Surinam Bird Stamps 2003

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Orange-breasted Falcon (Falco deiroleucus) Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus) Sapphire-rumped Parrotlet (Touit purpurata) Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata) Ferruginous-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza ferruginea) Black-necked Aracari (Pteroglossus aracari) Purple-breasted Cotinga (Cotinga cotinga) Rose-breasted Chat (Granatellus pelzelni) Golden-rumped Euphonia (Euphonia cyanocephala) Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor) Red-rumped Cacique (Cacicus haemorrhous) Scaled Pigeon (Columba speciosa)
Set of 12 and 3 tabs

This excellent set was sent to me by a friend in the Netherlands. Fortunately for my collection, all of the species occur in Surinam, and there are 9 species which make their first appearance on stamps.

For collectors of adjacent tabs, the three images on this sheet will be of interest. The middle one, shows the same image of Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) that appeared on the Surinam stamp of 1996, while the bottom one, White-chinned Sapphire (Hylocharis cyanus), seems to be the same image as was used on the Surinam triangular issued in 2001. I cannot find the top image on any stamp yet.

Added 3 March 2003
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