BONAIRE

85c this Netherlands Antilles issue shows the white-tailed deer, a widespread species in tropical America. The stamp was cancelled very clearly in Bonaire.

COOK Is.

90c the Lampides butterfly is pictured here, amid tropical flora

COOK Is.

20c this issue shows the Daisy Coral, from a set depicting marine life

FIJI

89c this stamp shows a nutmeg tree in fruit, from a series showing fruit trees and crops

BARBADOS

15c this stamp commemorates the 50th anniv. of the Org. of American States, and shows the effects of severe climate events on the island

BERMUDA

70c this issue shows handcrafts of Bermuda, a carved and painted wooden angelfish

TRISTAN DA CUNHA

30p: in 1986, Tristan was one of several islands to mark the visible passing of Halley's Comet in the spring skies

COMOROS

30fr the Charaxes butterfly is pictured on this issue from the Comoros, with a town cancel from Mitsamiouli

INDONESIA

R200, R300: Two species of birds of paradise are pictured here, the Parotia (left) and the Red-plumed bird of paradise (right); both are native to the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya, (W. New Guinea)

NEW CALEDONIA

110fr The genus Artia, of which there are 9 species native to New Caledonia, is pictured on this 2006 flora issue

FIJI

20c the Cyathea Tree Fern is featured on this flora issue

Fr. POLYNESIA

20fr the Marquesas Lory is endemic and highly endangered. This species is found only in montane forest on the islands of Nuku Hiva, Ua Huka and Ua Pu in the Marquesas

BELEP IS. (New Caledonia)

26fr: maps of tiny Pott Is. and Art Is., in the Belep group, NW of the main island of New Caledonia

NEW CALEDONIA

25fr Marine Life of the Noumea Aquarium: this stamp shows a red crab, one of the many species that inhabit the island's coastal reefs

CAPE VERDE

$50 the Acacia (tree, flower, seed pod) is featured on this issue, which also shows the stark landscape of these arid islands

BERMUDA

15c White-tailed Tropicbird at nest, issued to promote bird conservation

BARBADOS

$1.15, 1.40: two stamps of this WWF issue shows the Queen Triggerfish, a gaudy denizen of Caribbean reefs.

DOMINICA

$1 Green-throated Carib, one of the most wide-spread humming-bird species of the West Indies, 1992

BAHAMAS

25c, 50c: the island profiles of Eleuthera and New Providence are shown on this issue

BARBADOS

$1 The Scarlet Tanager (both sexes and nest) is a migratory species shown on this stamp, issued for CAPEX in 1987

CAYMAN Is.

25c a colorful street scene in the center of Georgetown (Grand Cayman) is the theme for this 2007 issue

BARBADOS

45c the enduring relations between the island and the UK are represented here by enjoined flags of both countries

DOMINICA

50c White-tailed Tropicbirds, one of the maginificent seabird species of the Caribbean islands

NEW CALEDONIA

70 fr: Island geography, showing profiles of New Caledonia and several other islands of French Polynesia, issued in 1994