Stamp: Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) - Understan (Guernsey 2001)

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  4. Incorporation of Guernsey Post Ltd
  5. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) - Understan

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) - Understan (Guernsey 2001)

01 August (Guernsey ) within release Incorporation of Guernsey Post Ltd goes into circulation Stamp Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) - Understan face value 27 Guernsey penny

Stamp Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) - Understan in catalogues
Michel: Mi:GG 901
Stanley Gibbons: Sg:GG 922

Stamp is square format.

Designed by Charlotte Barnes. Printed by Walsall

Also in the issue Incorporation of Guernsey Post Ltd:

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Stamp Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) - Understan in digits
Country: Guernsey
Date: 2001-08-01
Print: Offset and Lithography
Size: 36 x 36
Perforation: comb 13½ x 13
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 27 Guernsey penny

Stamp Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) - Understan it reflects the thematic directions:

Special Occasions

The mail or post is a system for physically transporting documents and other small packages; or, the postcards, letters, and parcels themselves. A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century national postal systems have generally been established as government monopolies with a fee on the article prepaid. Proof of payment is often in the form of adhesive postage stamps, but postage meters are also used for bulk mailing. Modern private postal systems are typically distinguished from national postal agencies by the names "courier" or "delivery service". Postal authorities often have functions other than transporting letters. In some countries, a postal, telegraph and telephone (PTT) service oversees the postal system, in addition to telephone and telegraph systems. Some countries' postal systems allow for savings accounts and handle applications for passports.

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.

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.

Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With approximately 366 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but most species are found in Central and South America. As of 2024, 21 hummingbird species are listed as endangered or critically endangered, with numerous species declining in population

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