Cinderella?

Purple Heron (紫鷺)
Guinea-Bissau (2008)
21st August, 2012. Bissau

In these few years, some countries like Mozambique, Solomon Islands, Burundi or Guinea-Bissau happy to issuehuge of stamps illustrate variety sport theme, world affairs, natural and movie pop stars. However most of them are not related to these poor countries. Checked those stamps seem produced by a stamp dealer which located in Northern Europe. The dealer beside controls what themes to issue, it also has a production house to design all the artwork. Thus, all the stamps look similar if compare variety countries' issues. Anyway, still have some stamps have some collectable value, if the stamp related to the country.

Grey Crowned-Crane (灰冠鶴)
Guinea-Bissau (2008)
21st August, 2012. Bissau

Examples are two stamps issued by Guinea-Bissau. The first one is Purple Heron and second one is Grey Crowned-Crane. Unfortunately for the maxicard of Grey Crowned-Crane, except cancelled with poor postmark, the species also does not find in Western Africa.

Spur-winged Goose

Spur-winged Goose (距翅雁)

Guinea-Bissau (2001)

24th December, 2008. Bissau

Guinea-Bissau again, it is second mail from there after a week of first mail. Of course, this mail same as last one which comes from the request of 2007. Stamp is come from a beautiful sheetlet issued on 2001, I have this sheetlet however don't want to use it as it is hard to find. Posted envelopes from Guinea-Bissau are rare in market so dealers mark them in high selling price, I bid one before and it costed me 10 euro.

Spur-winged Goose has been suggested be a national bird of Gambia, actually it lives in southern of Sahara of whole Africa mainland and southern of Arab Peninsular.