Details Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper: Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1B 1B 1B 1B Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: Sheet Numbers
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 9d Lillian’s LovebirdCategory: Malawi
Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 6d Yellow Bishop
Details Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper: Watermark: Cockerels Perf: 14.5 (comb) Cylinders: 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B Sheet: R6 x 10 (60 stamps) Quantity: Sheet Numbers
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 6d Yellow BishopMalawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps
For so small a country, Malawi has a remarkable range of birdlife, over 600 species having been recorded locally to date. This richness of avifauna is due to the country’s wide variety of habitat: wooded areas that include heavy montane forest, sparse brachystegia woodland, thick mopani bush and open acacia…
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive StampsMalawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 4d Red-Billed Firefinch
A small pinkish red waxbill with a distinct rosy red bill. It feeds mainly on the ground in pairs or family parties. It is a tame and confiding little bird much at home around human habitations and in gardens and is well known as the “animated plum” , not an…
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 4d Red-Billed FirefinchMalawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 3d White-Browed Robin
A common and characteristic bird of wide range. A fine songster and remarkable mimic with a wide range of notes. Normally they are shy and skulking but exceedingly pugnacious attacking any other species of bird on their own territory. Details Designer: Victor Whiteley Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper: Watermark:…
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 3d White-Browed RobinMalawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 2d Violet-Backed Starling
These are gregarious and beautiful birds which breed in the Southern part of Malawi in September and December, and migrate northwards in the non-breeding season. They build their nests in a hole or in a tree at any height from the ground and then and then line it with either…
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 2d Violet-Backed StarlingMalawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 1d Scarlet-Chested Sunbird
Most sunbirds are about 6 inches long. The bright lines of colouring are limited to the males, the females usually appearing as dull grey, brown or olive green. One of the outstanding characteristics attributed to the sunbird is the hanging purse-like nests they build of plant fibres woven and matted…
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 1d Scarlet-Chested SunbirdMalawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 2s Paradise Whydah
General colouring black with hind neck golden and belly white. It is widely distributed and not uncommon in small flocks, feeding on the ground. In the breeding season the male makes a display flight from one high tree top to another in which the tail is expanded vertically but carried…
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 2s Paradise WhydahMalawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 1s Carmine Bee-Eater
The pink nether-side and carmine back of this bird is unmistakable. They migrate to the tropics for the winter and feed on insects. These graceful birds are related to the Kingfisher and are normally found about 13 inches long. They are known for their yeomen service during locust plagues…
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Definitive Stamps – 1s Carmine Bee-EaterMalawi Philately: 1968 Christmas – Miniature Sheet
Details Date of Issue: 6 November 1968 Date Withdrawn: Date Invalidated: Designer: Harrison & Sons Ltd London Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd, London Process: Photogravure Paper: Watermark: Cockerels Perf: Imperf with stamps 14 x 13.5 (comb) Cylinders: N/A Sheet: N/A Quantity:
View More Malawi Philately: 1968 Christmas – Miniature Sheet