Covers

Postage and commemorative covers from all over the world that contain an image, special postmark or stamp dedicated to the bison theme. The envelopes are arranged chronologically.

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Protected animals

Country
Poland
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
European Bison
Color
olive green, black brown
Size (mm)
99,5×154
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Commemorative Cancellation
Warsaw 1

Philatelic exhibition in Rzeszow

Country
Poland
Type
Plain Envelope
Picture
?
Color
?
Size (mm)
115×161
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Commemorative Cancellation
Rzeszow, special postmark timed to the exhibition with the stamp 1954 (bisons)

The reopening of the Berlin Zoo

Country
German Democratic Republic
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
Zoo map
Color
dark green
Size (mm)
107×157
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Commemorative Cancellation
Berlin Friedrichsfelde

First flight of flight LH 622 over the airmail center of Hamburg

Country
German Democratic Republic
Type
Airmail (+ etiquette)
Picture
?
Color
?
Size (mm)
113,5×160
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Commemorative Cancellation
Berlin, special postmark dated to the first flight with the stamp 1956 (bison)
Branch of the addressee
Vienna 1, common postmark

International Athletics Championships

Country
Romania
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
athlete throwing disc
Color
light blue
Size (mm)
90×162
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
55 bani (leu), yellow, an athlete throwing a spear, against the background of a silhouette of a running bison
Commemorative Cancellation
Bucharest

Ten years of the Tatra National Park

Country
Czechoslovakia
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
Bison with calf, fawn
Color
purple (plum), brown
Size (mm)
94×164
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Commemorative Cancellation
Prague 3, special postmark with translation date

Budapest zoo animals

Country
Hungary
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
Zoo gate
Color
brown
Size (mm)
121×193
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Commemorative Cancellation
Budapest

Charity postal issue with collection for social and cultural purposes. Animals

Country
Netherlands
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
silhouette of a bird on a background of geometric shapes
Color
red, brown
Size (mm)
99,5×189
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Number of NVPH
E63
Commemorative Cancellation
Hague

Bison in Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Country
USSR
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Herd of bison
Color
brown, green
Size (mm)
157×112
Manufacturing
Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Number
5357
Artist
P. I. Vuev
Stamp
1966, 4 kopecks, dark brown, image of the USSR emblem
Print
offset, two-color
Edition
USSR Ministry of Communications

XV Hunting Congress in Mamaia

Country
Romania
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
congress emblem, deer head
Color
yellow, brown, green, blue
Size (mm)
118×161
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
1.60 lei, Painting "Prince Dragosh and the Bison" by Nicolae Grigorescu
Commemorative Cancellation
Mamaia

Birds and animals from nature reserves

Country
Romania
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
European Bison
Color
brown
Size (mm)
116×170
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Commemorative Cancellation
Bucharest

Bison. Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Country
USSR
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
European Bison
Color
brown, orange
Size (mm)
112×157
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Cost
5 kopecks (ruble)
Artist
V. Kolganov
Stamp
1966, 4 kopecks, orange, image of the USSR emblem
Edition
USSR Ministry of Communications
Number
6240

Bison. Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Country
USSR
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
European Bison
Color
brown, orange
Size (mm)
112×157
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Cost
1 kopeck (ruble)
Artist
V. Kolganov
Stamp
bison picture
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison image
Edition
USSR Ministry of Communications
Commemorative Cancellation
Moscow Post Office

Spala. European Bison

Country
Poland
Type
Plain Envelope
Picture
?
Color
?
Size (mm)
114×163
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Commemorative Cancellation
Spala, postmark dedicated to the All-Polish Congress of Tourist Leaders 11.10.1969 (bison picture)
Printing house
Factory in Wroclaw (PTTK)

Nature Museum „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“. Bison

Country
USSR
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Nature Museum „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“ - silhouette. Bison in the forest
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
112×157
Manufacturing
Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Cost
5 kopecks (ruble)
Artist
V. Kolganov
Stamp
1966, 4 kopecks, blue, image of the USSR emblem
Edition
USSR Ministry of Communications
Number
8348

European Bison

Country
Romania
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
European Bison
Color
brown, green
Size (mm)
116×161
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
55 bani, blue
Cancellation
Bucharest
Code
88672/77
Number
11.076

European Bison

Country
France
Type
First Day Cover (FDC), non-postal, fantastic
Picture
European Bison
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
92×164
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Description
The envelopes are not postage, the year of issue will be later than 1974. The stamp and postmark are most likely a fake.
Stamp
40 santims (franc), Nature Conservancy. Bison 1974
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Mouzon-08

European Bison

Country
Romania
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Bison and calf
Color
brown, blue
Size (mm)
116×161
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
55 bani, blue, image of a red deer
Code
0089/77
Number
15008

Protected Birds and Animals of Romania

Country
Romania
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
duck
Color
purple, yellow
Size (mm)
116×163
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Postmark
mastic color is black, panda picture
Stamp
bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Bucharest

Games of the XXII Olympiad - Moscow-80

Country
USSR
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Games of the XXII Olympiad - Moscow-80, football
Color
black, gray, red, green
Size (mm)
114×160
Manufacturing
Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Cost
5 kopecks (ruble)
Artist
I. Filipov
Stamp
1976, 4 kopecks, red, image of the USSR emblem
Postmark
mastic color is black, picture of bison, text Minsk Olympic
Edition
USSR Ministry of Communications
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk Post Office

European year for the protection of nature

Country
Romania
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
otter
Color
blue, green, brown
Size (mm)
119×162
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
bison picture
Postmark
mastic color is black
Commemorative Cancellation
Bucharest

Bison in winter forest

Country
USSR
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Bison in winter forest
Color
gray-green
Size (mm)
114×160
Manufacturing
Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Cost
5 kopecks (ruble)
Artist
A. Ljapin
Stamp
1976, 4 kopecks, gray-green, image of the USSR emblem
Edition
USSR Ministry of Communications
Number
14470

VII Congress of the All-Russian Order of the Red Banner of Labor of the Nature Conservation Society

Country
USSR
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Bison on the logo of the congress (swan, deer, stork, marten, bison are woven by mountain ash branches)
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
114×160
Manufacturing
Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Cost
5 kopecks (ruble)
Artist
V. Chmarov
Stamp
1981, 4 kopecks, multicolor, image of the sign of the All-Russian Society for the Conservation of Nature (elk and planet earth)
Edition
USSR Ministry of Communications
Number
KOM № 64
Commemorative Cancellation
Moscow K-9

The Museum of Nature „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“

Country
USSR
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Bison as a symbol of the Pushcha emblem, the building of the Museum of Nature „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
114×160
Manufacturing
Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Cost
5 kopecks (ruble)
Artist
Y. Artsimenev
Stamp
1976, 4 kopecks, USSR emblem, blue
Edition
USSR Ministry of Communications

Bison restoration

Country
Poland
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
Bison - bull, cow and calf on three matching envelopes
Color
brown
Size (mm)
116×158
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
image of a herd of bison
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Bialowieza

WWF. World Wildlife Fund

Country
Lithuania
Type
First Day Cover Set (FDC), fantastic, non-postal
Picture
Bisons picture
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
116×158
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Description
The envelopes are non-postal, 1986 is a mistake on them, since the stamps and the postmark are 1996. In fact, the envelopes were issued after the 2000s
Stamp
image of a herd of bison
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture - the stamp is a fake of the real stamp of 1996, the thickness of the lines, proportions, as well as the ears and eyebrows of the bison differ from the original
Commemorative Cancellation
On envelopes Vilnius 01/20/1996, real date unknown

Protected fauna and flora

Country
Romania
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
bird
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
162×230
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
bison picture
Postmark
mastic color is black, image of a flower and a deer
Commemorative Cancellation
Bucharest

Kaunas Zoological Garden is 50 years old

Country
Lithuanian SSR (USSR)
Type
Illustrated Envelope
Picture
giraffe and the logo of the Kaunas Zoological Garden - bison
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
114×160
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
947
Cost
1 kopeck (ruble)
Artist
V. Skabijene
Typography
Kaunas, Printing house them. K. Pozhely

National Park Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Country
Belarus
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
European Bison
Color
?
Size (mm)
114×162
Manufacturing
Perm Printing Factory of Goznak
Printing count
994 000
Order number
?
Stamp
30 kopecks, brown, Pahonya image
Artist
A. Medvedev
Number
136680
Print
offset

WWF. European Bison

Country
Lithuania
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
bisons
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
114×162
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Artist
V. Skabijene
Numbers
1a, 1b, 1c, 1d
Stamp
bison picture
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Vilnius

Animals of Belarus

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
forest landscape
Color
green
Size (mm)
?
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Artist
A. Fedin
Number
?
Stamp
bison picture (1995)
Postmark
mastic color is black, deer and flora image
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk

Protection of Nature. Bison

Country
Slovakia
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
flora
Color
black
Size (mm)
113×161
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
10 000
Order number
?
Designer
Vladimír Machaj
Engraver
Martin Činovský
Print
metallography from steel engravings and gravure printing
Stamp
flora and bison picture
Postmark
mastic color is black, flora and bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Topolchany
Typography
Post Office Printing House, Prague

European Bison. Fauna

Country
Romania
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
European Bison
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
129×189
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
animals picture
Postmark
mastic color is black, eagle picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Bucharest

Protected animals. Bison

Country
Poland
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
types of forest in Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
114×160
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
bison picture
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture, text żubry
Commemorative Cancellation
Bialowieza

Philatelic exhibition NAPOSTA-97

Country
Belarus
Type
Plain Envelope
Picture
?
Color
?
Size (mm)
114×161
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
bison picture (1995)
Postmark
mastic color is black, text NAPOSTA-97
Commemorative Cancellation
Stuttgart, Germany, Philatelic Exhibition NAPOSTA-97

Philatelic exhibition Riga-98

Country
Belarus
Type
Plain Envelope
Picture
?
Color
?
Size (mm)
114×161
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
bison picture (1995)
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Riga, Latvia, Philatelic exhibition Riga-98

Post block. Minsk plant of wheeled tractors

Country
Belarus
Type
Goessler G-LINE Envelope
Picture
?
Color
?
Size (mm)
161×228
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
Stylized image of a bison (company logo) on a coupon
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture (company logo)
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk, Post office

Europe 1999. National parks

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
Bison and other animals, map of Belarus with the mark of Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Color
red, green
Size (mm)
114×162
Manufacturing
PaliBig
Printing count
3000
Order number
7
Artist
M. Ryzhiy
Stamp
picture with bison and other animals
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Brest-Center

Europa 1999. Natural reserves. National Park Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Country
Poland
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
bison profile
Color
brown, green
Size (mm)
114×162
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Stamp
Bison bonasus and Picoides tridactylus
Postmark
mastic color is black, text Europa
Commemorative Cancellation
Warsaw

Collector's Day

Country
Belarus
Type
Illustrated Envelope
Picture
magnifying glass and stamps of the Republic of Belarus, bison picture (1995)
Color
?
Size (mm)
114×162
Manufacturing
Grodno Regional Enlarged Printing House
Printing count
10 000
Order number
3546
Stamp
Minsk plant of wheeled tractors (1999)
Postmark
mastic color is black, emblem of Grodno
Commemorative Cancellation
Grodno-23

The Grodno Zoo is 75 years old. Collector's Day

Country
Belarus
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
zoo gate, zoo emblem - bison
Color
?
Size (mm)
114×162
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
99 900
Order number
1147ц
Artist
A. Bushkin
Stamp
letter A
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Grodno-25

Winter in Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Country
Belarus
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Herd of bison
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
111×219
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
100 000
Order number
1673ц-03
Photographer
A. Kleshchuk
Stamp
letter A

Day of Belarusian Written Language in Kamenets

Country
Belarus
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
a monument to Prince Vladimir Vasilkovich, next to a bison, against the background of the Kamenets Vezha
Color
red, brown
Size (mm)
114×162
Manufacturing
Paper Mill of the State Sign, Borisov
Printing count
50 000
Order number
6664-05
Artist
M. Ryzhiy
Stamp
letter A, Kamenets Vezha

Bisons

Country
Belarus
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
a herd of bison in the forest
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
110×219
Manufacturing
Paper Mill of the State Sign, Borisov
Printing count
100 000
Order number
7116-06
Photographer
I. Byshnev
Designer
M. Trenkova
Stamp
letter A

National Park „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“. 600 years of conservation of Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Country
Belarus
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Bisons, a cow with a calf. Text in Belarusian: 600 years of conservation of Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
110×220
Manufacturing
Paper Mill of the State Sign, Borisov
Printing count
25 800
Order number
8435-08
Description
The cover was issued with the return address: GPU (State Environmental Agency) National Park „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“
Designer
E. Chirkova
Stamp
letter A

The first Polish championship in thematic philately

Country
Poland
Type
Plain Envelope
Picture
?
Color
?
Size (mm)
114×162
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Pszczyna

600 years of conservation of Belovezhskaya Pushcha

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
herd of deer, map of the forest
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
108×220
Manufacturing
RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
Printing count
1500
Order number
15к-09
Artist
I. Lukin
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture, artists O. Suzko, O. Lukin
Commemorative Cancellation
Kamenyuki

International Year of Biodiversity

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
European Bison
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
109×219
Manufacturing
RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
Printing count
1000
Order number
98к-10
Artist
M. Plahatniuk
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture, fished and birds
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk Post Office

Bison in a forest glade

Country
Belarus
Type
Illustrated Stamped Envelope
Picture
Bison in a forest glade
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
113×160
Manufacturing
RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
Printing count
100 000
Order number
377ц-2011
Designer
R. Dolbik
Stamp
letter A

Europa 2011. Forests

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
animal silhouettes picture
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
113×160
Manufacturing
RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
Printing count
1000
Order number
64к-2011
Designer
A. Mamaev
Stamp
grazing bison, 2500
Postmark
mastic color is black, animals and forest picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk Post Office

20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the People's Republic of China

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
China and Belarus flags
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
113×162
Manufacturing
RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
Printing count
1000
Order number
336к-2011
Designer
I. Lukin
Stamp
bison and panda, block, 15000
Postmark
mastic color is red, China and Belarus flags
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk Post Office

60th anniversary of Belarus joining UNESCO

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
the logo of the UNESCO Commission
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
113×160
Manufacturing
RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
Printing count
1000
Order number
77к-14
Designer
G. Malysh
Stamp
letter N, herd of bison
Postmark
mastic color is black, the logo of the UNESCO Commission
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk Post Office

Special envelope of the National Park „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“

Country
Belarus
Type
Special envelope, organization cover
Picture
emblem of National Park „Belovezhskaya Pushcha“, bison picture
Color
green
Size (mm)
big - 162×224, small - 109×218
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?

25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Poland

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
picture of the border between Poland and Belarus in the area of Belovezhskaya Pushcha, forest
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
112×162
Manufacturing
RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
Printing count
1200
Order number
21к-17
Designer
T. Kuznetsova
Photographer
S. Plytkevich
Stamp
letter H (1,26 rubles), emblems of Poland and Belarus, a herd of bison on the coupon
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk-1

Nature Conservancy - Zoos II

Country
Czech Republic
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
deer picture
Color
brown
Size (mm)
113×161
Manufacturing
?
Printing count
?
Order number
?
Designer
Libuše and Jaromír Knotek
Engraver
Martin Srb
Stamp
16 Czech crowns, bison
Postmark
mastic color is black, bison picture
Commemorative Cancellation
Khomutov

Joint issue of the Republic of Belarus and the Kyrgyz Republic. 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
emblems of Belarus and Kyrgyzstan
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
114×161
Manufacturing
RUE „Bobruisk enlarged printing house named after A. T. Nepogodina“
Printing count
1000
Order number
35к-18
Designer
T. Kuznetsova
Stamp
letter H (1,56 rubles), emblems of Kyrgyzstan and Belarus, bison and snow leopard on the coupon
Postmark
mastic color is black, picture of the national dwellings of both countries
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk-1

History of banknotes of Belarus

Country
Belarus
Type
First Day Cover (FDC)
Picture
The building of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus
Color
multicolor
Size (mm)
114×161
Manufacturing
Paper Mill of the State Sign, Borisov
Printing count
1000
Order number
1635-19
Stamp
stamp series „History of banknotes of Belarus“, bison on the banknote of 100 rubles 1992
Postmark
mastic color is red, picture of 1 ruble coin
Commemorative Cancellation
Minsk-1
Designer
T. Kuznetsova
Vendor Code
С 211