Owl stamps from Cuba

1. Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Release date: 2008

2. Barn Owl (Tyto alba)

Release date: 2008

3. Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Release date: 2008

4. Tawny Owl (Stryx aluco)

Release date: 2008

5. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Release date: 2008


6. Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)

Release date: 2008

Owl stamps from Georgia

1. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Release date: 1996

2. Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)

Release date: 1996

3. Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)

Release date: 1996

4. Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa)

Release date: 1996

5. Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Release date: 1996

6. Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)

Release date: 1996

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

Great Grey Owl FDC (private swap)

Today I received from Georgiana (Canada) a FDC with wonderful animal photos, including Great Grey Owl (strix nebulosa).

Canadian Geographic's Wildlife Photography of the Year - Official First Day Cover Souvenir Sheet

In 2009, Canadian Geographic invited Canadians to compete in five categories for its second Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year contest. These stamps showcase the winning photography, chosen from more than 6400 entries. The five categories included: birds, mammals, insects, urban wildlife and junior photographers (15 and under). The OFDC was cancelled in Ottawa, Ontario on May 22, 2010.

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

BY-129654 Belovezhskaya Puscha

Today I received a beautiful postcard with a baby Great Gray Owl (Strix nebulosa), from Alexandra (Belarus).

The postcard was issued by Belarus Post in 3000 copies in 2009 when it was celebrated the "600th anniversary of Belovezhskaya Puscha reserve status".

"The Belovezhskaya Puscha national park is located on the territory of Kamenets & Pruzhany districts of Brest region and Svisloch district of Grodno region. The administrative centre of the national park is in Kameniuki village of Kamenets district. The state national park “Belovezhskaya Puscha” of Belarus forms a single nature reserve with Poland’s Belovezhski National Park.

The first records about the intact wood on the territory of the present Belovezhskaya Puscha were made by Gerodot in the 5th century B. C.  It was also mentioned in the Ipatiev Chronicles in 983. At the end of the 14th century Lithuanian Prince Yagailo proclaimed these lands a reserve. He put a veto upon hunting in Belovezhskaya Puscha. Since 1588 the felling of trees was also forbidden there.

In 1992 UNESCO put Belovezhskaya Puscha on its World Heritage List. In 1993 the park acquired the status of a biosphere reserve, and in 1998 — the status of the key international ornithological area. In 1997 Belovezhskaya Puscha was awarded with a diploma of the Council of Europe for an immense contribution to environment protection.

Belovezhskaya Puscha is one of the oldest nature reserves in the world. In 2009 the Belovezhskaya Puscha National Park marks the 600th anniversary of its reserve status. This date is put into the List of memorable dates of UNESCO."