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60c: this Christmas issue features a typical community gathering in an open housing compound $1.50: this 1995 tourism issue was part of a regional "Visit South Pacific" campaign

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15c: this issue features local palm species

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50c: this marine life issue features the Hammerhead Shark

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

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35c: This issue features sea turtles, and shows new coins minted for Tuvalu's currency;

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40c: $1: these issues show an aerial view of Funafuti and a map of the chain of islands making up Tuvalu

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45c: the flags of Tuvalu and England's Royal Standard are featured on this 1982 Royal Visit issue

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40c: this internal air mail issue features a plane flying over the profile of Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu

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50c: this is part of a corals issue, celebrating the rich marine reefs that surround the islands of the Central Pacific

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$3: a recent birds issue shows the geographic range and a pair of Red-winged Parrots, native to S. New Guinea, W. Australia and the Cape York Peninsula

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50c: this Royal Visit issue from 1982 shows the flag of Tuvalu and insets of the main islands that make up the country, including Funafuti, the capital

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80c: this native Corals issue shows the colorful Acropora rosaria

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$1: Traditional reef fishing by torch light is seen on this early independence issue

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50c: Tuvalu has issued many stamps featuring marine life; here the aply-named Hammer-head Shark is shown. The stamp is overprinted for official use

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50c: this Save our Seas campaign issue (with Greenpeace logo) portrays coral bleaching, a serious and destructive phenomenon in the Pacific region due to warming ocean temperatures

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15c: the Tiger Shark is featured on this overprinted issue, one of the first to bear the name of independent Tuvalu over the former name, Gilbert & Ellice

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5c: the Rainbow Butterfly fish is featured in this gorgeous marine life definitive

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60c: a group of Sand Tiger Sharks are featured on this recent WWF issue

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60c: this issue celebrates the 100th anniv. of British colonization in 1892

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$1: this issue shows the rich colors of the Pacific reefs and undersea coral