Pitcairn Islands issued a set of 4 stamps featuring coral reef fish on 23 June 2010.
Also available are a mini sheet containing 2 sets, 1 mini sheet with 4 sets, first day covers and maximum cards.
The fishes shown are:
Lemonpeel Angelfish / Centropyge flavissima
Smith’s Butterflyfish / Chaetodon smithi
Flame Angelfish / Centropyge loricula
Lined Butterflyfish / Chaetodon lineolatus
Australia’s issues of WWF stamps are have always been beautifully designed and well received by collectors.
This year’s WWF issue focuses on dolphins. The four types of dolphins depicted on the stamps are:
Spotted Bottlenose Dolphin / Tursiops aduncus
Hourglass Dolphin / Lagenorhynchus cruciger
Southern Right Whale Dolphin / Lissodelphis peronii
Dusky Dolphin / Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Sea Cucumbers are a delicacy for many Asians but I am not sure whether these are edible ones. These look too exotic and beautiful.
Pineapple Sea Cucumber /Thelonota ananas
Ocellated Sea Cucumber / Bohadschia argus
Graeffe’s Sea Cucumber / Pearsonothuria
Dark Green Sea Cucumber /Stichopus chloronotus
Issue date: 1 December 2008
A very nice set of stamps which include a souvenir sheet in the shape of a penguin. Issue date: 10 July 2008.
Laos issued a set of 4 stamps on 3 April 2008.
The gibbons can be found in southwest China and eastern Myanmar to Thailand and Burma down the whole Malay Peninsula. It is also present in the northwest portion of the island of Sumatra.
They are threatened in various ways, however, their greatest danger is the loss of their natural habitat which are cut down for other cultivation and development. National parks and protected areas exist, but are often poorly supervised.
A se-tenant strip of 4 stamps featuring the Rueppel’s Fox was issued on 1 May 2008.
The Rueppel’s Fox can be found in North Africa and the Middle East. It has an average life expectancy of up to 6 or 7 years in the wild, but can live much longer in captivity.
Similar to other desert dwelling foxes, it has relatively large ears to cool it off.
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