designer: Ethel Kessler
artist: John D Dawson
It took some sleuthing to find information on this raven stamp as it is actually part of a sheet for the Nature of America series which were issued from 1999-2010. You can see the whole sheet here.
The other arctic animals are: a gyrfalcon, grizzly, vole, grey wolf, ptarmigan, grayling, ground squirrel, musk ox, and caribou.
The common raven can live for up to 21 years in the wild. It is also a highly intelligent bird and is revered as a spiritual figure in indigenous cultures of North America.
for the letter R - raven
4 comments:
I always think of Edgar Alan Poe when I see a raven.
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The whole sheet is stunning!
See here my stamp for R.
I love sheets that show a full scene. Clever birds, no wonder they appear in so many tales from folklore. My R is here
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