Owl stamps from Belarus

1. Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Release date: 2005

2. Northern Hawk Owl (Surnia ulula)

 

Release date: 2007

3. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) 

 

Release date: 2007

4. Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Release date: 2007

5. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) 

Release date: 2007

6. Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

 

Release date: 2008

7. Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Release date: 2008

8. Scops Owl (Otus scops) 

Release date: 2008

9. Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)

Release date: 2008

Owl stamps from Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the end of 1992, when it peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

1. Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Release date: 1986
Denomination: 50 haleru

2. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Release date: 1986
Denomination: 2 koruna

3. Tawny (Brown) Owl (Strix aluco)

Release date: 1986
Denomination: 3 koruna

4. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Release date: 1986
Denomination: 4 koruna

5. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Release date: 1986
Denomination: 5 koruna

Short-Eared Owl and Scops Owl (private swap)

Today I received two wonderful postcards from Georgiana (Canada): Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) and Scops Owl (Otus scops).

Asio flammeus

This is the Owl most likely to be seen during the day, soaring and gliding on strikingly long wings, or perched in the open watching for prey, with a rather frowning expression and yellow eyes. Black 'elbow patches' show on the wings when in flight. The short ear tufts are usually not visible. During the wing-clapping high display flight, a short triple hoot call may be heard and there is also a harsh barking flight call. its prey consists of small birds and rodents, and in winter, birds may congregate in good feeding areas. - David Alderton, Encyclopedia of European Birds, Parragon Books Ltd, 2008, p.216.

About postcard: Oriental City Publishing Group Limited Issued.


Otus scops

This hard-to-see Owl is most easily detected by the far-carrying monotone call, an endless repetition of 'piu piu piu'. Females sometimes perform duets with males. If it is located in a roost site, the Scops Owl will sit up straight with eyes closed and ear tufts raised. It nests in holes in walls or trees, or uses old corvid nests, feeding young on large insects.- David Alderton, Encyclopedia of European Birds, Parragon Books Ltd, 2008, p.209.

About postcard: Oriental City Publishing Group Limited Issued.

Romanian Owl Stamps

Some owl stamps from Romfilatelia (mint) . They don't have an on-line shop, but have some stores in Bucharest.

1. Barn Owl (Tyo alba)

Release date: 1967


2. Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Release date: 1967


3. Snowy Owl (Nyctea scandiaca) 

Release date: 1985


4. Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)

Release date: 1992


5. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Release date: 1998


6. Scops Owl (Otus scops) 

Release date: 2003


7. Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)

Release date: 2003


8. Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum)

Release date: 2003


9. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Release date: 2003


10. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Release date: 2003


11. Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus) 

Release date: 2003


12. Little Owl (Athene noctua) 

Release date: 2007


Images taken from a very interesting and useful site named Theme Birds on Stamps by Kjell Scharning.

Swedish Owl Stamps and FDCs

On January 24, 2010 I discovered the on-line shop of the Sweden Post. I placed an order and within three days I received my owl stamps and FDC :)

1. Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Release date: 1989


2. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) - stamp; and Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa) - FDC

"Do birds have different personalities? I think so. I've often noticed how individuals, even of the same species, differ in behaviour and temperament.
... The short-eared owl was also special.I followed it as it was hunting the fields near the Arctic Circle. As it left one field, I'd drive to another a bit further away and wait. And then suddenly there it was, checking me out, as if to ask, 'Who are you?' ..."

Brutus Ostling

Winged
Release date: March 26, 2009
Photographs: Brutus Ostling
Design: Gustav Martensson
Engraving: Lars Sjooblom.
Print: Recess, Sweden Post Stamps



3. Mother Owl's school from Children of the Forest by Elsa Beskow

"Teacher's pointer or magic wand? Children's literature has historically found itself in the borderland between art and pedagogy. ... In the meeting between text and image, magical worlds can be created, such as in Elsa Beskow's indispensable Children of the Forest (1910), in which the damp scent of the moss and whispering  pine have delighted generations of children - and stimulated a lifelong affection for Nordic nature. ..."

Cecilia Ostlund, librarian, writer

Europa 2010 - Children's Books
Release date: January 28, 2010
Graphic design: Gustav Martensson
Engraving: Piotr Naszarkowski
Print: combination, Sweden Post Stamps