The stunning scenery of islands has long enchanted collectors worldwide. This site is dedicated to stamps from islands worldwide, and is updated on a monthly basis, often with recent issues from rarely seen island territories.
30t: this issue features a hybrid Birdwing Butterfly which is among the rarest and most valuable specimens on earth. The naturally occurring hybrid occurs when two distinct species, found on Bouganville and Malaita, meet and reproduce.
7s: this large format ship issue commemorates the Great Apia Hurricane which struck in March 1889, destroying many ships that were harbored there; the ship pictured here is the USS Nipsic
22c: this early issue shows the issuance of the first Micronesian passports after the island nation gained autonomy with the compact of free association
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
55fr: this Art issue shows a typical scene of two women on an island shore. The stamp was postmarked in Teavaroa, a small atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago.