SEYCHELLES

R2: an ornamental hybrid lily is pictured on this flora issue

ZIL ELWAGNE SESEL

R10: this marine life issue shows the Spotted Pebble Crab, a widespread species native to E. Africa and the Indian Ocean

Zil Elwagne Sesel / SEYCHELLES

R10: this stunning skyscape issue shows the constellation Scorpio at dusk over a colony of mangrove islands and birds in flight.

SEYCHELLES

R3.50 the Aldabra Coucal, an endemic sub-species of the Madagascar Coucal found only on the Aldabra atoll

SEYCHELLES / Zil Elwagne Sesel

R3 The Norden shipwreck of 1862 is pictured on this ghostly issue (1991).

Zil Elwagne Sesel / SEYCHELLES

R15: the Aldabra Blue Pigeon, from a birds definitive issue of 1983. This is one of three species of blue pigeons, all endemic to the Mascarene islands of the Indian Ocean, with the others found in the Comoros and Mahe/Seychelles.

Zil Elwagne Sesel

Zil Elwagne Sesel comprise the islands of Aldabra, Farqhar and Des Roches, and lie to the south of the Seychelles; this 1982 issue shows Tortoises of Aldabra, a World Heritage Site