The word hippopotamus comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse". The hippopotamus is one of the largest quadrupeds. They have a stocky shape and short legs. Hippopotamuses are gregarious, living in groups of up to 30 animals; such a group is called a herd . A male hippopotamus is known as a bull, a female a cow, and a baby a calf. The hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and is often regarded as one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. Hippos are still threatened by habitat loss and are often poached for their meat and ivory canine teeth.

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1932, Definitives 18v

siap0171, Italian Somalia, 1932

1937, Animals 6v

slr0292, Liberia, 1937

1937, Companhia, definitives 19v

smzcom201, Mozambique, 1937

1947, Definitives 19v

swa0034, French West Africa, 1947

1953, Animals 20v

sao0368, Angola, 1953

1954, Definitives, animals 14v

sza0239, South Africa, 1954

1960, Definitives 16v

soa0108, East Africa, 1960

65.00
Mint NH

1962, Animals 6v

sgz0128, Guinea, Republic, 1962

5.25
Mint NH

1963, Animals 12v

svn1481, Venezuela, 1963

17.50

-20%

14.00

Mint NH

1964, Animals 7v

sbu0102, Burundi, 1964

1964, Animals 15v

sbu0087, Burundi, 1964

1964, Animals 7v imperforated

sbup0102b, Burundi, 1964

1964, Animals 15v imperforated

sbup0087b, Burundi, 1964

15.00
Mint NH

1964, Zoo animals 20v

scv0949, Cuba, 1964

1964, Flora/fauna 8v

sgh0198, Ghana, 1964

7.00
Mint NH

1964, Flora/Fauna 2 s/s

sghb014, Ghana, 1964

7.50
Mint NH

1964, Animals 3v

siv0272, Ivory Coast, 1964

1965, Independence 8v (foil stamps)

sbup0175, Burundi, 1965

8.00
Mint NH

1965, Definitives, animals 14v

sni0175, Nigeria, 1965

1966, Animals 6v

sov0175, Upper Volta, 1966

6.50
Mint NH

1967, Animals 6v

sgc0260, Gabon, 1967

5.25
Mint NH
3.00
Mint NH

1968, Animals 5v

sdh0337, Dahomey, 1968

8.00
Mint NH

1968, Fairy tales 6v

sgz0487, Guinea, Republic, 1968

5.00
Mint NH

1968, Animals 9v

sgz0495, Guinea, Republic, 1968

9.00
Mint NH

1968, Fairy tales s/s

sgzpb028, Guinea, Republic, 1968

1968, Animals 3 s/s

sgzpb029, Guinea, Republic, 1968

9.50
Mint NH

1968, Animals 3 s/s, Imperforated

sgzpb029b, Guinea, Republic, 1968

14.00
Mint NH

1970, Definitives 14v

srh0088, Rhodesia, 1970

47.50
Mint NH
19.00
Unused (hinged)

1971, UNO 12v (3x [:::]

sbup0762, Burundi, 1971

1971, Wildlife airmail 6x4v [:::]

sbup0726, Burundi, 1971

1971, Wildlife 6x4v [:::]

sbup0702, Burundi, 1971

18.00
Mint NH

1971, Animals in fairy tales 5v

scj0225, Central Africa, 1971

30.00
Mint NH

1971, Animal protection 20v

smmp0514, Manama, 1971

5.00
Mint NH

1972, Wild animals 8v

scf0341, Congo Republic, 1972

11.00
Mint NH

1972, Akagera park 10v

srup0487, Rwanda, 1972

7.50
Mint NH

1972, Wild animals 5v

stf0522, Chad, 1972

5.00
Mint NH

1972, Nature conservation s/s

szmpb002, Zambia, 1972

1973, King Wangchuk 5v

sbjp0564, Bhutan, 1973

1973, Animals 4v

snjp0383, Niger, 1973

3.80
Mint NH

1974, Hippo s/s

sgnb145, Equatorial Guinea, 1974

3.50
Mint NH

1975, Erfurt Zoo 8v

sdd2030, Germany, DDR, 1975

2.00
Mint NH
2.00
Used or CTO
2.40
First Day Cover

1975, Animals 12v

sgz0717, Guinea, Republic, 1975

15.00
Mint NH

1976, Mammals 4v

sbqp0071, Benin, 1976

1976, Animals 5v

scfp0539, Congo Republic, 1976

5.00
Mint NH

1976, African animals 6v

slrp1006, Liberia, 1976

4.50
Mint NH

1976, Definitives, animals 12v

smz0618, Mozambique, 1976

1977, Definitives, animals 17v

sbp0001, Bophuthatswana, 1977

12.00
Mint NH
5.56
Used or CTO

1977, Animals 36v

sgzp0793, Guinea, Republic, 1977

39.00
Mint NH

1977, Art & culture 4v

ske0070, Kenia, 1977

3.00
Mint NH

1977, Art & culture s/s

skepb005, Kenia, 1977

1978, WWF, animals 6v

scf0630, Congo Republic, 1978

20.00
Mint NH

1978, Endangered animals 6v

sgbp0471, Guinea Bissau, 1978

9.00
Mint NH

1978, Philexafrique 2v+tab [:T:]

sovp0730, Upper Volta, 1978

4.00
Mint NH

1979, WWF, Endangered animals 6v

sivp0620, Ivory Coast, 1979

25.00
Mint NH

1979, Small Hippo 1v

siv0586, Ivory Coast, 1979

1.50
Mint NH

1980, Disney 8v

sto1468, Togo, 1980

1980, Animals 17v

szup0476, South-West Africa, 1980

9.00
Mint NH

1982, Animals 13v

sbu1583, Burundi, 1982

1982, Virunga park 7v

szrp0779, Congo Dem. Republic, (zaire), 1982

12.00
Mint NH

1983, Animals, WWF Overprint 13v

sbu1596, Burundi, 1983

450.00
Mint NH

1983, Protected animals 4v

sgnp1634, Equatorial Guinea, 1983

1983, Disney in space 8v

ssj0728, Sierra Leone, 1983

5.50
Mint NH
4.00
First Day Cover
4.00
Maximum Cards

1984, African transport 6v

ssjp0752, Sierra Leone, 1984

5.00
Mint NH

1985, Animals 4v

seh1200, Ethiopia, 1985

1987, Definitives, animals 20v

sbt0403, Botswana, 1987

30.00
Mint NH

1987, Hippotamus amphibius 4v

smwp0485, Malawi, 1987

12.00
Mint NH

1987, Hippotamus amphibius s/s

smwpb067, Malawi, 1987

13.00
Mint NH

1987, Flora & fauna 8v

ssjp1036, Sierra Leone, 1987

12.00
Mint NH

1988, Animals & plants 8v

sgap0739, Gambia, 1988

4.50
Mint NH

1989, Definitives, animals 8v

sgb1096, Guinea Bissau, 1989

5.00
Mint NH

1989, Waterpond 20v m/s

soep0677kb, Uganda, 1989

12.00
Mint NH

1989, Animals 4v

ssop0408, Somalia, 1989

7.50
Mint NH

1989, Animals s/s

ssopb025, Somalia, 1989

9.00
Mint NH

1990, Animals 18v m/s

ssjp1479kb, Sierra Leone, 1990

12.00
Mint NH

1991, Animals 6v

sbup1720, Burundi, 1991

13.50
Mint NH

1991, Animals s/s

sbupb129, Burundi, 1991

1991, Animals s/s imperforated

sbupb129b, Burundi, 1991

1991, Animals 3 s/s

sgapb109, Gambia, 1991

1991, Int. year of illiteracy 4v

szmp0536, Zambia, 1991

1992, Hippo s/s

soepb170, Uganda, 1992

6.00
Mint NH

1992, Animals 12v

ssop0432, Somalia, 1992

55.00
Mint NH

1993, Wild life 8v

scf1363, Congo Republic, 1993

11.00
Mint NH

1993, Animals 2x12v m/s

sgap1525kb, Gambia, 1993

26.00
Mint NH

1993, Animals 12v m/s

slrp1564kb, Liberia, 1993

18.00
Mint NH

1993, Animals 12v m/s

stap1551kb, Tanzania, 1993

1994, Endangered animals 4v

scfp1421, Congo Republic, 1994

3.75
Mint NH

1994, Animals 10v [++++]

snz1366, New Zealand, 1994

6.00
Mint NH
6.00
First Day Cover

1994, Carl Hagenbeck s/s

swdb028, Germany, Federal Republic, 1994

2.20
Mint NH
2.80
Used or CTO
2.50
First Day Cover

1995, Animals 7v

stap2025, Tanzania, 1995

1995, African Animals 9v m/s

stop2307kb, Togo, 1995

5.50
Mint NH

1996, Animals 12v m/s

saop1058kb, Angola, 1996

4.50
Mint NH

1996, Animals 9v m/s

sgap2337kb, Gambia, 1996

5.00
Mint NH

1996, Napoleon memorials 4v

shsp0694, Saint Helena, 1996

1996, Tourism 5v

skep0666, Kenia, 1996

1996, Rare animals 6v m/s

smdp2703kb, Maldives, 1996

5.00
Mint NH

1996, Wildlife of the world 8v m/s

smdp2717kb, Maldives, 1996

6.75
Mint NH

1996, Wild animals 8v m/s

soep1651kb, Uganda, 1996

4.50
Mint NH

1996, Endangered animals 9v m/s

stop2441kb, Togo, 1996

8.00
Mint NH

1997, Rare animals 4v [+]

sgbp1248, Guinea Bissau, 1997

1997, Flora & Fauna 18v

snmp0876, Namibia, 1997

1997, Niokolo Badiar 4v

ssnp1485, Senegal, 1997

1997, Hippo s/s

szrpb075, Congo Dem. Republic, (zaire), 1997

5.00
Mint NH

1998, Wild animals 8v m/s

saop1237kb, Angola, 1998

8.00
Mint NH

1998, Animals 3v

sgcp1403, Gabon, 1998

1998, Rare animals 3v m/s

sgcpb094, Gabon, 1998

1998, Animals 12v m/s

sgzp2030kb, Guinea, Republic, 1998

1998, Morija museum 6v

slhp1230, Lesotho, 1998

1998, Endangered species 6v m/s

stap2970kb, Tanzania, 1998

6.50
Mint NH

1999, Definitives, mammals 12v

sbqp1133, Benin, 1999

1999, Animals 8v m/s, Koala

scsp1616kb, Comoros, 1999

5.00
Mint NH

1999, Animals 9v m/s, Gorilla baby

snnp3908kb, Nicaragua, 1999

1999, African fauna 12v (2 m/s)

ssjp3235kb, Sierra Leone, 1999

12.00
Mint NH

1999, Big animals 6v

stap3258, Tanzania, 1999

1999, Wildlife 8v m/s

stap3878kb, Tanzania, 1999

2000, Animals 12v m/s (12x2Kz)

saop1539kb, Angola, 2000

8.00
Mint NH

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