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Bird stamps from Benin

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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name

1978.01   05.10.1978   Domestic poultry   4v set   
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    60f     11     Helmeted Guineafowl     Numida meleagris     

1978.02   01.11.1978   Philexafrique      
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    100f     8     Red-breasted Merganser     Mergus serrator     
    100f     8     African Pygmy Goose     Nettapus auritus     Dahomey 1966.01

1979.01   08.06.1979   Philexafrique      
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    15f     145     Fiery-breasted Bushshrike     Malaconotus cruentus     

1982.01   01.09.1982   Birds      
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    5f     90     Laughing Kookaburra     Dacelo novaeguineae     
    10f     224     Bluethroat     Luscinia svecica     
    15f     188     Barn Swallow     Hirundo rustica     
    20f     90     Woodland Kingfisher     Halcyon senegalensis     
    and     230     Village Weaver     Ploceus cucullatus     
    30f     197     Great Reed Warbler     Acrocephalus arundinaceus     
    60f          Not identified     Not identified     
    80f     80     Spotted Eagle-Owl     Bubo africanus     
    100f     106     Sulphur-crested Cockatoo     Cacatua galerita     

1985.01   17.10.1985   Audubon      
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    150f     53     Parasitic Jaeger     Stercorarius parasiticus     
    300f     40     Eurasian Oystercatcher     Haematopus ostralegus     

1986.01   
  Surcharge      
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    75f     145     Fiery-breasted Bushshrike     Malaconotus cruentus     Dahomey 1966.01
    75f     88     Broad-billed Roller     Eurystomus glaucurus     Dahomey 1967.01
    90f     24     African Emerald Cuckoo     Chrysococcyx cupreus     Dahomey 1967.01

1986.02   
  Surcharge on Dahomey 1966.01      
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    150f     221     Emerald Starling     Lamprotornis iris     

1987.01   28.04.1987   Surcharge on Dahomey 1966.01      
    50f     221     Emerald Starling     Lamprotornis iris     

1989.01   30.01.1989   WWF      
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    10f     52     Roseate Tern     Sterna dougallii     
    15f     52     Roseate Tern     Sterna dougallii     
    50f     52     Roseate Tern     Sterna dougallii     
    125f     52     Roseate Tern     Sterna dougallii     

1993.01   24.05.1993   Possotome artesian well      
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    125f     88     Blue-throated Roller     Eurystomus gularis     

1994.01   
  Surcharge on Dahomey 1966.01      
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    135f     8     African Pygmy Goose     Nettapus auritus     

1994.02   
  Surcharge on Dahomey 1966.01      
    200f     145     Fiery-breasted Bushshrike     Malaconotus cruentus     

1995.01   
  Surcharge on Dahomey 1966.01      
    200f     221     Emerald Starling     Lamprotornis iris     

1995.02   28.08.1995   Birds and their young      
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    40f     237     Hawfinch     Coccothraustes coccothraustes     
    50f     27     Spotted Dove     Spilopelia chinensis     
    75f     104     Peregrine Falcon     Falco peregrinus     
    100f     250     Blackburnian Warbler     Setophaga fusca     
    135f     52     Black-headed Gull     Chroicocephalus ridibundus     
    200f     73     Great White Pelican     Pelecanus onocrotalus     

1996.01   10.09.1996   Birds      
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    40f     102     Ivory-billed Woodpecker     Campephilus principalis     
    50f     172     Grey-necked Rockfowl     Picathartes oreas     
    75f     105     Kakapo     Strigops habroptila     
    100f     107     Puerto Rican Amazon     Amazona vittata     
    135f     69     Crested Ibis     Nipponia nippon     
    200f     75     California Condor     Gymnogyps californianus     

1996.02   10.09.1996   Birds      
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    1000f     170     Blue Bird-of-paradise     Paradisornis rudolphi     MS

1997.01   30.07.1997   Song birds      
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    135f     237     Eurasian Bullfinch     Pyrrhula pyrrhula     
    150f     237     Eurasian Siskin     Spinus spinus     
    200f     223     Ring Ouzel     Turdus torquatus     
    270f     182     Crested Tit     Lophophanes cristatus     
    300f     166     Spotted Nutcracker     Nucifraga caryocatactes     
    400f     224     Common Nightingale     Luscinia megarhynchos     

1997.02   30.07.1997   Song birds      
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    1000f     235     Western Yellow Wagtail     Motacilla flava     MS

1997.03   
  Overprint Republique du Benin      
    15f     145     Fiery-breasted Bushshrike     Malaconotus cruentus     1979.01
    100f     8     Red-breasted Merganser     Mergus serrator     1978.02
    100f     8     African Pygmy Goose     Nettapus auritus     1978.02

1999.01   30.01.1999   Birds      
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    135f     231     Gouldian Finch     Chloebia gouldiae     
    150f     253     Saffron Finch     Sicalis flaveola     
    200f     230     Red-billed Quelea     Quelea quelea     
    270f     230     Yellow-crowned Bishop     Euplectes afer     
    300f     253     Red-crested Cardinal     Paroaria coronata     
    400f     240     Golden-breasted Bunting     Emberiza flaviventris     

1999.02   30.01.1999   Birds      
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    1000f     231     Green Twinspot     Mandingoa nitidula     MS

1999.03   07.12.1999   Birds      
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    135f     231     Locust Finch     Paludipasser locustella     
    150f     231     Swee Waxbill     Coccopygia melanotis     
    200f     231     Green-winged Pytilia     Pytilia melba     
    270f     231     Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu     Uraeginthus bengalus     
    300f     230     Southern Red Bishop     Euplectes orix     
    400f     230     Village Weaver     Ploceus cucullatus     

1999.04   07.12.1999   Birds      
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    1000f     232     Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah     Vidua obtusa     MS

2000.01   
  Birds      
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    135f     88     European Roller     Coracias garrulus     
    135f     93     European Bee-eater     Merops apiaster     
    150f     84     Eurasian Hoopoe     Upupa epops     
    150f     235     Western Yellow Wagtail     Motacilla flava     
    200f     224     Common Nightingale     Luscinia megarhynchos     
    200f     235     White Wagtail     Motacilla alba     
    270f     224     Northern Wheatear     Oenanthe oenanthe     
    270f     197     Eastern Olivaceous Warbler     Iduna pallida     
    300f     197     Sedge Warbler     Acrocephalus schoenobaenus     
    300f     196     Wood Warbler     Phylloscopus sibilatrix     
    400f     202     Eastern Subalpine Warbler     Curruca cantillans     
    400f     202     Eurasian Blackcap     Sylvia atricapilla     

2000.02   
  Surcharge      
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    135f     237     Hawfinch     Coccothraustes coccothraustes     1995.02
    135f     102     Ivory-billed Woodpecker     Campephilus principalis     1996.01
    150f     104     Peregrine Falcon     Falco peregrinus     1995.02
    150f     105     Kakapo     Strigops habroptila     1996.01
    150f     182     Crested Tit     Lophophanes cristatus     1997.01
    150f     230     Yellow-crowned Bishop     Euplectes afer     1999.01

2005.01   
  Surcharge      
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    175f     182     Crested Tit     Lophophanes cristatus     1997.01
    175f     230     Yellow-crowned Bishop     Euplectes afer     1999.01
    175f     224     Northern Wheatear     Oenanthe oenanthe     2000.01
    175f     197     Eastern Olivaceous Warbler     Iduna pallida     2000.01

2007.01   
  Surcharge      
    250f     24     African Emerald Cuckoo     Chrysococcyx cupreus     Dahomey 1967.01
    500f     88     Broad-billed Roller     Eurystomus glaucurus     Dahomey 1967.01

2008.01   
  Surcharge      
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    200f     145     Fiery-breasted Bushshrike     Malaconotus cruentus     Dahomey 1966.01

2015.01   
  Owls and mushrooms   3v sheet   
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    600f     80     Burrowing Owl     Athene cunicularia     
    1200f     80     Papuan Hawk-Owl     Uroglaux dimorpha     

2015.02   
  Owls and mushrooms      
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    3000f     80     Burrowing Owl     Athene cunicularia     MS