UNITED NATIONS: ENDANGERED SPECIES

We're ensuring that the world our children inherit will be home to elephants, tiguers, giant pandas, whales and other wildlife species, as well as people. While we are known foremost for our success protecting endangered species and preserving wild places, we understand that in order to achieve our conservation goals, we must dedicate ourselves to addressing the global challenges that have the potential to impact our living planet.

NICARAGUA'S FAUNA ON STAMPS

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America, with a great wealth and diversity of Flora and Fauna. Nicaragua's fauna includes mammals such as pumas, jaguars, ocelots, margays, various monkeys, deer, and peccaries; birds range from eagles to egrets to macaws and pelicans; reptiles include crocodiles, snakes, turtles, and lizards; and a variety of toads, frogs, fishes, mollusks, and insects are also found. Fauna, like the flora, varies considerably from one ecosystem to another.

PHILATELIC MINERALOGY

United States

The United States Post Office has not been a prolific producer of mineral stamps compared to some other countries, but the eight that have been issued do US rock hounds proud.

 

 

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Switzerland

R. P China

1940 Famous Americans Series: People Who Made America!

American Authors

Washington Irving / James F Cooper / Ralph W. Emerson / Louisa May Alcott / Samuel Clements

American Poets

Henry Longfellow / John G Whittier / James R. Lowell / Walt Whitman / James W. Riley

American Educators

Horace Mann / Mark Hopkins / Chalres W. Eliot / Frances E. Willard / B.T Washington

Amercian Scientists

John J. Audubon / Dr. C. W. Long / Luther Burbank / Dr. Walter Reed / Jane Addams

American Composers

Stephen Foster / Jhon Phillip / Victor Herbert / E.A MacDowell / Ethelbert Nevin

American Artists

Gilbert Stuart / James A. McNeill / Augustus Saint / Daniel C. French / Frederc Remington

American Inventors

Elli Whitney / Samuel Morse / Cyrus H. McCornick / Elias Howe / Alexander G. Bell

USA Maximum Cards:The Art of Disney: Celebration

This stamps honor de art of celebration as imagined by Walt Disney.

USA Maximum Cards: American on the Move: 50's Sporty Cars

The 1950's were marked by optimism, economic prosperity and automotive excellence. This spirited decade put all the vitality it had into these sweet rides.

1953 Chevrolet Corvette

1952 Nash Healey

1955 Ford Thunderbird

1954 Kaiser Darrin

1953 Studebaker Starliner