The Swearing Parrot on a Postage Stamp -

[@michaelpiscetelli9065]

Wow, I'm totally famous now!!! Thanks for including me in the video. I had that stamp in my collection forever, and if not for your videos, I would never have researched such an obscure reference. I loved the video, and thanks again for the shout out.

[@ExploringStamps]

You are very welcome, thank you for tagging me on the tweet, I thought this was a perfect story to share with everyone 🦜😀

[@laurasimpson2870]

Great story! I remember being at expo67. We got a passport when we arrived and each pavilion stamped is as if we had travelled through their country. My sister and I had our pictures taken in the astronauts seats that were on display in the American pavilion. It was a highlight of my young life.

[@imtiazahamed7959]

OMG, what did the poor Macaw do, it doesnt even know its cursing. But its both amusing and funny that Guyana published a stamp on it. Superb video, was eager to see this video as soon as you posted about it on Instagram.

[@ExploringStamps]

I know, right? Poor Millie! I support the issuing of these stamps in '67 🦜🇬🇾

[@shwethakumar9916]

Wow. What an incredible piece of information. I have always believed that every stamp has a story. This video just strengthened my resolve to dig deeper into the backstory of each stamp in my collection.

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh definitely! Each time I research a stamp I end up learning so much and get caught up in fascinating stories. Enjoy Exploring 😊!

[@LouisGedo]

Gonna be adding a set of Millie stamps to my topical collection of "Famous Linguists on Stamps" ! 💚 😆

[@ExploringStamps]

Haha, YES! 😂👍

[@highrise9559]

Good luck. I am having some difficulty locating any of them.

[@Rangersly]

Amazing! IM from Montreal, and the 1967 Expo is one of the main topics of my collection! I have a set of those Christmas parrots in my collection, but I didn't know about the story behind it! And I've read a LOT about everything surrounding the 1967 Expo. It was a very important event in our recent history, and was the beginning of our opening to the rest of the world. Montreal became a place renowned for the quality of it's cuisine and restaurants, and a lot of this is because the Expo had a lot of different ethnic restaurants and many of the chefs from these countries decided to stay after the Expo. Thus making our culture richer!

[@ExploringStamps]

That is wonderful, thank you for sharing! I totally need to visit Montreal ✈️ 🇨🇦

[@LouisGedo]

Fascinating story.........Philately Rocks!

[@ExploringStamps]

it sure does!🤘

[@mallardstamps]

Great video! I’ll be on the lookout for those Millie stamps now! Great to know the story behind the stamp!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you so much! Yes keep a look out, I believe my first Millie stamp came from a bag of kiloware, so you can find them anywhere.

[@olivermiller2013]

Very nice story. I can remember when I was 12 I knew an old lady who had a grey parrot. They learn quite fast and her husband (who was already dead) teached the parrot a lot of funny sentences and like you said colourful language. It was always funny to hear him when he started with his colourful language. I looked in my online catalogue and you are right: These are very cheap stamps. With this story they are more interesting and they look really nice.

[@paulbeers7884]

Interesting as always, thank you!

[@bevviljoen3775]

Loved this, what a great story. Maybe the stamps were ordered from the printers before the Fair, so that they would be available on time for the Christmas date.

[@ExploringStamps]

That’s totally possible 👍

[@lucatitoq4781]

Thank you so much for these interesting videos! I have enjoyed watching them and I have learned so much about stamps.

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you like them! Thank you for watching 😁

[@enricoriva7222]

Great story, as usual. You're doing a great job!!!

[@rickwilmot9127]

Nice one, Graham, just catching up!

[@coinsstampsandcollectibles3552]

What a great story, her colourful language certainly makes those stamps all the more interesting. As if nobody swore in 1967 ha ha ha ha

[@ExploringStamps]

Only Canadian construction workers and Millie swore in the 60s...or so I'm told. 😅. Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Turtlehands]

Wow, my mother and oldest brother went to Expo 67.... I never knew about Millie though. Thanks for this, I'll see if I can get that set.

[@ExploringStamps]

You are very welcome, definitely keep a look out for the stamps, you can even find them in kiloware. 😀

[@aaronj_girv]

Good episode, relevant since a parrot in a British zoo was busted for the same thing.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thats right!! I guess some parrots just have no manners, 😅

[@sarahgoodman6279]

🤣 I AM DYING 🤣 this might just be my favourite episode because of how hilarious it is! As a bird owner and Canadian this story has so many things I love! 🇨🇦🦜 I have seen that expo stamp before but didn’t know what it was from so thank you for pointing it out! I have been to Montreal but not to the US pavilion, I will be sure to check it out next time I visit. Also thanks for including the little Canadian history lesson for the global viewers 😄

[@barrydrees3617]

Wow, great story. I visited Expo 67 and remember many of the pavillions. Sadly, I don't think that we visited the Guyana one though - what a pity.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you Barry! Thats awesome, too bad you didn't stop by the Guyana pavilion, although I'd imagine that Millie wasn't there too long before being deported 🦜😅

[@siam1883]

You can tell a better storyline in 7 minutes than Hollywood can in two hours. This definitely gets added to my Exploring Stamps Greatest Hits playlist.

[@ExploringStamps]

😊 Thanks Chai

[@jamesshattell1425]

Parrots on Stamps makes a great tropical topical collection.

[@ExploringStamps]

Yes they do!! Topics from the Tropics 🌴 🙌🦜

[@earlofdrumer1851]

1:15 those artificial "trees" are beautiful. Never thought I'd ever say something like that but they are.

[@hunironman]

Seriously Graham, you are making a stamp collecting boom! 👍

[@nunyabiznez6381]

Today they could have doubled the price of admission if they had a cussing parrot exhibit.

[@ExploringStamps]

🤣 I would have paid more to be sworn at by Millie!

[@nunyabiznez6381]

@@ExploringStamps I was looking for this set and could not find one on eBay except at a ludicrous price half way around the world but then realized I had forgotten that I already had a set of these and simply never knew the backstory until I viewed your video.

[@topsail2]

Definitly I will learn everydays...thx to you Graham....👍🖒👌👏😉

[@ExploringStamps]

😊🙏

[@dennyd4848]

Effin’ Awesome!! Mais out? 😂

[@david_1214]

Haha. What a great topic! Thanks for sharing! Gotta get a set of these!

[@ExploringStamps]

You should! 😀🦜. Thanks for watching!!

[@robertlane3795]

I kid you not: When naming our family dog, half of us wanted Millie and half of us wanted Birdie. We settled on MillieBird. We unknowingly named our dog after a disgraced parrot. Amazing 😂😂

[@ExploringStamps]

Nooo wayyy! Hahahaha 😂. Thats fantastic!

[@andreajames4902]

It gets even better. She was also immortalized in song when a calypso was made about her, and became quite popular in the Caribbean.

[@physics2112]

Colorful idea for an episode. A+

[@ExploringStamps]

🦜🇬🇾thank you 😅

[@yannosb6623]

At last a new video. Thank you!

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you!! I posted a video last week, did you see that one yet? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l6XRo2ilfs6Se6s

[@yannosb6623]

@@ExploringStampsyess i never miss yr videos,great also

[@michaelsmo5669]

Amazing story. I now partly understand the idiom "Excuse my French". Thank you Graham !!! Mike

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks Mike 😀🦜. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tombowman5727]

As a famous Radio personally would say " Now you kow the rest of the story"

[@ExploringStamps]

Mr. Paul Harvey! .... I wouldn't be surprised if he was also a stamp collector 🤔

[@miguelsalum4185]

Very Nice my friend !!! Saludos desde Buenos Aires, Argentina !!!

[@georgepacker7116]

Love what you’re doing. Could you make a video on Arctic Stamps ?

[@jamesbullock5732]

Great episode

[@tad27612]

That story is hilarious. I remember attending Expo 67 as a kid. But I didn't see Millie. Guess she had already been shipped home. What I remember is the Soviet exhibit. When you first entered, you were met with a bank of televisions and only about 1/3 of them were working. Great Soviet technology. The exhibition was also a good place to pick up stamps as just about every country had a post office to sell mint stamps. I picked up some Cuban stamps which were banned in the US at the time.

[@ExploringStamps]

Thats sooo fascinating! I couldn't find much info about the Soviet pavilion in comparison to all the photos and footage I found of the US one. And interesting point about the Cuban stamps... I guess purchasing stamps as a collectable would have also been a violation of the embargo 🤔🤔. wow!! Thanks for sharing this!

[@tad27612]

@@ExploringStamps Stamps from Cuba were embargoed in the US at the time. I was a little nervous when crossing back into the US but they just waved us through. I also remember the 20-something-year old very attractive woman at the Cuba exhibition selling the stamps in military fatigues. Made quite an impression.

[@barrydrees3617]

I was at Expo 67 as a kid as well, and went to the Soviet exhibit - and and was thrilled to be able to purchase some mint stamps (which were hard to get in those days).

[@soiledbear2051]

Being a Canadian, I'd heard this story and it's background before, but everytime I hear about it it makes me proud to be Canadian....lmao....Leave it to us to put a twist on the event!

[@ExploringStamps]

😂🇨🇦

[@card984]

Great work love this episode since I actually love birds 👍😀 Edit: I went through my world kiloware and I found a 5 cent millie stamp

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh brilliant! I think the one red Millie stamp I own also came from a bag of kiloware. What a great find!!

[@zambroa]

Hello! I know nothing about stamps 😆, but I came across some stamps that may be worth something. According to eBay that is. I was wondering if you or someone you know would be able to maybe take a look at what I found?

[@garyholdener2470]

Love this story..........the story about this parrot is 🤬hilarious.......and the stamps are beautiful. You gotta love philately!

[@ExploringStamps]

You gotta love the hobby 😂. Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@diptenl]

Very interesting.

[@ExploringStamps]

I think so too! thanks for watching 😀

[@marnicolman5675]

Very attractive stamps. I wish they had smart phones back then to get a glimpse of Millie’s behaviour..lol. Did you know parrots first evolved in Australia ( Gondwana) and flew across the globe!! I must purchase this memorable stamp set. Thanks for this funny story.

[@ExploringStamps]

I would have loved to include some actual Millie footage and then bleep out the words, sigh... I did not know that parrots came from Australia, but I guess that doesn't surprise me 😂. Definitely keep a look out for the colorful stamps. Thanks for watching Marni!

[@goanbingo]

Birds is a topical collection with me, and I do not have these stamps ... should be on my wish-list now

[@malcolmbrown9266]

There was a song called, Millie the macaw from Guyana. The lyrics started out with, 🎶Millie the Macaw from Guyana, was close when a workman hit his finger with a hammer.🎶 Would love to know if there is a recording somewhere. We had one of those floppy 45 rpm records with that song. The flip side was B-A-R-B-A-D-O-S

[@martstar1]

This is brilliant. All publicity is good publicity especially if you're a new country. I will definitely be keeping my eyes out for them

[@ExploringStamps]

Thats a good point. Millie's swearing gave Guyana some additional publicity. And the popularity and controversy of the stamps added to that publicity. Thats marketing! 😅

[@MyLion74]

Poor Millie. Deported!!!! If we were in1967 I would join the "Free Millie" movement!

[@ExploringStamps]

yep, I would join as well!! 🦜🙌

[@IIoveasl10]

I love that story Grahahm.Great!

[@chrisf6618]

Canada had a lot more going on in the 60's as well, I literally just wrote a 12 page paper on this fair haha. I wish I knew about this sooner

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh it would have been awesome to add a piece about Millie in the 12 page paper for a little humor 😅. Ah darn. Thanks for watching!

[@perry_visuals]

Just loving your videos.......

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you so much 😀

[@isabelleisles7649]

LOLLL. I have a Millie stamp!!! Need the full set now 🦜🦜🦜🦜

[@ExploringStamps]

YES, hunt down those parrots!! 😅🦜. Thanks for watching Isabelle.

[@NisargSutaria]

Awesome :-)

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you :)

[@mecca6801]

I just learned about this today from my Guyanese friend😅

[@ExploringStamps]

😂 Long live Millie 🦜!! Such a great story.

[@buzzawuzza3743]

excellent

[@nunyabiznez6381]

These must be somewhat rare stamps as I could not find a single one for sale on eBay

[@StampswithSara1]

History is very interesting.

[@ExploringStamps]

It sure is 😁🦜

[@thedigitalphilatelist]

Collect Birds on Stamps: thedigitalphilatelist.com/thematic-zoology-ornithology/

[@Kunoswildworld]

Who is T Pemberton

[@karukkollectibles3681]

Another good video. 👍

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@tofailamin7955]

Nice ...

[@ExploringStamps]

😁🦜

[@byronsbrain]

I love Millie and would love to be sworn at by a Parrot :)

[@ExploringStamps]

Same here 🙌. Although I would have been shocked walking into Guyana's pavilion without any warning about Millie.😅

[@Philatherapist]

Thank you.This video brings back beautiful memories.My family used to own the same colour macaw who literally flew into our house .The macaw’s feather suggest it was someone’s pet who escaped and it spoke a Chinese dialect common in our country.Unfortunately the words coming from the bird were vulgarities.As my family can’t stand the the macaw, we gave it away to someone who appreciates it.I guess my birds on stamp collections was inspired by that vulgar macaw.I don’t have that Guyana stamp in my collection as I am a bit suspicious of Guyana stamps especially those ‘issued’ during the 60’s-80’’s .This video inspired me to look for Millie’s stamp.🦜🦜

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh wow another swearing macaw! I guess they have a tendency to pick up the bad words 😅 (or tendency to be taught bad words from their owners).... Definitely keep a look out for the Millie stamps, they would make a great addition to your birds on stamps collection.

[@cuongmaiviet5275]

What a funny video. To be honest its real interesting seeing animals repeat and do what humans do. 😂😂

[@ExploringStamps]

It sure is! Although I get concerned if its not good for their health. Like Charlie the smoking chimpanzee : kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3zZfIx8q56YpZo 😳

[@cuongmaiviet5275]

@@ExploringStamps 😂😂😂

[@yanmarin4445]

Man, i just finished watching all you videos, and am really sorry that your not doing another season... I mean, I get it, it's expensive, but if you decide to do another one, I will literally take a 50 thousand dollar loan from the nearest bank, and send you the most expensive parcel you've ever got! Speaking of which, why don't you make a patreon account?

[@doiren]

This is a &#$@%* good video! 😂

[@ExploringStamps]

&#$@ Yeah! Thanks for watching 😊

[@mkozlinski]

Norwegian blue?

[@eileenharder2473]

I'd like to know exactly the words Millie was saying 😀

[@ExploringStamps]

Same, I can probably guess a couple, but unfortunately none of the newspaper articles mention the exact words. 🦜

[@janicegomes7385]

I am from Guyana

[@ExploringStamps]

Thanks for watching Janice! 😊

[@alaindupuis7071]

MERCI for this information, now you give me new look for my COLLECTION of différents subjec EXPO 67 in Montréal. Were à live, if you whant more information, from Québec Canada français juste tell me. 👽

[@ExploringStamps]

Oh Excellent!! Glad this video was helpful, 😀. Thank you for your support Alain

[@mpojol]

Merry Christmas! 😅

[@ExploringStamps]

Merry Christmas!! 😅🦜

[@rithunyt]

could you please make series videos again

[@ExploringStamps]

Maybe in the future 😀

[@manoharraokilari2704]

Nice vedio bro -IND fan

[@ExploringStamps]

Thank you 😊

[@WallOBrix]

That is hilarious

[@ExploringStamps]

😅 It sure is, thanks for watching!🦜

[@mickjai]

How can you say Guyana was not a Christian country. It certainly is.

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[@historymaster6087]

Hello i like your videos so much but can you sell me some stamps i live in Azerbaijan

[@ExploringStamps]

Glad you are enjoying the videos, thank you for watching :). Im not selling stamps but you can look on sites such as eBay. Happy Exploring!

[@historymaster6087]

Thank youu no problem keep up the good work

[@barrydrees3617]

Check out the various stamp trade or swap sites - you send people stamps from your country and others send you stamps from theirs. I have been doing it for 15 years! Stamps from Azerbaijan would be in very great demand!

[@historymaster6087]

Thank you i will do it

[@ЛуізаШавкун]

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[@anjanmishra1980]

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[@ExploringStamps]

🙌 Number 1!