By I Am No Stamp Collector on Apr 12, 2012 in: Panorama of Australia, shrubland, Stamp collecting, Postage stamp, Eucalyptus, Australian stamp, forest, landscape, The Bush
The bush is a term used for rural, undeveloped land or country ares in certain countries. It is an iconic term in Australia. In reference to the landscape, bush describes a wooded area, intermediate between a shrubland and a forest, generally of...
By I Am No Stamp Collector on Apr 12, 2012 in: dog breed, puffin, Stamp collecting, Norge, Lunde, Norway, 1983 stamp, Noreg, Norsk Lundehund, dogs, Norwegian stamp, animals, Norwegian Lundehund, Postage stamp, hund, Spitz, lundefugl
The Norwegian Lundehund (Norsk Lundehund) is a small dog breed of the Spitz type that originates from Norway. Its name is composed of the prefix Lunde, from the Norwegian lundefugl (puffin), and the suffix hund, meaning dog. The breed was originally...
By I Am No Stamp Collector on Mar 19, 2012 in: Qiblah, Tawaf, Saudi Arabian stamp, Stamp collecting, Mecca, Masjid al-Haram, Hajj, Kaaba, Five Pillars of Islam, Postage stamp, mosque, Ibrahim, Umrah, Ismaeel, Saudi Arabia
The Kaaba (The Cube) is a cuboid-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam. The Qur'an states that the Kaaba was constructed by Ibrahim, and his son Ismaeel, after the latter had settled in Arabia. The building has...
By I Am No Stamp Collector on Mar 11, 2012 in: Commonwealth of the Philippines, Stamp collecting, spilogale, skunk, Postage stamp, Canadian stamp, Carnivora, Mydaus, stink badger, Mephitidae, polecat, animals
Skunks (in the United States, occasionally called polecats) are mammals best known for their ability to secrete a liquid with a strong, foul odor. General appearance varies from species to species, from black-and-white to brown or cream colored. Skun...
By I Am No Stamp Collector on Mar 8, 2012 in: Tasselled Anglerfish, Rhycherus filamentosus, Tasselled Frogfish, Tasselled Angler, Stamp collecting, Postage stamp, Australian stamp, Fish on stamps, Bass Strait, South Australia, animals
The Tasselled Anglerfish (Rhycherus filamentosus), also called Tasselled Angler and Tasselled Frogfish, is a type of frogfish and is of one of over 200 anglerfish species.Tasselled Anglers are brown to red above. They have dark blotches or bars on th...
By I Am No Stamp Collector on Mar 7, 2012 in: Qiblah, Tawaf, Saudi Arabian stamp, Stamp collecting, Mecca, Masjid al-Haram, Hajj, Kaaba, Five Pillars of Islam, Postage stamp, mosque, Ibrahim, Umrah, Ismaeel, Saudi Arabia
The Kaaba (The Cube) is a cuboid-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam. The Qur'an states that the Kaaba was constructed by Ibrahim, and his son Ismaeel, after the latter had settled in Arabia. The building has...
By I Am No Stamp Collector on Mar 7, 2012 in: Inuit, Northwest territories, Stamp collecting, Canadian stamp, Peary caribou, animals, caribou, Inuinnaqtun, Inuktitut, Postage stamp, Nunavut, Rangifer tarandus pearyi, Robert Peary
The Peary Caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) is a caribou subspecies found in the high Arctic islands of Canada's Nunavut and Northwest territories. They are the smallest of the North American caribou, with the females weighing an average of 60 kg (1...
