First covers from South Africa

Thanks to my parents and my girlfriend's parents for these 2 nice covers from South Africa! A third cover with the WWF stamps didn't find its way to Belgium, I don't think I will receive it anymore (it has been mailed at the end of November 2009, now it's January 22...)

The big five, the most dangerous mammals:

1. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
2. African buffalo / Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
3. Rhinoceros (Black = Diceros bicornis; white = Ceratotherium simum)
4. African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
5. Lion (Panthera leo)
   

Cover with complete serie of WWF stamps picturing whales:

1. Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni)
2. Pygmy right whale (Caperea marginata)
3. Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
   
4. Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
   

WWF Russia

Many thanks to Vladimir for this wonderful cover from Russia and for the 4 mint WWF stamps inside the envelope!

On the envelope we see 3 stamps from the 2004 WWF serie picturing the wolverine (Gulo gulo), and a label (vignette) with some information about the animal - in Russian so hard to read for me :s :). Thank you Vladimir for this very nice cover!

New WWF cover from Czech Republic

I've been waiting for this cover for a long time, and now I can finally show it on my blog :) Thank you Milan for this wonderful cover from Czech Rep., franked with the 1996 WWF m/s on Czech rodents.

The stamps feature:

1. 3.60 Kc: Garden dormouse (Eliomys quercinus)
2. 5.00 Kc: Forest dormouse (Dryomys nitedula)
3. 6.00 Kc: European Souslik (Spermophilus citellus)
4. 8.00 Kc: Northern Birch Mouse (Sicista betulina)
   

Brazil WWF

A new cover from Brazil, courtesy of Flavio. The stamp on the cover pictures the Neotropical Otter, a.k.a. Neotropical River Otter (Lontra longicaudis).

Inside the envelope I found a WWF maxicard for my WWF collection. The card is from the 1984 issue on Muriquis (Brachyteles arachnoides). Thank you Flavio!