4, "Les gorilles"
300FD each
Western lowland gorilla (G. g. gorilla), 2 designs
Eastern lowland gorilla (Gorilla beringei graueri)
Mountain gorilla (Gorilla b. beringei)

MS, SS, "Les gorilles"
1100FD
Western lowland gorilla (G. g. gorilla)

and apes and others from Djibouti:
MS of 4, diamond-shaped, "Les primates"
1000F each
Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii)
Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus)
In surround:
Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada)
White-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar)
Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Western lowland gorilla (G. gorilla)

and

MS, SS, diamond-shaped, "Les primates"
3600F
Tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella)
In surround:
Common squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
Snub-nosed golden monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana)
Bornean orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus)

Best, Cobie

Primates, designed and engraved by Michel Monvoisin and issued by the Peoples Republic of Congo on January 31, 1971 as part of a set shows local animals:

Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei):

Potto (Perodicticus potto):

De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus):

Bonobo, Pygmy Chimpanzee (Pan paniscus):

Issued in this set contains more four animal stamps:

Hello Laophil and others:

There have been some nice new issues, although of course I do wonder about those from poor African countries although they are claimed as official. Here is one of the, from Djibouti, limited to 500:




On the left, Barbary macaques, red ruffed lemur, chimpanzee, Uganda red colobus; on the right, hamadryas baboon, green monkey, mandrill, and mountain gorilla.

Also recent, from Djibouti:




Two of China's rare species, the grey snub-nosed monkey, and the golden snub-nosed monkey - the latter, a picture of a young animal - it does not yet have the bright blue face of the adult.

Official issue from Surinam, continuing their monkey series that have been issued almost yearly from about a decade; this issue is not of the same high picture quality, and only shows 4 common species ;



They are the aye-aye, senegal bushbaby, mouse lemur, and tarsier.

Other threads in SCF related to monkeys:

- Prosimians - Show Your Lemur, Galago, Potto And Other Prosimians On Stamps:
http://goscf.com/t/82115

- Endangered Species On WWF Stamps:
http://goscf.com/t/79817&whichpage=1

- Journey To The West - The Adventures Of Monkey King:
http://goscf.com/t/73385

- The Ramayana - The Great Hindu Epic:
http://goscf.com/t/73117

A very beautiful and attractive set of primate stamps issued by Uganda on November 19, 1999

300Sh. - L'Hoesti monkey (Cercopithecus l'hoesti)
400Sh. - Blue monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
500Sh. - Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas)
600Sh. - Red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius)
700Sh. - Black and White Colobus (Colobus guereza)
1000Sh. - Mountain Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla beringei)
2500Sh. - Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)

Hello Laophil and other ape-ficionados:

Guinea has put out three issues recently showing the guinea baboon - unlike other babonns, who are mostly thriving, thi species is endnagered. It has a characteristic red golden to foxy orange brown coat. Few zoos have them but there is a large group in the Zoo de Vincennes, in Paris.





Then there were these:




And then these:

The Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS) is an independent conservation organization based in Frankfurt, Germany. The FZS was founded in 1858 by Frankfurt citizens to establish a zoo in Frankfurt. In the 1950's the society began supporting development of national parks in Africa. Since then the society has become increasingly involved in protecting and preserving endangered animals and their environments worldwide, by provides logistical support to conservation areas around the world, sponsors animal census surveys, provides conservation-related education and provides advice to organizations involved in establishing conservation areas.

Endangered primates in Vietnam, issued by Vietnam on April 10, 2002 to publicize the FZS activities in Vietnam:

600d: White-headed Langur (Trachypithecus poliocephalus)
800d: Delacour's Langur (Trachypithecus delacouri)
1000d: Tonkin Snub-nosed Monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus)

2000d: Gray-shanked Douc Langur (Pygathrix cinerea)
4000d: Black Crested Gibbon (Nomascus concolor)
5000d: Hatinh Langur (Trachypithecus hatinhensis)

7000d: Phayre's Leaf Monkey (Trachypithecus phayrei)
9000d: Red-shanked Douc (Pygathrix nemaeus)

Hi LaoPhil:

Thanks for those Vietnam issues - some of the rarest primates live there. here is a final contribution for me before I go on my African?Madagascar trip: