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April 25, 2013

ALAND

Local: this colorful self-adhesive issue shows the Aland flag and island coastal scenery

ANGUILLA

75c: this Easter issue features the monarch butterful, a famed migrant of the region

BARBADOS

55c: this anniv. of the end of WWII issue honors the islanders who fought on the side of the UK

ALAND

55c: this lovely rural landscape of 2006 shows the region of Lemland

April 21, 2013

ASCENSION IS.

40p, 50p: this botanical set features two early scientists for whom local flora have been named for (with pictures in the insets at left): Nehemiah Grew and Charles Plumier

HUAHINE (Fr. POLYNESIA)

34fr: this lovely island profile issue from 1981 shows the lagoon, fringing reef and lush landscape of Huahine, an island known for its large eels, deemed sacred in local lore

JAMAICA

$10: this WWF issue features the Jamaican Hutia, an endemic forest rodent

JERSEY

37p: this local molluscs issue of 2006 features the colorful Painted Top Snail

April 14, 2013

COCOS (Keeling) Is.

5c pair: a se-tenant issue showing the wonders of island reefs and tourism

FALKLANDS

15p: a graceful pair of South American Terns are shown on this birdlife issue

PITCAIRN IS.

50c: this rare endemic birds issue shows a Henderson Island Reed Warbler warming its eggs and next

FR. POLYNESIA

25fr: this dramatic landscape issue shows a row of outrigger canoes fishing in an azure lagoon

FAROES

K4: Saxophone music is celebrated on this cultural issue

ANGUILLA

45c: this scenery issue shows a boat landing at Sombrero cove

FAROES

K7.50: Island view and seascape, 2007 K.50, K4: Island Profiles of Kalsoy and Koltur

April 10, 2013

GUERNSEY

15p: this shorebirds issue shows a small flock of Ruddy Turnstones on an island beach

NEW CALEDONIA

25fr: this lovely 1993 design shows a stylized Cagou, the national bird, and celebrates school philately

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

70t: PNG Ties with China are celebrated in this 2001 monuments issue

April 6, 2013

BAHAMAS

70c: this 2010 Christmas issue shows fireworks over a fort with cannons

CYPRUS

125: This 1983 Commonwealth issue shows scenes and trades of ancient Cyprus

GREENLAND

Kr. 4; Kr. 8.50: Scenes of life, iceberg landscapes and a dog sled team in wintry Greenland

April 2, 2013

COMOROS

450fr: this 2009 birds issue shows the Pygmy Kingfisher, a tiny native river species

FR. POLYNESIA

70fr, 100fr: these issues of 2010 and 2011 show native island flora (tiare) and artwork

GREENLAND

4.75k: this 2002 issue shows a traditional carved mask