Stamp: Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) (Tonga 1923)

Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) (Tonga 1923)

20 October (Tonga ) within release Definitives 1923-1924: Pictorials - surcharged goes into circulation Stamp Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) face value 2 Tongan penny

Stamp Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) in catalogues
Stanley Gibbons: Sg: TO 69a

Stamp is vertical format.

2s6d stamp of 1897 surcharged "TWO PENCE PENI-E-UA" in red

Also in the issue Definitives 1923-1924: Pictorials - surcharged:

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Stamp Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) in digits
Country: Tonga
Date: 1923-10-20
Print: Recess
Size: 27 x 38
Perforation: 14
Emission: Definitive
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 2 Tongan penny

Stamp Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) it reflects the thematic directions:

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia (also called Metazoa). All animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently, at some point in their lives. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their lives. All animals are heterotrophs: they must ingest other organisms or their products for sustenance.

Birds (Aves), a subgroup of Reptiles, are the last living examples of Dinosaurs. They are a group of endothermic vertebrates, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5 cm (2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.75 m (9 ft) ostrich. They rank as the class of tetrapods with the most living species, at approximately ten thousand, with more than half of these being passerines, sometimes known as perching birds. Birds are the closest living relatives of crocodilians.

Parrots (Psittaciformes), also known as psittacines (/ˈsɪtəsaɪnz/), are birds with a strong curved beak, upright stance, and clawed feet. They are classified in four families that contain roughly 410 species in 101 genera, found mostly in tropical and subtropical regions. The four families are the Psittaculidae (Old World parrots), Psittacidae (African and New World parrots), Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and Strigopidae (New Zealand parrots). One-third of all parrot species are threatened by extinction, with a higher aggregate extinction risk (IUCN Red List Index) than any other comparable bird group Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia

Stamp, Red Shining-Parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis), Tonga,  , Animals (Fauna), Birds, Parrots