| |
Name |
|
|
Issues/Designs |
| |
Voluta fulgetrum |
— |
— |
d - Voluta fulgetrum 1998 |
| |
Vought A-7D Corsair II |
— |
— |
d - Vought A-..orsair II 2002 |
| |
Vought-Sikorsky VS-300 |
— |
— |
syns. Sikorsky VS 300, Vought-Sikorsky VS-300A |
| |
vulturine guineafowl |
— |
— |
syns. Acryllium vulturinum |
| |
W.H.O. Building, Brazzaville opening |
1967 |
— |
- Inauguration of ... |
| |
Richard Wagner |
1813 |
1883 |
birth death d - Richard Wagner (2002) 2002 |
| |
Wallace's flying frog |
— |
— |
syns. Rhacophorus nigropalmatus |
| |
Walter (1930) |
— |
— |
d - Walter (1930) 1998 |
| |
George Washington |
1732 |
— |
birth Visit to Barbados inauguration d - George Washington (1987) 1987 syns. Washington |
| |
T. L. Wassberg |
— |
— |
d - T. L. Wassberg 1984 |
| |
waterbuck |
— |
— |
d - waterbuck & river 1961, etc (6) syns. Kobus defassa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus, Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa, Kobus ellipsiprymnus ellipsiprymnus |
| |
Waterfall in Kalé |
— |
— |
d - Waterfall in Kalé 1966 |
| |
Waterfall in Tinkisso |
— |
— |
d - Waterfall.. Tinkisso 1967 |
| |
John Wayne |
1907 |
1979 |
birth - ... 100th death d - John Wayne (1991 Guinea) 1991 |
| |
John Wayne birth |
1907 |
— |
- ... 100th |
| |
weasel sportive lemur |
— |
— |
syns. Lepilemur mustelinus |
| |
weightlifter |
— |
— |
d - weightlifter children 1965 |
| |
Julian Alden Weir |
— |
— |
d - Julian Alden Weir 2007 |
| |
H. G. Wells |
— |
— |
The War of the Worlds syns. Herbert George Wells |
| |
West Side Story |
— |
— |
d - West Side Story 2007 |
| |
western capercaillie |
— |
— |
syns. capercaillie, Tetrao urogallos, Tetrao urogallus, tiur |
| |
Western Gorilla |
— |
— |
syns. Gorilla gorilla |
| |
western green mamba |
— |
— |
syns. Dendroaspis viridis |
| |
western honey bee |
— |
— |
syns. Apis mellifera, Apis mellifica |
| |
whale shark |
— |
— |
syns. butanding, pofwe, Rhincodon typus, Rhinocodon typus, tiburón ballena |
| |
James Abbott McNeill Whistler |
— |
— |
d - James Abb.. Whistler 2007 |
| |
white rhinoceros |
— |
— |
syns. Ceratotherium simum, Ceratothermium Simum, square lipped rhino, white rhino |
| |
Ed White |
— |
1967 |
Edward death syns. Ed White (astronaut), White, Edward White, Edward H. White |
| |
white-backed vulture |
— |
— |
syns. Gyps africanus |
| |
white-faced whistling duck |
— |
— |
syns. Dendrocygna viduata, white-faced tree duck, white-faced tree-duck, White-faced Whistling-Duck |
| |
white-necked jacobin |
— |
— |
syns. Florisuga mellivora |
| |
white-rumped vulture |
— |
— |
syns. Gyps bengalensis |
| |
white-throated bee-eater |
— |
— |
syns. Merops albicollis |
| |
white-throated hummingbird |
— |
— |
syns. Leucochloris albicollis |
| |
white-tipped sicklebill |
— |
— |
syns. Eutoxeres aquila |
| |
wild turkey |
— |
— |
syns. Meleagris gallopavo |
| |
Robbie Williams |
— |
— |
d - Robbie Williams 2007 |
| |
Alexander Wilson |
1766 |
1813 |
birth death d - Alexander Wilson 2007 syns. Alexander Wilson (ornithologist), A. Wilson |
| |
Winter Olympics 1964 |
1963 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Winter Olympics 1984 |
1984 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Winter Olympics 1988 |
1987 |
— |
(2) - ... in 1987, ... in 1987 b |
| |
Winter Olympics 1992 |
1992 |
— |
(2) - ... in 1990, ... |
| |
Winter Olympics 1994 |
1994 |
— |
- ... in 1993 |
| |
Winter Olympics 2002 |
2002 |
— |
(2) - ... in 2001, ... |
| |
Winter Olympics 2010 |
2010 |
— |
- ... |
| |
K. Witt |
— |
— |
d - K. Witt 1984 |
| |
Katarina Witt |
— |
— |
d - Katarina Witt 1988 |
| |
woman |
— |
— |
d - woman & Nymphaea 1966 syns. women |
| |
World Cup 1982 |
1982 |
— |
(2) - ..., ... b syns. World Cup Soccer 1982 |
| |
World Cup 1986 |
1986 |
— |
(2) - ... in 1985, ... syns. soccer championships 1986, World Cup Soccer 1986 |
| |
World Cup 1990 |
1990 |
— |
- ... syns. soccer championships 1990, World Cup Soccer 1990 |
| |
World Cup 1994 |
1994 |
— |
(3) - ... in 1992, ... in 1993 b, ... Winners syns. World Cup Soccer 1994 |
| |
World Cup 1998 |
1998 |
— |
(3) - ... in 1995, ... in 1997, ... |
| |
World Cup 2002 |
2002 |
— |
- ... in 2001 syns. Football World Cup 2002, World Cup Soccer 2002, XVIIth World Championships Soccer |
| |
World Cup 2006 |
2006 |
— |
(2) - ... in 2003, ... in 2005 syns. World Cup Soccer 2006 |
| |
World Cup 2010 |
2010 |
— |
- ... syns. World Cup Soccer 2010 |
| |
World Environment Day |
— |
— |
- ... 1998 syns. International Environment Day |
| |
World Health Day |
— |
— |
- ... 1988 |
| |
World Health Organization founding |
1948 |
— |
syns. WHO founding, W.H.O. founding |
| |
World Information Society Day |
— |
— |
- World Telecommunications Day 1972 syns. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, World Telecommunication Day, World Telecommunications and Information Society Day, World Telecommunications Day |
| |
World Scout Meeting 2002 |
2002 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Youth Day 2008 |
2008 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Wright Flyer |
— |
— |
syns. Flyer 1, Flyer 1903, flyer A, Flyer I, Wright Brothers Flyer I 1903, Wright Flyer I, Wright Flyer I, 1903, Wright Flyer No. 1 |
| |
Orville Wright |
— |
1948 |
death syns. Orville |
| |
Wilbur Wright |
1862 |
— |
birth d - Orville and Wilbur Wright 2002 |
| |
Xerocomus badius |
— |
— |
d - Xerocomus badius (1999) 1999 |
| |
Xerocomus rubellus |
— |
— |
d - Xerocomus rubellus (1995) 1995 |
| |
Xianfeng |
— |
— |
d - Xianfeng 2008 |
| |
Gao Xingjian |
— |
— |
d - Gao Xingjian 2008 |
| |
Xiphophorus helleri |
— |
— |
d - Xiphophorus helleri 1998 |
| |
Xiphophorus variatus |
— |
— |
d - Xiphophorus variatus 2013 |
| |
Zhao Xue |
— |
— |
d - Zhao Xue 2008 |
| |
Xylotrupes gideon |
— |
— |
d - Xylotrupes gideon (1999) 1999 |
| |
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto |
— |
— |
d - Admiral I.. Yamamoto 2006, etc (2) |
| |
Martin Yan |
— |
— |
d - Martin Yan 2008 |
| |
Chen-Ning Yang |
— |
— |
syns. Chen Ning Yang |
| |
Year of the Dragon |
— |
— |
(3) - ... 2000, ... 2012, ... 2012 b |
| |
Year of the Pig |
— |
— |
- ... 2007 |
| |
Year of the Tiger |
— |
— |
- ... 1998 |
| |
Year One of First Republic of France |
1793 |
— |
- 200th Anniversary of ... |
| |
yellow anaconda |
— |
— |
syns. Eunectes notaeus |
| |
yellow baboon |
— |
— |
syns. Papio cynocephalus |
| |
yellow tang |
— |
— |
syns. yellow surgeonfish, Zebrasoma flavescens |
| |
yellow-billed stork |
— |
— |
syns. Ibis ibis, Mycteria ibis |
| |
yellow-crowned gonolek |
— |
— |
syns. Barbary Shrike, gonolek, Laniarius barbarus |
| |
yellow-tailed black cockatoo |
— |
— |
syns. Calyptorhynchus funereus |
| |
Sarah, Duchess of York |
— |
— |
syns. Sarah Ferguson, Miss Sarah Ferguson |
| |
John W. Young |
— |
— |
d - John W. Young 1965 |
| |
Robin Yount |
— |
— |
d - Robin Yount 1990 |
| |
Yuri Gagarin |
1934 |
1968 |
Gagarin birth death d (3) - Yuri Gagarin (1999) 1999, etc (2), Yuri Gagarin (2001) 2001, Yuri Gagarin (2002) 2002 syns. Gagarin, Juri Gagarin, Jurij Gagarin, Jurij A. Gagarin |
| |
Z.Chen |
— |
— |
d - Z.Chen 2008 |
| |
Mao Zedong birth |
1893 |
— |
- 120th Anniversary of the Birth of ... syns. Mao Tse-tung birth |
| |
Pieter Zeeman |
— |
— |
d - Pieter Zeeman, 1902 2002 syns. Zeeman |
| |
Zeppelin Airship L 37 |
— |
— |
d - Zeppelin ..ship L 37 1998 |
| |
Zeppelin LZ 1 |
— |
— |
syns. Airship LZ 1 1900, LZ 1, LZ-1, LZ1, zeppelin LZ-1, Zeppelin No. 1, Zeppelin No. 1, 1900 |
| |
Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
1839 |
1917 |
Ferdinand opening death d - Ferdinand.. Zeppelin, Dirigeable Hinde… 2007 syns. Ferdinand Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, F. Graf von Zeppelin, Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
| |
Wu Zetian |
— |
— |
d - Wu Zetian 2008 |
| |
Zeus conchifer |
— |
— |
d - Zeus conchifer 1980 |
| |
Zinedine Zidane |
— |
— |
d - Zinedine Zidane 2000 |
| |
Dino Zoff |
— |
— |
d - Dino Zoff 2001 |
