The Gambia, in West Africa, is renowned around the world as a bird watcher’s paradise. In the early part of this century, thousands of ornithologists came to observe dazzlingly plumed birds.
The avifauna of the Gambia include a total of 620 species, two of which have been introduced. The country, which is very small and almost completely surrounded by Senegal, has no endemic species.
Details
- Date of Issue: 18 February 1966
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- Designer: Victor Whitely
- Printer: Harrison & Sons Ltd.
- Process: Photogravure
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- 14 x 14.5 (£1)
- 12 x 13 (all others)
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Subjects
- 3d – Wanto Kacho (Euplectes afra)
- 5s – Yirri Kongkonna (Dendropicos luscescens zechi)
- 10s – Kowkow Turro (Musophuga violacea)
