ISLAND STAMPS: May 2016

May 31, 2016

1p, 2p: This 1998 explorers set features ships used by Vasco da Gama

TL70:this 1984 issue features flags of competing nations at a Taekwondo competition

46c: this birds series features local regionally endemic species such as the Comoran Sunbird, Fody and White-eye

20c: this birds issue features the Bristle-thighed Curlew, a species that has been pictured previously on this nation's stamps

25s: this cultural issue features children from the island of Savaii

$1.35: this parrots issue shows the brightly-hued Cardinal Lory

10c: this early independence issue shows the location of the nine islands that make up the nation of Tuvalu

36fr: this issue promotes local products made from the Coconut Palm