Burkina Faso - Pt2

In continuation to my last post, these are the rest of the stamps of Burkina Faso in my collection.

1985: Fungi
20f - Hypholoma (nematoloma) fasciculare

30f - Ixocomus granulatus
60f - Agaricus campestris
80f - Trachypus scaber
150f - Armillaria mellea

1985: "Italia '85" International Stamp Exhibition, Rome. Paintings by Botticelli.

25f - 

90f - Mars and Venus
100f - Birth of Venus
150f - Allegory of Calumny 

1986: Child Survival Campaign. 90f

1986: Dodo Carnival

20f -
25f - Masked lion dancers
40f - Masked stick dancers and drummers
45f - Stick dancers with elaborate headdresses
90f - Masked elephant dancer
90f - Animal dancers

Stamps below are from 1996. The orchids and Football, France are not listed in Stanley Gibbons. However these are available in Scott and Michel respectively. The Big Cats set is my favourite.

1996: Orchids 

1996: World cup soccer championship. France 1998

1996: Big Cats

100f - Panthera Leo (Lion)
150f - Acinonyx jubatus (cheetah)
175f - Lynx caracal (caracal)

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Burkina Faso Pt 1

Off late I have been going through my collection of African stamps and everytime I flip through this single stock page of stamps of Burkina Faso, I just can't stop myself from wanting to have all the stamps of this country.

Burkina Faso, is a landlocked nation in West Africa. Formerly called the Republic of Upper Volta, it was renamed on August 4, 1984. My stamps are mostly of the year 1985 and some from 1996. The stamps are all CTOs, and as I collect CTOs as well, its not too bad that the real postally used ones are difficult to get. Ofcourse I always prefer the postally used ones but then getting those are the real challenges for any collector.

Here are the stamps and these are all incomplete sets. 

1985: National Symbols

5f - National Flag
120f - National Flag (Airmail)

15f - National arms
150f - National arms

1985: World Cup Football Championship, Mexico

1985: Centenary of Motorcycle

50f - Steam tricycle
75f - Pope
80f - Manet
100f - Ducati (Airmail)

1985: Reptiles and Amphibians

5f - Chameleon Dilepis
85f - Hiperolius marmoratus
100f - Echis Leucogaster (Airmail)
150f - Kinixys Erosa

1985 "Argentina '85" International Stamp Exhibition, Buenos Aires. Horses.

25f - Gaucho on Piebald horse
45f - Gaucho on horse
90f - Rodeo rider

1985: Trains

50f - Electric locomotive no 105-30 and tank wagon
80f - Diesel passenger locomotive
100f - Diesel aircar (Airmail)

1985: Handicrafts

10f - Pot (Tikare)

40f - Pot with lid decorated with birds (P. Bazega)

90f - Bronze statuette of mother with child (Ouagadougou) (Airmail)
 

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