Bear Stamps from Afghanistan

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Bear Type - black
Year - 1974
Face Value - 5af
Description - Two Asiatic black bears [from wild animals issue]
Scott # - 893 (from 893-896), 896a (souvenir sheet)
Stanley Gibbons # -  761 (from 761-764 set), MS 765
Michel # - 1149 (from 1149-1152 set), Block 70



The stamps below were at one time listed in the Scott Catalog but have since been de-listed and deemed illegal issues.  I do not know if the Michel catalog has de-listed them or not, so I've left them on this page for the time being.  Please know these stamps are considered illegal by the UPU.

Bear Type - black
Year - 1996
Face Value - 500af
Description - American black bear
Scott # - not listed
Stanley Gibbons # - not listed
Michel # - 1675 (from 1675-1680 set)
Bear Type - polar
Year - 1996
Face Value - 600af
Description - Polar bear
Scott # - not listed
Stanley Gibbons # - not listed
Michel # - 1676 (from 1675-1680 set)
 
Bear Type - sun
Year - 1996
Face Value - 800af
Description - Sun bear
Scott # - not listed
Stanley Gibbons # - not listed
Michel # - 1677 (from 1675-1680 set)
 
Bear Type - brown
Year - 1996
Face Value - 900af
Description - Grizzly bear
Scott # - not listed
Stanley Gibbons # - not listed
Michel # - 1678 (from 1675-1680 set)
 
Year - 1996
Face Value - 1000af
Description - Brown bear
Scott # - not listed
Stanley Gibbons # - not listed
Michel # - 1679 (from 1675-1680 set)
Bear Type - brown
Year - 1996
Face Value - 4000af
Description - Syrian brown bear
Scott # - not listed
Stanley Gibbons # - not listed
Michel # - 1680 (from 1675-1680 set)
Bear Type - prehistoric
Year - 1998
Face Value - 800af
Description - Cave bear
Scott # - not listed
Stanley Gibbons # - not listed
Michel # - 1786

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