Sunday Stamps - July 12, 2026
We round out the alphabet this week with X,Y, and Z for Sunday Stamps.
My alphabetical stamps have been animals, and for X I am grateful for scientific names!
Xiphias gladius, Swordfish
Solomon Islands 1998
Xylocopa caerulea, Carpenter Bee
Singapore 1985
Y is a trio of Yellow-Bellies.
Yellow-Bellied Glider
Australia 1997
Australia 1997
Yellow-Bellied Sunbird
Australia 2003
Yellow-Bellied Trogon
Belize 1978
Last, but not least, Z.
Zebu
Madagascar 1930
Madagascar 1930
Zokor When Mongolia issued this stamp the official postal description used a generic fur-bearing rodent term that Western editors interpreted as "muskrat," as zokors were unknown outside the scientific community. Once one major catalog printed "muskrat" the others followed suit. Catalogs almost never revisit mid-century wildlife identification, so "muskrat" it remains. However, it isn't, it's a zokor!
Mongolia, 1959
Mongolia, 1959
That ends this round of A to Z stamps. Next week we will have Lighthouses.
Great stuff, I love all the animals you found for this A to Z.
ReplyDeleteWow! Great animal stamps. I have never heard of zokors (thanks). Love the swordfish stamp.
ReplyDeleteAustralia has such pretty birds. You did great coming up with X, too.
ReplyDeleteYou have done your research! I find I'm quite taken with all the 'yellow bellies'
ReplyDeleteThe glider looks very balletic against the night sky. Some great stamps to finish the alphabet.
ReplyDeleteIt's so great that science uses X so frequently.
ReplyDeleteI am impressed that you managed to stick to the same topic and complete the alphabet with beautiful stamps. Well done!
ReplyDelete...I love the swardfish!
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