St. HELENA

35p, 40p, L1.20: this WWF set features the life cycle of a species of interest, the Island Hogfish

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40p: this local interest issue shows High Knoll Fort and blue wildflowers

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20p: this shipping issue shows the HMS Swallow and HMS Dolphin arriving off the island

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11p: this issue features the Rock Dove, one of the most widespread birds on earth

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15p, 33p: this issues shows introduced bird species in St. Helena, including the Madagas-car Fody and the Waxbill, both small passerines

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10p: this WWF issue shows the Sperm Whale, the most numerous of the large whale species

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10p this 2003 Christmas stamp shows the Large Magellanic Cloud Constella-tion

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50p Flora: St. Helena Olive, one of the 49 species of endemic flowering plants found only on this remote Atlantic island. This species is extinct in the wild, and is featured on this 2004 issue commemorating the Royal Horticultural Society.

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18p Java Sparrow: this seed-eating species is not native to St. Helena (being originally from Indonesia) but is a popular cage bird worldwide, so could well be introduced. The rugged, stark landscape of St. Helena is shown in the background.

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26p Magnificent View of St. James Valley from an 1815 painting by Cap. Hastings

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3p Wreck of Fleet Ship "Witte Leeuw" in 1613

and period engraving of St. Helena landscape