page_title: Bird stamp
hierarchical_section_title: Bird stamp
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 1875年に発行された15銭切手。この切手は国際郵便用の高額切手で、描かれているのはセキレイである。
context_page_description: A bird stamp is a postage stamp that illustrates one or more birds. It is a popular theme in topical stamp collecting.
  Birds started appearing on stamps by 1875, when Japan issued a series of three stamps bearing stylized illustrations of the three species Motacilla alba, Accipiter gentilis and bean goose. The first United States bird stamp, depicting an eagle with wings outspread, was issued in 1869 on Scott #116 and #121, on stamps that were issued for general mail usage. The UK issued its first in honor of "Nature Week" in 1963. As of 2003, over 10,000 bird stamps had been issued around the world.
  A prominent collector is Chris Gibbins whose collection of over twelve thousand stamps portrays about three thousand species. Organisations that cover this field include the American Topical Association and The Bird Stamp Society.
context_section_description: A bird stamp is a postage stamp that illustrates one or more birds. It is a popular theme in topical stamp collecting.
  Birds started appearing on stamps by 1875, when Japan issued a series of three stamps bearing stylized illustrations of the three species Motacilla alba, Accipiter gentilis and bean goose. The first United States bird stamp, depicting an eagle with wings outspread, was issued in 1869  on Scott #116 and #121, on stamps that were issued for general mail usage. The UK issued its first in honor of "Nature Week" in 1963. As of 2003, over 10,000 bird stamps had been issued around the world.
  A prominent collector is Chris Gibbins whose collection of over twelve thousand stamps portrays about three thousand species.  Organisations that cover this field include the American Topical Association and The Bird Stamp Society.
caption: 1875 stamp of Japan featuring illustration of a wagtail.
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