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March Design 2009
The Falkland Islands Philatelic Bureau is glad to announce our new website, we're so impressed with it and have told our friends. Why don't you do the same. It allows the Philatelic Bureau staff here in the Falkland Islands to place the new stamps on the site as quickly as possible. We are planning many new features to the site over the next 12 months including a shopping cart. If you want the site to have anything else please feel free to contact us and tell us.
Falkland Islands - Commemorative
NEW ISSUE - Release date - 8 July 2010
Petrels and Shearwaters
The oceans which surround the Falkland Islands are particularly rich in petrels and shearwaters (Procellaridae) which are among the most successful of all the world’s bird families. The word Procellaridae derives from the Latin word procella (violent wind) and idae (family). All 80 species in this family are adapted to fly in wind and tend to be more concentrated in the windier latitudes. This issue features the four largest Procellarids which are known to breed in the Islands.
South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands - Commemorative
NEW ISSUE - Release Date - 25 June 2010
Wrecks & Hulks
There are over sixty wrecks and hulks around South Georgia, most of them scuttled and sunk, some still visible. Except for a submarine and two modern fishing vessels nearly all took part in the sealing and whaling industries.
The South Georgia wrecks and hulks fell victim to uncharted waters, unpredictable weather and - at the end - to the decline of the whales. Catching one’s eye in the vicinity of the former whaling stations some appear now to be taking a long winter’s rest. To best portray this solemn sleep, all images were taken in winter at full moon.
British Antarctic Territory - Commemorative
Release Date - 6 November 2009
