Share your - Foxes on stamps

nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 21 Aug 2013 00:50

Fox is a common name for many species of omnivorous mammals belonging to the Canidae family. To start off this new topic, here are images of four fox stamps in my collection. Please show us some of yours!

- nethryk

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), designed by Swedish artist Staffan Ullström (1949- ), engraved by Lars Sjööblom, and issued by Sweden on January 2, 1996, Scott No. 1935, Facit No. 1944.

Fennec foxes (Vulpes zerda), designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by Mauritania on June 1, 1961, Scott No. 123.

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopedic author. Here is an image of a stamp depicting an illustration of a fox from Buffon's Histoire naturelle, designed and engraved by Claude Haley, and issued by France on June 18, 1988 as one of a set of four stamps featuring Buffon's depictions of various animals, Scott No. 2125, Y&T No. 2541.

Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus, formerly known as Alopex lagopus), designed by Ingalill Axelsson after a photograph by Swedish naturalists P. Klaesson and B.O. Olsson, engraved by Majvor Franzén-Matthews, and issued by Sweden on August 24, 1983, Scott No. 1469, Facit No. 1265.

DRB · Post by **DRB** » 23 Aug 2013 01:02

Red fox Yugoslavia 1960

JaceStamps · Post by **JaceStamps** » 23 Aug 2013 01:27

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rossi · Post by **rossi** » 23 Aug 2013 01:29

Israel 2000

AMark · Post by **AMark** » 23 Aug 2013 06:53

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), designed by Pierre-Yves Pelletier. Issued by Canada on 28 December, 2000.

AMark · Post by **AMark** » 23 Aug 2013 06:59

Swift fox (Vulpes velox), designed by David Sacha and Karen Satok. Issued by Canada on 29 September, 2006.

norvic · Post by **norvic** » 23 Aug 2013 07:00

From the UK 2004 on a maximum card:

AMark · Post by **AMark** » 23 Aug 2013 07:02

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), designed by Susan Scott. Issued by Canada on 22 May, 2010.

AMark · Post by **AMark** » 23 Aug 2013 07:06

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), photograph by Inmagine LLC. Issued by Canada on 17 January, 2011.

nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 24 Aug 2013 01:55

Great contributions, everyone! Please keep 'em coming.

Foxes are renowned for their cleverness. "The Fox and the Raven" is one of Aesop's Fables, a cautionary tale about listening to flattery. In the fable, a raven has found a piece of cheese and retired to a branch to eat it. A fox, wanting the cheese for himself, flatters the raven, calling it beautiful and wondering whether its voice is as sweet to match. When the raven lets out a caw, the cheese falls and is devoured by the fox. Here is an image of a stamp illustrating this fable, designed by Polish artist Helena Matuszewska, printed by lithography, and issued by Poland on March 15, 1968, Scott No. 1570.

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 25 Aug 2013 11:26

Red fox, designed and combined engraved by Knut Løkke-Sørensen and lithography, and issued by Norway on February 20, 1989 as one of a set of three nature stamps, Scott No. 877, Facit No. 1049.

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adam78 · Post by **adam78** » 26 Aug 2013 18:32

Foxes are less common on revenue stamps. These three are record copyright royalty tax items for the Sam Fox company. Sam Fox was founded in Cleveland in 1906, and pioneered the publication of film music.

Keith Prowse & Co were the UK agent for Sam Fox's interests there, so issued a variant of their usual stamp with the fox image. This 1 3/8d in manuscript dates from c.1926.

Sam Fox's Paris agency issued their own attractive stamps in the 1930s. Also know in orange.

Rouletted Australian issues date from 1924-28. The 8d is off a piano roll.

Adam.

aethelwulf · Post by **aethelwulf** » 26 Aug 2013 18:36

I'm waiting for someone to post a badly-toned stamp, as an example of foxing.

There's probably been stamps showing fox-hunting, that could be included as a related topic on the theme. (And maybe a stamp showing a chicken coop, to give all the foxes something to raid?

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 30 Aug 2013 01:43

adam78 - Nice post. Thanks for sharing.

aethelwulf - Great ideas for some future posts!

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a pair of arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in summer, when their fur grows brown, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan (Hokkaido Prefecture) on May 29, 1992, Scott No. Z119.

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Iggy · Post by **Iggy** » 30 Aug 2013 08:22

The Fox taken from the set of 10 British Woodland Animals issued in 2004

stampmogul · Post by **stampmogul** » 30 Aug 2013 11:44

American Cinderella about a fox.

stampmogul · Post by **stampmogul** » 30 Aug 2013 11:49

The same Cinderella but in colour.

nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 01 Sep 2013 22:28

Iggy & stampmogul - Thanks for your contributions!

"Fox, You've Stolen the Goose. Give it back! Give it back!" Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp illustrating this popular children's song in Germany, designed by German artist Ernst Göhlert (1904- ), printed by lithography, and issued for use in Saar on April 1, 1958, Scott No. B121, Michel No. 433.

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 08 Sep 2013 01:06

Red Fox, playful pups, and UNICEF emblem, printed by lithography, and issued by Liberia on October 1, 1971 to commemorate UNICEF's 25th anniversary, Scott No. 574.

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 16 Sep 2013 00:59

Red Fox, semi-postal (charity) stamp designed by Swiss artist Hans Erni (1909- ), printed by photogravure (Courvoisier, S.A.), and issued by Switzerland on December 1, 1966, Scott No. B362.

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woomik · Post by **woomik** » 16 Sep 2013 02:04

Another offering from GB - The Four Seasons - Wintertime, 1992, SG 1589

nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 19 Sep 2013 22:52

Cape fox (Vulpes chama), designed by Philip A. Heubsch, printed by lithography, and issued by Botswana on August 3, 1987, Scott No. 404, plus a photo of a member of this small African fox species.

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 28 Sep 2013 01:10

The silver fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a melanistic form of red fox, displaying a wide range of pelt variation. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a dark silver fox, designed by Russian artist Ivan Akimovich Sushchenko (1930- ), printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on June 25, 1980, Scott No. 4838, Zagorski No. 5018, plus a photo of a dark silver fox.

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 03 Oct 2013 22:47

Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus, aka Alopex lagopus), designed by Icelandic artist Þröstur Magnússon, engraved by Jacky Larrivière, and issued by Iceland on January 24, 1980, Scott No. 527, Facit No. 588.

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teus · Post by **teus** » 06 Oct 2013 05:27

A Dutch stamp with a fox:

The stamp is part of a stamp booklet with 5 nature stamps. It is show on the booklet cover.

22028 · Post by **22028** » 06 Oct 2013 05:45

Here is a Fennec Fox on a Booklet Pane from Kuwait.

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patg · Post by **patg** » 06 Oct 2013 09:00

Red on Red

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figmente · Post by **figmente** » 06 Oct 2013 11:27

figmente · Post by **figmente** » 06 Oct 2013 12:02

fossick · Post by **fossick** » 06 Oct 2013 15:24

Russian 1988 Zoo sheet featuring red fox.

Regards

John G

nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 11 Oct 2013 01:09

Thanks to all for your foxy contributions!

Here is an image of a stamp depicting two young red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), designed by Romanian illustrator Nicolae Săftoiu (1935- ), printed by photogravure, and issued by Romania on March 10, 1972, Scott No. 2316.

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 24 Oct 2013 22:47

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes), designed by Portuguese artist José A. Cardoso, printed by lithography, and issued by Portugal on May 6, 1980 as one of a set of four stamps depicting Lisbon Zoo animals and publicizing the European Campaign for the Protection of Species and their Habitat, Scott No. 1463.

- nethryk

pitronix · Post by **pitronix** » 24 Oct 2013 23:03

Have spme MNH, but foxes are on back side of stamps

figmente · Post by **figmente** » 03 Nov 2013 05:31

Arctic fox

figmente · Post by **figmente** » 03 Nov 2013 05:33

Christmas fox

kiranoukid · Post by **kiranoukid** » 03 Nov 2013 07:06

Disney's Brer Fox:

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jjarmstrong47 · Post by **jjarmstrong47** » 03 Nov 2013 10:55

It is difficult to know what story this stamp is telling. The eagle is attacking the fox but why is the man on horseback galloping towards them. Is he trying to rescue the fox or is the eagle his pet?

Here in Australia, foxes were introduced to provide hunting for the gentry. Now they are one of our worst pests and the damage they do to native wildlife is enormous.

We are amused when we see documentaries of places like Russia where they work to rescue and protect their foxes. We can send them as many as they want.

Over the century and a half that they have been here, our foxes have evolved, through natural selection, and have lost the redness that you see in European foxes. Ours are a more muted sandy colour now which allows them to blend in better with the Australian summer colours.

Our foxes have also adapted to live in the cities, dining on the ever present waste we generate. There are thousands of them living in Melbourne.

More here: https://www.thefoxwebsite.org/populations/australia.html

jjarmstrong47 · Post by **jjarmstrong47** » 03 Nov 2013 11:30

Two Greenland stamps from Slania.

The boy and the fox.

Peary Land expeditions. Is this showing an Arctic Fox or an Arctic Wolf?

jjarmstrong47 · Post by **jjarmstrong47** » 03 Nov 2013 11:42

Another Slania stamp from Sweden from the 1968 booklet set of engravings of animal paintings by Bruno Liljefors.

Brit-Col · Post by **Brit-Col** » 04 Nov 2013 00:27

Here's a red fox I came across. Issued by DDR on 5 February 1970 to commemorate the 525th International Fur Auctions in Leipzig.

Scott 1173

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 07 Nov 2013 23:49

Nice examples, everyone!

Red fox, designed by Polish artist Jerzy Desselberger, printed by photogravure, and issued by Poland on November 30, 1965, Scott No. 1371.

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 22 Nov 2013 22:57

Red fox and feudal hunter, designed by Romanian artist and engraver Ion Dumitrana (1923-1976), printed by lithography, and issued by Romania in July 1961 as one of a set of ten stamps depicting forest animals, Scott No. 1430.

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 14 Dec 2013 01:16

Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Fox, Hare and Cock, from a set of five stamps depicting scenes from Russian folktales, designed by Russian artists Roman Filippovich Zhitkov (1907-1999) and E. Komarov, printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) between January 7 and April 30, 1961, Scott No. 2469, Zagorski No. 2441, plus a link to a webpage featuring a recitation of this popular folktale, which (spoiler alert) doesn't end so well for poor old Fox: https://russian-crafts.com/tales/fox_hare.html

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nethryk · Post by **nethryk** » 02 Jan 2014 03:54

Maria Konopnicka (1842-1910) was a Polish poet, novelist, and a writer for children. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a fox and illustrating a scene from Konopnicka's story Orphan Mary and the Dwarfs, printed by lithography, and issued by Poland on December 31, 1962 as one of a set of six stamps commemorating the 120th anniversary of Maria Konopnicka's birth, Scott No. 1106.

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Timbres · Post by **Timbres** » 02 Jan 2014 07:31

I believe it is an arctic fox pictured on the Canadian SS:

jjarmstrong47 · Post by **jjarmstrong47** » 04 Jan 2014 09:07

My Secret Santa in Lithuania sent these.

Foxstamp · Post by **Foxstamp** » 05 Jan 2014 06:13

Two foxes from Russia

red fox

polar fox

Foxstamp · Post by **Foxstamp** » 05 Jan 2014 06:28

One more from Poland

Foxstamp · Post by **Foxstamp** » 06 Jan 2014 01:04

And one from Mongolia.

PBR · Post by **PBR** » 06 Jan 2014 03:36

A recent issue of Germany, fox pups

Cheers

pbr