Ecuador is located in the north of Peru and the west of Colombia, and the Galapagos Islands where famous Darwin by the theory of evolution has sailed also belongs to Ecuador.
Four kinds of animals and its discoverers stamps were issued from Ecuador in 1965.
Six kinds of animal stamps living in om this Galapagos Islands were issued from Ecuador in 1992.
Republic of Ecuador
1965.5.11(20c,30c,40c)/1965.7.8(80c) Animal Stamp
Seven-banded armadillo & James Elliot Dasypus septemcinctus (Dasypodidae) |
Red Squirrel & T. Edward McCuly Jr. Sciurus vulgaris (Sciuridae) |
Marsh Deer & Roger Youderian Blastocerus dichotomus (Cervidae) |
Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth & Peter Fleming Choloepus didactylus (Bradypodidae) |
1992.4.10 Galapagos Islands Wild Life Stamp
Galapagos Giant Tortoise Geochelone nigra (Testudinidae) |
Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus (Spheniscidae) |
Swallow-tailed Gull Creaguus furatus (Sternidae) |
Galapagos Great Frigatebird Frigate minor ridgwayi (Fregatidae) |
Galapagos Sea Lion Zalophus californianus wollebacki (Otariidae) |
Galapagos Land Iguana Conolophus subcristatus (Iguanidae) |