Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Uganda. Show all posts

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Now this card shows a true image of my recollections of Western Uganda: green, often terraced hills, planted with a variety of crops and tended by prosperous villagers, the landscape is multi-hued, fertile and often shrouded in clouds

Uganda: bird stamps


These stamps arrived on the card above and show the Didric Cuckoo, a brightly colored green-and-yellow species with a widespread range in the African Savannah

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This card shows varied scenes from the town of Kabale in SW Uganda, close to the Rwandan border and access point to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and Mahaginga Gorilla National Parks

Uganda: moth stamp


this lovely stamp franked the card above, a small sample of the biodiversity of Uganda

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This amazing card came to me recently from a friend working in Uganda. It shows the range of birdlife in Uganda, including species such as the Crowned Crane, the Bateleur eagle, Saddlebill stork, Roller, Shoebill, Bustard, Bee-eater, Jacana etc.

Uganda: flora stamp


2ooo shillings: this stamp shows the bird of paradise flower

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This wonderful card shows a family group of Mountain Gorillas, which exist only in the border area of Uganda, Rwanda and the Congo, in small numbers. In Uganda, they are mainly found in two small forest areas: Bwindi and Mahaginga, in the SW.

Stamps on Card: Uganda Headdresses


The Card Above was mailed in May 2008 in Kampala, Uganda with these amazing stamps showing varied tribal headdresses