Eastern Hercules Beetle

Eastern Hercules beetle

US Postage Stamp, 1999

It's amazing what you can find on stamps. I think this image is particularly well done.

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Sailfish from Mexico

Mexico ~ Sailfish on a Postage Stamp

Stamp collectors may note that someone (yours truly) has carelessly slashed the stamp between the picture and the perforations. It wasn't out of meanness, but many of the stamps I've saved over the years are for use in the collages I've enjoyed making since 1968, when I discovered that I liked this art form. I've saved bits, images, and whole magazines to play around with when the mood strikes. This stamp was left out of some collage I was making at the time, but saved in the "collage box," and when it came up again, I was thinking "Animal Art" blog.

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African Striped Weasel

African Striped Weasel (Poecilogale albinucha)
South African Postage Stamp, 1993
Art by Denis Murphy

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Ornate Box Turtle

Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata)

U.S. Postage Stamp ~ 2003

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Reticulate Collared Lizard on a U.S. Postage Stamp

Reticulate Collared Lizard (Crotaphytus reticulatus)
Texas and Mexico
U.S. Postage Stamp ~ 2003

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Pretty Birds

Colorful birds on a U.S. postage stamp

commemorating John James Audubon ~

2002

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Scarlet Kingsnake on a US Postage Stamp

Scarlet Kingsnake (Lampropeltis elapsoides)

South-eastern United States

U.S. Postage Stamp ~ 2003

Postage stamps are often such wonderful pieces of mini art. I've saved them for years. I don't sort and organize them, and I know nothing about stamp collecting. I always grab the cool animal stamps I see, and a few other other images, too. I use them in collages or I just keep them in a jar. Now I have another use for them . . . on this blog.

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