| |
Name |
|
|
Issues/Designs |
| |
water opossum |
— |
— |
syns. Chironectes minimus |
| |
water polo |
— |
— |
d - water polo (1996) 1996 |
| |
Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip |
1947 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of the ... syns. Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh |
| |
weightlifting |
— |
— |
d - weightlifting 1996 |
| |
Moshe Weinberg |
— |
— |
d - Moshe Weinberg 2000 |
| |
West Indian manatee |
— |
— |
syns. Caribbean manatee, Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus |
| |
Westland-Sikorsky S-51 |
— |
— |
d - Westland-..rsky S-51 1990 |
| |
Ed White |
— |
1967 |
Edward death syns. Ed White (astronaut), White, Edward White, Edward H. White |
| |
white-lipped peccary |
— |
— |
syns. Tayassu albirostris, Tayassu pecari |
| |
white-necked jacobin |
— |
— |
syns. Florisuga mellivora |
| |
white-throated kingfisher |
— |
— |
syns. Halcyon smyrnensis |
| |
white-throated toucan |
— |
— |
d - white-thr..ed toucan Ramphastos tucanus (2017) 2017 syns. Ramphastos tucanus, red billed toucan, tucano-de-papo-branco |
| |
white-tipped sicklebill |
— |
— |
syns. Eutoxeres aquila |
| |
wicket keeper |
— |
— |
d - wicket keeper 1968 |
| |
wildlife protection |
— |
— |
(3) - ... 1982, ... 1983, ... 1984 |
| |
Richard Willstatter |
— |
— |
d - Richard Willstatter (1915 Chemistry) 1995 |
| |
Hans Winkler |
— |
— |
d - Hans Winkler 1991 |
| |
Winter Olympics 1988 |
1987 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Winter Olympics 1992 |
1992 |
— |
- ... in 1991 |
| |
Winter Olympics 1994 |
1994 |
— |
- ... in 1993 |
| |
Winter Olympics 1998 |
1998 |
— |
(2) - ..., ... b |
| |
Winter Olympics 2002 |
2002 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Katarina Witt |
— |
— |
d - Katarina Witt 1997 |
| |
Barbel Wochel |
— |
— |
d - Barbel Wochel 1991 |
| |
Women in Space |
1964 |
— |
- 25th Anniversary of ... |
| |
Woodstock |
1969 |
— |
- 25th Anniversary of ... syns. Woodstock Festival, Woodstock music festival, Woodstock rock concert |
| |
2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture |
1977 |
— |
- ... syns. 2nd World Black & African Festival |
| |
World Cup 1982 |
1982 |
— |
(3) - ... in 1981, ..., ... b syns. World Cup Soccer 1982 |
| |
World Cup 1986 |
1986 |
— |
- ... syns. soccer championships 1986, World Cup Soccer 1986 |
| |
World Cup 1990 |
1990 |
— |
- ... in 1989 syns. soccer championships 1990, World Cup Soccer 1990 |
| |
World Cup 1994 |
1994 |
— |
(2) - ... in 1993, ... syns. World Cup Soccer 1994 |
| |
World Cup 1998 |
1998 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Cup 2002 |
2002 |
— |
- ... syns. Football World Cup 2002, World Cup Soccer 2002, XVIIth World Championships Soccer |
| |
World Cup 2006 |
2006 |
— |
- ... syns. World Cup Soccer 2006 |
| |
World Cup 2010 |
2010 |
— |
- ... syns. World Cup Soccer 2010 |
| |
9th World Forestry Congress |
1985 |
— |
- World Forestry Conference 1984 syns. World Forestry Conference 1984 |
| |
World Health Day |
— |
— |
(2) - ... 1989, ... 1989 b |
| |
World Health Organization founding |
1948 |
— |
syns. WHO founding, W.H.O. founding |
| |
12th World Orchid Conference |
1987 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Scout Jamboree 1989 |
1989 |
— |
- ... |
| |
15th World Scout Jamboree |
1983 |
— |
- ... |
| |
17th World Scout Jamboree |
1991 |
— |
- ... |
| |
18th World Scout Jamboree |
1995 |
— |
- ... |
| |
19th World Scout Jamboree |
1998 |
— |
- ... |
| |
20th World Scout Jamboree |
2002 |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Stamp Expo '89 |
1989 |
— |
- ... syns. World Stamp Expo 89 |
| |
World Stamp Expo 2000 |
2000 |
— |
(2) - ..., ... b |
| |
wrestling |
— |
— |
d - wrestling (1996 Guyana) 1996 |
| |
Wright Flyer |
— |
— |
d - Wright Flyer 2003 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 d - Orville Wright in Flyer I, 1903 1998 syns. Orville |
| |
Eric Wynalda |
— |
— |
d - Eric Wynalda (U.S.A.) 1994, etc (2) |
| |
Xerocomus badius |
— |
— |
d - Xerocomus badius (1999) 1999 |
| |
Xerocomus spadiceus |
— |
— |
d - Xerocomus spadiceus 1999 |
| |
Deng Xiaoping |
1904 |
1997 |
birth - 100th Anniversary of the Birth of ... death - ... memorial syns. Deng Xaioping |
| |
Deng Xiaoping birth |
1904 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of the Birth of ... |
| |
Deng Xiaoping death |
1997 |
— |
- ... memorial syns. Deng Xaioping death |
| |
Chen-Ning Yang |
— |
— |
syns. Chen Ning Yang |
| |
Year of the Dragon |
— |
— |
(2) - ... 2000, ... 2012 |
| |
Year of the Elderly |
— |
— |
- International ... |
| |
Year of the Horse |
— |
— |
- ... 2002 |
| |
Year of the Monkey |
— |
— |
- ... 2004 |
| |
Year of the Ox |
— |
— |
- ... 1997 |
| |
Year of the Pig |
— |
— |
(2) - ... 1995, ... 2007 |
| |
Year of the Rabbit |
— |
— |
(2) - ... 1999, ... 2011 |
| |
Year of the Ram |
— |
— |
- ... 2003 |
| |
Year of the Rat |
— |
— |
- ... 1996 |
| |
Year of the Rooster |
— |
— |
- ... 2005 |
| |
Year of the Snake |
— |
— |
- ... 2001 |
| |
Year of the Tiger |
— |
— |
(3) - ... 1998, ... 1998 b, ... 2010 |
| |
yellow boxfish |
— |
— |
syns. Ostracion cubicus, Ostracion tuberculatum, Ostracion tuberculatus |
| |
yellow-collared lovebird |
— |
— |
syns. Agapornis personata, Agapornis personatus, Masked Lovebird |
| |
yellow-crowned gonolek |
— |
— |
syns. Barbary Shrike, gonolek, Laniarius barbarus |
| |
yellow-headed amazon |
— |
— |
syns. Amazona oratrix, yellow-headed parrot |
| |
Yellow-throated Toucan |
— |
— |
d - Yellow-th..ed Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus 2017 |
| |
yellowtail snapper |
— |
— |
syns. Ocyurus chrysurus, Yellow-tail snapper |
| |
Hideki Yukawa |
— |
— |
d - Hideki Yukawa (1949 Physics) 1995 |
| |
Zhang Yuning |
— |
— |
d - Zhang Yuning 1999 |
| |
Yuri Gagarin |
1934 |
1968 |
Gagarin birth death d - Yuri Gagarin (1994) 1994 syns. Gagarin, Juri Gagarin, Jurij Gagarin, Jurij A. Gagarin |
| |
Zalophus sp. |
— |
— |
d - Zalophus sp. 1994, etc (3) |
| |
Zantedeschia aethiopica |
— |
— |
d - Zantedesc..ethiopica (1997) 1997 |
| |
Zaretis isidora |
— |
— |
d - Zaretis isidora 1990 |
| |
Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
1839 |
1917 |
Ferdinand opening death 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 |
| |
Ferdinand Zeppelin opening |
1838 |
— |
syns. Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin birth, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin birth, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin birth |
| |
Xie Zhaoyang |
— |
— |
d - Xie Zhaoyang 1999 |
| |
Gao Zhongxun |
— |
— |
d - Gao Zhongxun 1999 |
| |
Zinedine Zidane |
— |
— |
d - Zinedine Zidane (France) (France, 1998) 2002 |
| |
Zoanthus sp. |
— |
— |
d - Zoanthus sp. 1996 |
| |
Zygopetalum burtii |
— |
— |
d - Zygopetalum burtii 1987 |
| |
Zygopetalum crinitum |
— |
— |
d - Zygopetalum crinitum 1988 |
| |
Zygopetalum intermedium |
— |
— |
d - Zygopetal..termedium 1985 |
| |
Zygopetalum klabochorum |
— |
— |
d - Zygopetal..abochorum 1987 |
| |
Zygopetalum rostratum |
— |
— |
d - Zygopetal..rostratum 1988 |
| |
Zygopetalum wendlandi |
— |
— |
d - Zygopetal..wendlandi 1985 |
| |
Zygopetalum xanthinum |
— |
— |
d - Paphinia rugosa, Zygopetal..xanthinum 1987 |
| |
Emil Zátopek |
1922 |
— |
Emnil Zatopek birth syns. Emil Zatopek, Emile Zatopek, Emnil Zatopek |
