Nicaragua 1995 Exotic Birds of the World Mini Sheet — Scott #2144, HB 261

Complete mini sheet of 12 different exotic bird stamps issued by Correos de Nicaragua in 1995 as the "Aves Exoticas del Mundo" series. Each stamp denominated C$2.00, printed se-tenant across a continuous tropical-river-and-mountain background that reads as a single panoramic illustration when the sheet is intact.

Species depicted on the sheet:

• Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda)
• Helmeted Woodpecker (Dryocopus galeatus)
• Long-tailed Broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae)
• Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
• Black-capped Kingfisher (Martín Pescador)
• White-throated Magpie-Jay (Urraca)
• Red-and-Green Macaw (Ara chloroptera)
• Eastern Rosella (Platycercus eximius)
• Palawan Peacock-Pheasant (Polyplectron emphanum)
• Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata)
• Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
• Pigeon (Pichón Volteador)

Condition: Mint Never Hinged, Very Fine. Bright color, full original gum, intact perforations, clean selvage. Stored flat in a protective album sleeve since acquisition.

Ideal for collectors of: Latin American philately, Nicaragua, topical birds and wildlife, Bird of Paradise, parrots and macaws, owl topicals, seriemas and rails, panoramic se-tenant sheetlets.

Catalog references: Scott #2144 (1995). Spanish/Edifil reference HB 261