Stamp: Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) (South Africa, Homelands 1981)
Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) (South Africa, Homelands 1981)
04 December (South Africa, Homelands ) within release Ciskei goes into circulation Stamp Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) face value 7 South African cent
| Stamp Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:ZA-CS 11y |
Stamp is vertical format.
phosphor paperAlso in the issue Ciskei:
- Stamp - Dr.L.L.W. Sebe face value 5;
- Stamp - Crest face value 15;
- Stamp - Flag face value 20;
- Stamp - Country-Emblem face value 25;
- Stamp - Knysna Turaco (Tauraco corythaix) face value 1;
- Stamp - Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis) face value 2;
- Stamp - White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus) face value 3;
- Stamp - Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) face value 4;
- Stamp - Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradiseus) face value 5;
- Stamp - Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio) face value 6;
- Stamp - Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) face value 7;
- Stamp - Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) face value 8;
- Stamp - Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus) face value 9;
- Stamp - Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus) face value 10;
- Stamp - African Fish Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) face value 15;
- Stamp - Cape Longclaw (Macronyx capensis) face value 20;
- Stamp - Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) face value 25;
- Stamp - African Green-pigeon (Treron calva) face value 30;
- Stamp - Cape Parrot (Poicephalus robustus) face value 50;
- Stamp - Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina) face value 1;
- Stamp - Cape Eagle-owl (Bubo capensis) face value 2;
Stamp Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) it reflects the thematic directions:
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.
