PAPUA NEW GUINEA

K6.30: this 2010 issue shows the a colorful pair of Adelbert Regent Bowerbirds

ST. PIERRE & MIQUELON

Fr. 5.20: this large format issue of 2000 shows island locals gathering for community work

ST. KITTS

80c: this colorful issue shows early stamps from St. Kitt's when it was still named St. Christopher

ST. LUCIA

$2.25: the lovely iridescent morpho blue butterfly is pictured on this issue, a showy species of the forest understory

SOLOMON IS.

$1.10: the endemic Nicobar Pigeon is pictured on this issue

TUVALU

$1: this issue shows the rich colors of the Pacific reefs and undersea coral

ST. KITTS

15c: the Bananaquit is a common nectar feeding bird of the Antilles

ST. LUCIA

20c: this 2001 stamp shows the British flag and a profile of St. Lucia's Pitons; it celebrates the naming of the first British civil administrator of the island in 1801

REUNION IS.

69c: the Bourbon's Tersiphone is an endemic Mascarene flycatcher native to Reunion Island (France), found in forests of the island's national park

SEYCHELLES

R4: the Seychelles Magpie Robin, an endemic bird species known from just a few islands of the group

VANUATU

v5, v55: two stamps from the island landscape series, showing scenes on Iririki and North Efate

SRI LANKA

R.50: this lovely Halley's Comet issue from 1986 shows traditional elements and symbols

TUVALU

$1: the Vagabond Butterflyfish is shown on this marine life issue

PHILIPPINES

P6: this block of stamps show waterfalls in four island provinces: Lanao, Negros, Samar and Bilian

TAIWAN

$5: pair from a waterbird se-tenant sheet. Pictured are the Water Redstart and the Little Forktail, both in the Muscicapidae family.

SRI LANKA

R5: this 2010 issue celebrates local Christmas traditions

SRI LANKA

R16.50: this 2002 issue celebrates diplomatic relations of Japan and Sri Lanka for development, and shows both island nation flags

TAIWAN

$9: a spectacular Swallowtail is pictured on this butterfly issue

TAIWAN

$5: two issues from a waterbirds se-tenant sheetlet: the Taiwan Whistling Thrush and the Little Egret

VANUATU

25v: this 1994 tourism issue shows cultural carvings, a local dwelling, flora and an island seascape

WALLIS & FUTUNA

25fr: this lovely woven cloth or tapa motif shows various local scenes: villagers, crops, fishing and even a rider; issued in 1995.

WALLIS & FUTUNA

125fr: this 2002 issue celebrates the 1616 discovery of the Horn islands, and shows an early map of the two islands, Futuna and Alofi

WALLIS & FUTUNA

28fr: this 1990 issue shows traditional fale huts found in Wallis and Futuna

VANUATU

20v: the Rainbow Lorikeet is a colorful species with many unique island forms

TONGA

32s: this 1982 issue celebrates the Commonwealth Games Decathlon

WALLIS & FUTUNA

110fr: this 2003 environment issue shows undersea images of local coral reefs

WALLIS & FUTUNA

20fr: this issue shows the Breadfruit, an important tree crop of Polynesia

VANUATU

50v: this 1991 issue shows the White-collared or Mangrove Kingfisher, a widespread species found from the Red Sea through S. Asia to Polynesia

BR. VIRGIN IS.

20c: windsurfing is the theme of this 1984 Olympics issue

VANUATU

55v: this lovely issue shows the Purple Queen Anthias, part of a reef fish definitive set

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

$5.25: this 2007issue shows a fountain and celebrates the re-opening of the Red House, Trinidad's Parliament

TRISTAN da CUNHA

5p: 17th century antique maps of this remote Atlantic island are profiled on this issue

TAIWAN

$5: the Eurasian Kingfisher is featured on this lovely freshwater birds issue

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

$1.50: this issue shows a Caribbean endemic bird, the Montserrat Oriole

BAHAMAS

65c: a purple morning glory (Ipomoea spp) is shown on this colorful flora issue

ALDERNEY

22p: the slender Arctic Tern is shown on this seabirds issue

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

$1: this flora issue shows the Calliandra or Red Powder Puff Tree

ALAND

15c, 65c: two Nordic waterbirds are shown on this set, the Trumpeter Swan and the Great Cormorant

ALDERNEY

36p: this issue shows the Tawny Mining Bee pollinating a garden flower

BAHAMAS

15c: the Bahamas Oriole is featured on this rare native birds issue

DOMINICA

60c the Godman's Leaf is pictured here, part of a native butterfly definitive issue

CAYMAN Is.

30c the Cayman Crescent Spot Butterfly is pictured on this 2005 issue

BAHAMAS

15c a Junkanoo festival float is pictured on this 1999 Christmas issue

CAYMAN Is.

$1.30: local island children's dances are the theme of this festive cultural issue

CHRISTMAS Is.

40c: this Christmas issue shows three seabirds bearing gifts over a southern ocean island

COCOS Is.

$1 the Black-Tip Reef Shark is shown on this WWF issue

DOMINICA

90c: the Magnificent Frigatebird is shown here on its nest with a fledgling, from a definitive series showing native birds