This is an FDC that doesn't cover any of the usual topic on Sunday Stamps, so I've decided to slide it in for the anything you wish theme this sunday...I've hurried a bit as I won't be online on sunday.
This set of stamps celebrates 75th anniversary of the Belgrade zoo, which is one of the oldest in Europe. The name of the city means white(beo) city(grad) and the zoo tries to accommodate as many unusual white species as possible. I think idea in itself is marvelous - my concern is that the zoo holds too many species in a small space, now I've also read that its the reason it is not accredited by any international zoo association...I wish something could be done about this, in fact about every crammed zoo there is. Otherwise the joyous moment of seeing such splendid animals can turn into a sad one within seconds...
I am sure there will be many great stamps shown for the open theme day, here!
I don't know which I'm more enthralled by the white lion or the white peacock on the cover. I like the theme of collecting together white animals but not if they are unable to live in good conditions.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that is what Belgrade means. I like the idea of having many white animals but not the overcrowding.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the over crowding. An open theme is just for what you said: to show off stamps that will probably not fit a theme. thank you for joining us!
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant cover. By coincidence we visited Detroit Zoo last week and I have to say I was very impressed by the room the animals had in their enclouses. I'll be posting some pictures this week.
ReplyDeletethe first thing I noticed what the collection of white animals and I thought "how unusual"! the overcrowding is a concern that I hope gets addressed.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting stamps. My first time to see white peacock! Wow!!! It would be so grade to visit that zoo for real.
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