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R20: this issue features an ancient map, commemorating 200 years of the Capture of Rodrigues Is.

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R2: this avifauna issue shows the endemic Mauritius Kestrel, a critically endangered falcon

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R3: this 1989 issue features a view of Halley's Comet over the Indian Ocean

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R25: the Piton du Milieu are featured on this 2004 peaks and landscape issue

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R6, R8: two 1998 stamps showing cascades of the rugged interior of Mauritius

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R5: this 2009 WWF issue shows the rare endemic Echo Parakeet, which in the 1980s numbered less than a dozen birds. It has since been the focus of captive breeding efforts, and is on the rebound.

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R14: this 2011 issue shows World Heritage sites of the island; feauted here is Le Morne, a distinctive mountain jutting from the SW tip of Mauritius

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R7: this 2006 issue celebrates the centenary of regattas in Mahebourg, with historical and modern views

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R10: the Dombeya spp. is featured on this 2009 issue showing indigenous flowers

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R4, R25: two values from a definitive set showing ecological scenery, these depict migratory bird species and a tree fern

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R3, R10: this 2002 issue shows early maps of the Mascarene islands by Reinel (1520) and Mercator (1569)

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R8: the Lionfish is shown on this definitive marine life issue

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R10: this historical issue shows an image of a fire that swept through Port Louis in 1895

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R2.50 this satellite image shows the Mascarene Islands, and was issued for Commonwealth Day 1983

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R7: this colorful stamp shows an early chart of Mauritius on a Dutch map from 1670 and was issued to commemorate the 400th anniv. of the Dutch landing in 1598.

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R15, R25: The dodo, one of the most emblematic of extinct species on earth, was a flightless rail found only on Mauritius. With few natural defenses, the bird was easy prey for sailors and predators, and the species was hunted to extermination by the 1690's.

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R5 Soft Coral: native to Indo-Pacific areas, this species has varying hues and feeds exclusively on phytoplankton.

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R2.50 WWF: The Pink Pigeon, endemic to Mauritius, was reduced to just a dozen individuals in 1991 but has since recovered numbers with an intensive breeding program.

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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.

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Recent Issues:

R8 Ship Models (junk w/ red sails)

R4 Stock Exchange (10th Anniv. of Republic)