ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

$1: two bird issues showing endangered species of the Caribbean islands. Pictured here are the Puerto Rican parrot (top) and the St. Lucia Amazon parrot (below).

CUBA

15c: this 1996 birds issue features the Purple-throated Carib, a humming-bird endemic to the Antilles

DOMINICA

45c, 2c: Two modern issues show the Imperial Parrot, national bird (top) and historical stamp issues of Dominica (lower)

GIBRALTAR

22p: this issue shows local artist Gustavo Bacarisas, and a watercolor landscape of Gibraltar

GALAPAGOS (UK)

81p: this UK issue celebrates the voyage of Darwin, and shows a Marine Iguana and the profile of Albemarle island, now known as Isabela, the largest island of the Galapagos with 4,640 sq km.

PALAU

33c: this colorful marine life issue shows the bizarre Pacific Rooster fish

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

K10: this 2004 issue features the flag of East Sepik Province, with a traditional mask of the region seen at right

NEVIS

90c: two marine life issues from Nevis, showing the Forceps-fish (below) and a school of squirrelfish (upper)

GIBRALTAR

26p: this lovely watercolor by a local artist shows the skyline and wide sea of the rock of Gibraltar

SOLOMON Is.

45c: this lovely native birds issue features the Cardinal Honeyeater, a nectar-feeding species widespread in the Pacific Islands

MICRONESIA

29c se-tenant pair: these stamps are from a sheet showing the Pohnpei rainforest ecosystem, and show two endemic bird species, the Micronesian Kingfisher and the Purple-capped Fruit Dove

MAYOTTE

3,80: this 1997 issue shows a local restaurant and village scene on this French island territory