But in the meantime lets do another edition of Sunday Stamps, and today it is the letter P on the agenda, where I again have some birds to show. Last time it was owls, now we have parrots.
This set of 4 stamps was issued in 1980 for the Portuguese-Brazilian Stamp Exhibition "Lubrapex 80".
Lubrapex is is a stamp exhibition in which only postal operators and collectors from Brazil and Portugal participate. Since 1992, Portuguese speaking countries and territories have also been taking part.
It is the oldest Bilateral Philatelic Exhibition in the world, having been conceived by Brazilian diplomat and philatelist João Paulo do Rio Branco, in order to promote the strengthening of friendly relations between postal operators and collectors from the countries involved.
Held for the first time in 1966, at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro, the Lubrapex exhibitions have been held alternately by the Designated Postal Operators from Portugal and from Brazil.
the four cute parrots we have here are:
- The vinaceous-breasted amazon (Amazona vinacea) which can be found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.
-The red-tailed amazon (Amazona brasiliensis), also known as the red-tailed parrot, a species endemic to coastal regions in the south-east Brazilian states of São Paulo and Paraná. The bird has been threatened by habitat loss and capture for the wild bird trade, and is a symbol of the efforts to conserve one of the Earth's most biologically diverse ecosystems.
- The red-spectacled amazon (Amazona pretrei) is almost the same as the vinaceous-breasted amazon with regards to its habitats, origins, threats, etc.
- The brown-backed parrotlet (Touit melanonotus) also known as the black-backed parrotlet, the black-eared parrotlet, and Wied's parrotlet, is a small green parrot found in south-eastern Brazil from Bahia to southern São Paulo. It has a dark brown mantle and back, brown ear coverts, and red outer tail with back tips. They frequent humid forest from 500–1,000 m (occasionally down to sea level), and are mostly found in small flocks of 3–20 birds.
So that would be all for today. If you are curious to see what others have come up with, visit today's Sunday Stamp edition.
Btw, those on blogger - I don't know if you have been experiencing the same problem lately, but as of last week, I do not receive email notifications regarding blog comments anymore. When I googled it, I realized that many others have been affected by it since last Sunday or so, and it is thought that this may have something to do with the latest EU Data Protection Regulation. I really have no idea, but lately my inbox has literally been flooded with all those Privacy Emails and I certainly haven't bothered to go through them all. So I may have missed something in there, who knows, and now due to my ignorance, am doomed to be left notification-less :P
This is the kind of stamps that you expect to get from Brazil. Love the green!
ReplyDeleteI guess everyone is experiencing the same lack of comments' notifications. I revise the comments directly on Blogger. It's kind of annoying.
That's what I do as well, but it is kinda annoying, and I can only really pay attention to the last few posts, not the entire blog...
DeleteI mean you can enter to the section "comments" of blogger (as if you were going to write a post, not directly to the blog). There, you see the last 1000 comments in chronological order, so you don't miss anything, even if it's commenting an old post.
Deleteahh true! I have totally overlooked that :blush: Thanks :)
DeleteI did not know about this exhibition, or the stunningly colorful stamps. A great topic for today.
ReplyDeleteaaaww how cute! such colourful stamps would brighten up any piece of mail :)
ReplyDeleteParrots are fascinating and beautiful, love that yellow tail. One of those stamps would certainly cheer up any envelope.
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