The stunning scenery of islands has long enchanted collectors worldwide. This site is dedicated to stamps from islands worldwide, and is updated on a monthly basis, often with recent issues from rarely seen island territories.
R2: Ecology. This stamps shows the Myna, a bird introduced in 1763 to control insect predation of crops. Often on small islands introduced species brought unintended consequences, displacing unique native wildlife.
There are over 170 species of flying foxes (fruit bats) in tropical and subtropical areas of the world. They are often the only native mammal on smaller oceanic islands.