Stamp: White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) (Upper Volta 1984)
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) (Upper Volta 1984)
19 July (Upper Volta ) within release Wildlife goes into circulation Stamp White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) face value 400 West African CFA franc
| Stamp White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:BF 962A |
| Stamp Number: | Sn:BF 659 |
Stamp is horizontal format.
Also in the issue Wildlife:
- Stamp - White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) face value 400;
- Souvenir Sheet - Yellow Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) face value 300;
Stamp White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) 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.
