Stamps & Stories: 50 Stories of Namibia's Postage Stamps Vol 2

Title: Stamps & Stories: 50 Stories of Namibia's Postage Stamps Vol 2
Authors: Walter Moritz; Christina Rockstroh; Sven-Erik Kanzler; Iris le Roux; Inke Stoldt; Antje Otto; Chris Brown; Ron Swilling; Alfred Schleicher, Mannfred Goldbeck
Publisher: Gondwana Collection Namibia
Windhoek, Namibia 2013
ISBN 9789991688862 / ISBN 978-99916-888-6-2
Original softcover, 15 x 21 cm, 200 pages, throughout colour images, 1 map

Book Condition:

Good. Like new.

About: Stamps & Stories: 50 Stories of Namibia's Postage Stamps Vol 2

Namibia’s postage stamps portray many fascinating facets of our country: the plant and animal world, population groups and public figures, sights and history. Small as they are, postage stamps have stories to tell. In Stamps & Stories: 50 Stories of Namibia's Postage Stamps Vol 2 they tell us of desperate attempts to save the black rhino from extinction, of daring seafarers who sailed around the southern trip of Africa in their quest for new trade routes; of massiv trees that bear fruit resembling giant liver sausages, and of delicate little powder baskets woven by true masters of the art of basket weaving. Stamps & Stories: 50 Stories of Namibia's Postage Stamps Vol 2 contains entertaining and illustrated stories related to pictures on Namibian postage stamps.

Content: Stamps & Stories: 50 Stories of Namibia's Postage Stamps Vol 2

Preface
Social Weavers - Master matchers of Namibia
Welwitschia Mirabilis - A botanical wonder
Welwitschia Mirabilis - Desert excursions to water flowers
Brown Hyaena - Secretive strandloper
Adolf Luderitz - The world belongs to the venturous
Namibian Drums - Messages and dance rhythms
Waterberg - Remnant of a breakup
Serrated Tent Tortoise - Drinking like the tok-tokkie
!Nara - Nutritious fruit of the desert
White Lady - Some legends never die
Kudu - An indicator species for rhino
Powder Baskets - Basketry of the HaMbukushu
Lithops - Living stones
Bokmakierie - Pavarotti of the bird world
Black Rhino - Doomed by its horn
Heinrich Vogelsang - The deception with miles
Walvis Bay - Britain's foot in a German colony
Walvis Bay - Swakop River as the border to South Africa
Lamellophone - Thumbs up for the music
Burchel's Zebra - When the stripes become blurred
Marula - Symbol of fertility and life
Gobabeb - Where three desert worlds meet
Mahangu - Manna of the north
Wild Dog - Instinct does not guarantee survival
Johann Hinrich Schmelen - A pioneer among the Nama people
Pottery - Ancient craft in Namibia
Sand Dunes of the Namib - Fascinating and ever changing
Monteiro's Hornbill - Antibiotics in the nesting cavity
Sausage Tree - A bit of African magic
Southern Rhight Whale - The right whale to protect
Douglas DC-6B - Namibia's "Martin Luther" with wings
San - Ostrich eggshell bead making
Rock Hyrax - The elephant's smaller relative
Bartolomeu Dias - Watery grave at the Cape of Storms
Salt - The white gold of bygone times
Salt - A mineral from the sea
Namaqua Sandgrouse - Calling for a glass of wine
Fishermen of East Caprivi - Fishing with traditional techniques
Klip springer - The African ballerina
//Khauxalnas - The lost city of southeastern Namibia
White Pelicans - Small island, huge effect
Bow Lute - Solace for an aching heart
Gemsbok - Thoroughbred of the desert
Burnished Clay Vessels - Pottery of the BaSubiya
Okaukuejo's Water Hole - Desertification caused by elephants
Minister of the Nama - Missionary Kleinschmidt from Blasheim
Hut Building in Caprivi - Solid carpentry work
Woermann Line - With full steam to Africa
Porcupine - The ultimate hairdo!
Unfired Pottery - From the BaTswana of Epukiro
Sources & literature
Index of names
Index of places
Index of stamps
Nampost - company profile
Gondwana - company profile
Map