Cygnus cygnus, Swan
A stamp issued by Denmark in 1935 to celebrate the
100th Anniversary of the Earliest Publication of H.C. Andersen’s “Fairy tales”
The designer was E. Utzon – Frank
Unfortunately I have no photos of swans
However I must record that a swan chased my mother in Wallsend Park, before I was born! She used to tell me not to go near the pond where the swan lived, but, of course, I did. I think I wanted the swan to chase me and was disappointed that it didn't,.
Swans, both black and white, are mentioned a couple of times in
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN.Go to issue number 44 April 2006 to read
A ROYAL FRONT GARDEN - MEMORIES OF KEW by Jean Gilhead