| Catalogue numbers for bird stamps from South West Africa |
| Year | Date | Description | SG | Michel | Scott | Yvert | ÅE | KSissue | KS |
| 1931 | 05.03.1931 | Definitives | 74,74 | 142 | 108 | 102 | 1-2 | 1931.01 | 1-2 |
| 1931 | Official stamps | O13,O13 | D25-D26 | O13a-b | 3-4 | 1931.02 | 3-4 | ||
| 1961 | 14.02.1961 | Definitives | 178 | 303 | 273 | 260 | 5 | 1961.01 | 5 |
| 1962 | 03.04.1962 | Definitives | 318 | 287 | 5a | 1962.01 | 6 | ||
| 1962 | 01.10.1962 | Definitives | 176 | 301 | 271 | 258A | 6 | 1962.02 | 7 |
| 1968 | 21.03.1968 | Definitives | 344 | 5b | 1968.01 | 8 | |||
| 1970 | 06.02.1970 | Definitives | 342 | 6a | 1970.01 | 9 | |||
| 1973 | 29.05.1973 | Definitives | 316 | 285 | 6b | 1973.01 | 10 | ||
| 1974 | 13.02.1974 | Rare birds | 260-263 | 392-395 | 363-366 | 334-337 | 7-10 | 1974.01 | 11-14 |
| 1975 | 19.03.1975 | Protected birds of prey | 270-273 | 402-405 | 373-376 | 347-350 | 11-14 | 1975.01 | 15-18 |
| 1978 | 14.04.1978 | The Bushmen | 315 | 444 | 415 | 389 | 15 | 1978.01 | 19 |
| 1979 | 05.04.1979 | Water birds | 330-333 | 458-461 | 429-432 | 415-418 | 16-19 | 1979.01 | 20-23 |
| 1982 | 28.05.1982 | Bartulomeu Dias | 396 | 522 | 493 | 20 | 1982.01 | 24 | |
| 1985 | 15.03.1985 | Ostrich | 439-442 | 566-569 | 536-539 | 523-526 | 21-24 | 1985.01 | 25-28 |
| 1988 | 03.11.1988 | Birds of South West Africa | 499-502 | 629-632 | 606-609 | 586-589 | 25-28 | 1988.01 | 29-32 |
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