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Name |
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Issues/Designs |
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West Indian Ocean coelacanth |
— |
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syns. Latimeria chalumnae |
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western green mamba |
— |
— |
syns. Dendroaspis viridis |
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western honey bee |
— |
— |
syns. Apis mellifera, Apis mellifica |
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whale
subtype of mammal |
— |
— |
d (2) - whale 2002, whales 2002, etc (6) |
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whale shark |
— |
— |
syns. butanding, pofwe, Rhincodon typus, Rhinocodon typus, tiburón ballena |
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white rhinoceros |
— |
— |
syns. Ceratotherium simum, Ceratothermium Simum, square lipped rhino, white rhino |
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white-backed vulture |
— |
— |
syns. Gyps africanus |
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White-bellied Sea Eagle |
— |
— |
syns. Haliaeetus leucogaster |
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white-faced whistling duck |
— |
— |
syns. Dendrocygna viduata, white-faced tree duck, white-faced tree-duck, White-faced Whistling-Duck |
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white-fronted bee-eater |
— |
— |
syns. Melittophagus bullockoides, Merops bullockoides |
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white-fronted scops owl |
— |
— |
syns. Otus sagittatus |
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white-headed marmoset |
— |
— |
syns. Callithrix geoffroyi, white-faced marmoset |
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white-rumped vulture |
— |
— |
syns. Gyps bengalensis |
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white-tailed deer |
— |
— |
syns. Odocoileus virginianus, Odocoileus virginianus curassavicus |
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white-tailed eagle |
— |
— |
syns. Haliaeetus albicilla, Haliaetus albicilla, vultur codalb |
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white-throated hummingbird |
— |
— |
syns. Leucochloris albicollis |
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white-throated kingfisher |
— |
— |
syns. Halcyon smyrnensis |
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white-vented violetear |
— |
— |
syns. Colibri serrirostris |
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white-winged dove |
— |
— |
syns. white winged dove, Zenaida asiatica |
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whitetail dascyllus |
— |
— |
syns. Dascyllus aruanus, humbug fish |
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whooper swan |
— |
— |
syns. Cygnus cygnus |
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Venus Williams |
— |
— |
d - Venus Williams (Tennis) 2001, etc (2) |
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Wilson's storm petrel |
— |
— |
syns. Oceanites oceanicus |
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Winter Olympics 2002 |
2002 |
— |
- ... |
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Winter Olympics 2014 |
2014 |
— |
- ... |
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WMO emblem |
— |
— |
d - WMO emblem 1973 |
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woman |
— |
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d - woman 1981 syns. women |
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woodland kingfisher |
— |
— |
syns. Halcyon senegalensis |
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woolly rhinoceros |
— |
— |
syns. Coelodonta antiquitatis, Woolly Rhino |
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World Communications Year |
— |
— |
- ... syns. WCY, World Communication Year |
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World Cup 1982 |
1982 |
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(2) - ... in 1981, ... syns. World Cup Soccer 1982 |
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World Cup 1986 |
1986 |
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- ... syns. soccer championships 1986, World Cup Soccer 1986 |
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World Cup 1990 |
1990 |
— |
- ... in 1989 syns. soccer championships 1990, World Cup Soccer 1990 |
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World Cup 2002 |
2002 |
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- ... syns. Football World Cup 2002, World Cup Soccer 2002, XVIIth World Championships Soccer |
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World Cup 2018 |
2015 |
— |
- ... |
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11th World Festival Of Youth And Students |
1978 |
— |
- ... |
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World Food Day |
— |
— |
- ... 1981 |
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World Health Day |
— |
— |
- ... 1987 |
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World Hunting Exhibition 1981 |
1981 |
— |
- ... |
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World Information Society Day |
— |
— |
- World Telecommunications Day syns. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, World Telecommunication Day, World Telecommunications and Information Society Day, World Telecommunications Day |
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World Meteorological Day |
— |
— |
syns. World Meteorology Day |
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World Scout Conference 2002 |
2002 |
— |
- ... |
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World Scout Jamboree 2003 |
2002 |
— |
- ... |
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World Stamp Expo '89 |
1989 |
— |
- ... syns. World Stamp Expo 89 |
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World Summit on the Information Society 2005 |
2005 |
— |
- ... |
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Armistice |
1918 |
— |
syns. World War I Armistice, WW1 armistice, end of World War I |
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Beginning of World War I |
1914 |
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- 100th Anniversary of the ... |
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wrestling |
— |
— |
d (2) - wrestling (1962 Mozambique) 1962, wrestling (1979) 1979 |
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Orville Wright death |
1948 |
— |
- 70th Anniversary of the Death of ... |
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Wilbur Wright birth |
1862 |
— |
- 150th Anniversary of ... |
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Xanthospiloperyx mozambica |
— |
— |
d - Xanthospi..mozambica 1953 |
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Xerocomus badius |
— |
— |
d - Xerocomus badius (2018) 2018 |
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Ximenia caffra |
— |
— |
d - Ximenia caffra 1998 |
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Xylocopa virginica |
— |
— |
d - Xylocopa virginica 2016 |
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Year of the Horse |
— |
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- ... 2002 |
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Year of the Monkey |
— |
— |
- ... 2016 |
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Year of the Rabbit |
— |
— |
- ... 2011 |
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Year of the Rooster |
— |
— |
(2) - ... 2017, ... 2017 b |
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Year of the Snake |
— |
— |
- ... 2013 |
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Year of the Tiger |
— |
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- ... 2010 a |
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yellow longnose butterflyfish |
— |
— |
syns. Forcipiger flavissimus, Long-nosed Butterflyfish, yellow long-nose |
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yellow tang |
— |
— |
syns. yellow surgeonfish, Zebrasoma flavescens |
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yellow-bellied sea snake |
— |
— |
syns. Pelamis platura, Pelamis platurus |
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yellow-billed kingfisher |
— |
— |
syns. Syma torotoro |
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yellow-billed stork |
— |
— |
syns. Ibis ibis, Mycteria ibis |
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yellow-collared lovebird |
— |
— |
syns. Agapornis personata, Agapornis personatus, Masked Lovebird |
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yellow-crested cockatoo |
— |
— |
syns. Cacatua sulphure amazone, Cacatua sulphurea |
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yellow-edged lyretail |
— |
— |
syns. Coronation Trout, Lyretail Grouper, malau, Variola louti, Variola luti |
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yellow-eyed penguin |
— |
— |
syns. Megadyptes antipodes |
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yellow-footed green pigeon |
— |
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d - yellow-fo..en pigeon 2018 |
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yellow-spotted river turtle |
— |
— |
syns. Podocnemis unifilis |
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Hideki Yukawa |
— |
— |
d - Hideki Yukawa 2002 |
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Yuri Gagarin |
1934 |
1968 |
Gagarin birth - 80th Anniversary of the Birth of ... death - 50th Anniversary of the Death of ... d - Valentina Tereshkova, Yuri Gagarin 2018 syns. Gagarin, Juri Gagarin, Jurij Gagarin, Jurij A. Gagarin |
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Gagarin birth |
1934 |
— |
- 80th Anniversary of the Birth of ... |
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Yuri Gagarin death |
1968 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of the Death of ... |
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Mao Zedong |
1893 |
1977 |
birth - 120th Anniversary of the Birth of ... death syns. Mao, Mao-Tse-Toung, Mao Tse-tung, Mao Zedung |
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Mao Zedong birth |
1893 |
— |
- 120th Anniversary of the Birth of ... syns. Mao Tse-tung birth |
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
1839 |
1917 |
Ferdinand opening - 180th Anniversary of the Birth of ... death - 100th Anniversary of the Death of ... 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 |
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Ferdinand Zeppelin opening |
1838 |
— |
- 180th Anniversary of the Birth of ... syns. Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin birth, Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin birth, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin birth |
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Zeppelin death |
1917 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of the Death of ... syns. Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin death, Count Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin death, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin death |
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Zinedine Zidane |
— |
— |
d - Zinedine Zidane 2001 |
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Zipaeris vcyclax |
— |
— |
d - Zipaeris vcyclax 2002 |
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zircon |
— |
— |
d - zircon 1971 |
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Zizina otis |
— |
— |
syns. Southern Blue, Zinina otis, Zizina otis oxleyi, Zizina oxleyi |
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Zugspitze |
— |
— |
d - Zugspitze 2002 |
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Zumbo River |
— |
— |
d - Zumbo River 1948, etc (2) |
