On March 12, 2013 the Ministry of Communications and Information of the Republic of Belarus have issued the stamp “Hoopoe” from the series “Bird of the year”. There are logos of the International organization for the protection of birds "BirdLife International" and the Belarus public organization "Ahova ptushak Batskaushchyny" (APB) on the stamp.Letter “P” is equal to the air-mail tariff of a letter up to 20 gram abroad.
Special postmark and First Day Cover designed by A. Mityanin. Colour of the postmark is black.
The hoopoe is an exotic looking bird that is the size of a mistle thrush. It has a pinkish-brown body, striking black and white wings, a long black down-curved bill, and a long pinkish-brown crest which it raises when excited.
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