Zeljko really surprised me by sending me a very nice WWF serie from Croatia on 2 postcards and 2 covers (which are in fact his own creation!).
The serie on the cards and envelopes is the 2004 serie on the 'Purple Heron' (Ardea purpurea). It is a migratory bird that arrives in Croatia at the end of March and leaves it in August, September, sometimes even later. The Purple Heron is protected by law in most European countries.
It is 79 cm in length, its spread out wings reach up to 135 cm, and it weighs about 1 kilogram. The Purple Heron lives in wetland and swamps of plant communities where there is a predominance of common reed, common club-rush, various kinds of bulrushes, sedge and other sorts that make a phytocoenosis of the common reed and a small crab. They can also be found in other habitats with a different vegetational overgrowth.
(http://www.posta.hr/main.aspx?id=193&idmarke=496)
These are the postcards and envelopes Zeljko sent to me:The serie on the cards and envelopes is the 2004 serie on the 'Purple Heron' (Ardea purpurea). It is a migratory bird that arrives in Croatia at the end of March and leaves it in August, September, sometimes even later. The Purple Heron is protected by law in most European countries.
It is 79 cm in length, its spread out wings reach up to 135 cm, and it weighs about 1 kilogram. The Purple Heron lives in wetland and swamps of plant communities where there is a predominance of common reed, common club-rush, various kinds of bulrushes, sedge and other sorts that make a phytocoenosis of the common reed and a small crab. They can also be found in other habitats with a different vegetational overgrowth.
(http://www.posta.hr/main.aspx?id=193&idmarke=496)
I think it's obvious that these stamps and cards/covers will get a special place in my collection!