Elephants are the largest land animals. There are three known species of elephants: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Indian elephant. The average age of an elephant is 50 to 70 years. The gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth it is common for an elephant calf to weigh 120 kilograms.

Elephants are herbivores, their teeth adapted for cutting and tearing off plant materials. Healthy adult elephants have no natural predators, although lions may take calves or weak individuals. They are, however, threatened by human intrusion and poaching. Elephants are a symbol of wisdom in Asian cultures and are famed for their intelligence and memory.

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1894, Definitives 6v

scbv014, Congo Belgium, 1894

1895, Sirmoor, Definitives 8v

sidosir8, India, 1895

1900, Definitives 5v

scbv026, Congo Belgium, 1900

1903, Benadir, Definitives 7v

siao0001, Italian Somalia, 1903

70.00

-10%

63.00

Unused (hinged)

1906, Elephant & lion 8v, overprints

sia0010, Italian Somalia, 1906

1916, Overprints 8v

srrbb1, Ruanda-Urundi, 1916

1918, Red Cross 9v

scb0033, Congo Belgium, 1918

1918, A.O. Overprints 9v

srrobb25, Ruanda-Urundi, 1918

1919, Definitives 15v

seh0064, Ethiopia, 1919

36.00

-10%

32.40

Mint NH

18.00

-10%

16.20

Unused (hinged)

1921, Definitives 12v

slr0191, Liberia, 1921

1922, Overprints 7v

ser0057, Eritrea, 1922

60.00

-10%

54.00

Unused (hinged)

1922, Definitives 19v

sga0093, Gambia, 1922

1922, Definitives 4v

sgap0112, Gambia, 1922

1922, Overprints 6v

sia0024, Italian Somalia, 1922

180.00

-10%

162.00

Mint NH

1923, Definitives 12v

scb0066, Congo Belgium, 1923

1923, Overprints 11v

sia0034, Italian Somalia, 1923

270.00

-10%

243.00

Mint NH

120.00

-10%

108.00

Unused (hinged)

1924, Definitives 7v

serc083, Eritrea, 1924

120.00

-10%

108.00

Mint NH

1925, Definitives 17v

srn0001, Rhodesia, North, 1925

1926, Overprints 2v

seh0088, Ethiopia, 1926

1926, Overprints 8v

sia0074, Italian Somalia, 1926

1931, Definitives 16v

scb0130, Congo Belgium, 1931

1931, Jaipur, Views 12v

sidjai22, India, 1931

1931, Jaipur, On service 4v

sidjais11, India, 1931

1931, Definitives 18v

srr0043, Ruanda-Urundi, 1931

1933, Definitives, views 10v

serc204, Eritrea, 1933

1933, Definitives 13v

ssj0131, Sierra Leone, 1933

1935, Definitives 11v

sce0216, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), 1935

1935, Silver jubilee 4v

srz0032, Rhodesia, Southern, 1935

30.00

-10%

27.00

Mint NH

1937, Animals 6v

slr0292, Liberia, 1937

1937, Companhia, definitives 19v

smzcom201, Mozambique, 1937

1938, Definitives 16v

sbv0019, Myanmar/Burma, 1938

1938, Definitives 13v

sce0230, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), 1938

1939, Definitives 30v

scn0126, Cameroon, 1939

50.00

-10%

45.00

Mint NH

1945, Military admn overprints 16v

sbv0036, Myanmar/Burma, 1945

1946, Victory 4v

sbv0067, Myanmar/Burma, 1946

1947, Definitives, overprinted 19v

spk0001, Pakistan, 1947

1947, Airmail definitives 4v

sto0213, Togo, 1947

1949, Independence anniversary 14v

sbv0103, Myanmar/Burma, 1949

1949, Definitives 16v

sid0191, India, 1949

500.00
Mint NH
250.00
Unused (hinged)

1951, Geologic institute 1v

sid0218, India, 1951

4.50
Mint NH
2.25
Unused (hinged)

1953, Animals 20v

sao0368, Angola, 1953

1953, Definitives 14v

srn0061, Rhodesia, North, 1953

30.00

-10%

27.00

Unused (hinged)

1954, Royal visit 1v

sce0280, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), 1954

1954, Definitives 20v

scm0031, Cambodia, 1954

1954, Definitives 4 s/s

scmb007, Cambodia, 1954

1954, Elephant hunting 4v

sgsp0299, Spanish Guinea, 1954

1954, Definitives 14v

soa0092, East Africa, 1954

65.00

-10%

58.50

Mint NH

1954, Definitives, animals 14v

sza0239, South Africa, 1954

1954, Definitives 12v

szu0279, South-West Africa, 1954

60.00

-10%

54.00

Mint NH

1955, Jules Verne 11v

smo0512, Monaco, 1955

1955, King Naresuan 5v

sth0311, Thailand, 1955

75.00
Unused (hinged)
6.00
Used or CTO

1956, Berlin Zoo 6v

sdd0551, Germany, DDR, 1956

4.00
Mint NH
3.00
Used or CTO

1957, Animals 4v

sfe0305, French Equatorial Africa, 1957

1957, Elephants, stamp day 4v

sgs0334, Spanish Guinea, 1957

1957, Ngo dinh diem 5v

svz0135, Vietnam, South, 1957

4.00
Mint NH

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