| |
Name |
|
|
Issues/Designs |
| |
weather balloon |
— |
— |
d - weather balloon 1973 |
| |
weather satellite |
— |
— |
d - weather satellite (1973 Ghana) 1973 |
| |
Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip |
1947 |
— |
- 50th Anniversary of the ... syns. Wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh |
| |
weight lifting |
— |
— |
d - weight lifting (1988) 1988 |
| |
Alfred Werner |
— |
— |
d - Alfred Werner (1913) 2002 syns. Werner |
| |
West African lungfish |
— |
— |
syns. lungfish, mud-fish, Propterus annectens, Protopterus annectens |
| |
western lowland gorilla |
— |
— |
syns. Gorilla gorilla gorilla |
| |
white rhinoceros |
— |
— |
syns. Ceratotherium simum, Ceratothermium Simum, square lipped rhino, white rhino |
| |
white stork |
— |
— |
syns. Ciconia ciconia, vit stork |
| |
white-backed vulture |
— |
— |
d - white-backed vulture Gyps africanus 1991 syns. Gyps africanus |
| |
white-cheeked pintail |
— |
— |
d - white-che..d pintail (Anas bahamensis) 1995 syns. Anas bahamensis, Bahama duck, Bahama pintail |
| |
White-crowned Pigeon |
— |
— |
d - White-crowned Pigeon Columba leucocephala 1985 |
| |
White-crowned Robin-Chat |
— |
— |
d (2) - White-cro..obin-Chat 1981, White-cro..obin-Chat Cossypha albicapilla 1981 |
| |
white-faced whistling duck |
— |
— |
syns. Dendrocygna viduata, white-faced tree duck, white-faced tree-duck, White-faced Whistling-Duck |
| |
white-headed vulture |
— |
— |
syns. Aegypius occipitalis, Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| |
white-necked raven |
— |
— |
syns. Corvus albicollis |
| |
white-necked rockfowl |
— |
— |
syns. bare-headed rockfowl, Picathartes gymnocephalus |
| |
white-throated bee-eater |
— |
— |
syns. Merops albicollis |
| |
whooper swan |
— |
— |
syns. Cygnus cygnus |
| |
wild boar |
— |
— |
syns. mistreț, Sus scrofa |
| |
Winter Olympics 2002 |
2002 |
— |
- ... |
| |
woman |
— |
— |
d (2) - nurse immunizing woman 1988, woman on phone 1990 syns. women |
| |
woodland dormouse |
— |
— |
syns. Graphiurus murinus |
| |
woodland kingfisher |
— |
— |
syns. Halcyon senegalensis |
| |
woolly-necked stork |
— |
— |
syns. Ciconia episcopus, Wolly-necked Stork |
| |
2nd World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture |
1977 |
— |
- ... syns. 2nd World Black & African Festival |
| |
World Communications Year |
— |
— |
- ... syns. WCY, World Communication Year |
| |
World Cup 1966 |
1966 |
— |
- ... syns. soccer championships 1966, World Cup Soccer 1966, 8th World Cup |
| |
World Cup 1974 |
1974 |
— |
- ... syns. soccer championships 1974, World Cup Soccer 1974 |
| |
World Cup 1982 |
1982 |
— |
- ... syns. World Cup Soccer 1982 |
| |
World Cup 1986 |
1986 |
— |
- ... syns. soccer championships 1986, World Cup Soccer 1986 |
| |
World Cup 1990 |
1990 |
— |
syns. soccer championships 1990, World Cup Soccer 1990 |
| |
World Cup 1994 |
1994 |
— |
(2) - ... in 1993, ... syns. World Cup Soccer 1994 |
| |
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 Food Day |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
World Food Program founding |
1963 |
— |
- World Food Program 10th |
| |
World Health Organization founding |
1948 |
— |
syns. WHO founding, W.H.O. founding |
| |
World Population Year |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
14th World Scout Jamboree |
1976 |
— |
- ... |
| |
20th World Scout Jamboree |
2002 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Beginning of World War I |
1914 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of the ... |
| |
Wright Flyer III |
— |
— |
d - Wright Flyer III 1978, etc (2) |
| |
Orville Wright |
— |
1948 |
death syns. Orville |
| |
Richard Wright |
— |
— |
d - Richard Wright (1998) 1998 syns. Richard Wright (author) |
| |
Wilbur Wright |
1862 |
— |
birth d - Orville and Wilbur Wright 1998 |
| |
Xerocomus subtomentosus |
— |
— |
d - Xerocomus..omentosus (1989) 1989 syns. Xerocomus subtomentos, Yellow cracked Boletus |
| |
Deng Xiaoping birth |
1904 |
— |
- 100th Anniversary of the Birth of ... |
| |
xylophone |
— |
— |
d - xylophone (1987 Ghana) 1987 |
| |
Year of Eco Tourism |
— |
— |
- ... |
| |
Year of the Dog |
— |
— |
- ... 2018 syns. Dog (zodiac) |
| |
Year of the Dragon |
— |
— |
- ... 2000 |
| |
Year of the Horse |
— |
— |
- ... 2002 |
| |
Year of the Monkey |
— |
— |
(2) - ... 2004, ... 2016 |
| |
Year of the Ox |
— |
— |
- ... 1997 |
| |
Year of the Rabbit |
— |
— |
- ... 1999 |
| |
Year of the Ram |
— |
— |
(2) - ... 2003, ... 2015 |
| |
Year of the Rat |
— |
— |
- ... 1996 |
| |
Year of the Rooster |
— |
— |
- ... 2017 |
| |
Year of the Snake |
— |
— |
(2) - ... 2001, ... 2013 |
| |
yellow-billed duck |
— |
— |
d - yellow-billed duck (Anas undulata) 1995 syns. Anas undulata, Anas undulata rueppelli |
| |
yellow-billed stork |
— |
— |
d - yellow-billed stork Mycteria ibis 1991 syns. Ibis ibis, Mycteria ibis |
| |
yellow-billed turaco |
— |
— |
d - yellow-billed turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus verreauxii 1991 |
| |
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata |
— |
— |
d - Yellow-ca..mna elata 1990 |
| |
yellow-mantled widowbird |
— |
— |
d - yellow-ma..widowbird Euplectes macrourus 1991 syns. Euplectes macrourus |
| |
zebra bullhead shark |
— |
— |
syns. Heterodontus zebra |
| |
zebra duiker |
— |
— |
syns. banded duiker, Cephalophus zebra, zebra antelope |
| |
Mao Zedong birth |
1893 |
— |
- 120th Anniversary of the Birth of ... syns. Mao Tse-tung birth |
| |
Mao Zedong death |
1977 |
— |
syns. Mao Tse-tung death |
| |
Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
1839 |
1917 |
Ferdinand opening 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 |
| |
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 |
| |
Ahmed Zewail |
— |
2016 |
death d - Ahmed Zewail (1999) 2002 |
| |
Zulu Warrior |
— |
— |
d - Zulu Warrior 1987 |
| |
Zygopetalum clayii |
— |
— |
d - Zygopetalum clayii 1998 |
