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Commemoratives
London 2010 - The Battle of Britain
Falkland Islands - Commemorative
NEW ISSUE - Release date - 7 May 2010
'THE FEW'
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
10 July 1940 to 31 October 1940
Over 114 days, 2927 brave young airmen from no less than 14 Allied countries, (Churchill’s ‘Few’), took to the skies to defend Britain from Nazi tyranny; sadly 544 did not return. At the start of 2010, it is believed that there were only 90 of ‘the Few’ remaining.
Atmospheres
Falkland Islands - Commemorative
Release date - 25 January 2010
Atmospheres: Four Seasons
An unique feature of the Falkland Islands are the quickly changing weather patterns bringing a beauty to the Islands’ landscapes which are often rare in many other parts of the world.
HMS Exeter
Falkland Islands - Commemorative
Release date: 8 December 2009
HMS Exeter
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named after the city of Exeter in Devon. Two were built in the 20th Century and both were to play important roles in the history of the Falkland Islands.
Cobb's Wren
Falkland Islands - Commemorative
Release Date: 10 November 2009
Cobb's Wren
Cobb’s Wren is unique to the Falkland Islands, though it has close relatives in southern South America. 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of Cobb’s Wren being described as a separate species. It is named after Arthur Cobb, a local farmer and amateur ornithologist who collected the type specimen on Carcass Island, off the coast of West Falkland.
Albatrosses
Falkland Islands - Commemorative
Release Date - 19 October 2009
Albatrosses
“I now belong to a higher cult of mortals for I have seen the Albatross!”
Robert Cushman Murphy, 28th October 1912, onboard the brig Daisy.
The cold waters of the Falkland Current, which flows northward over the shallow continental shelf of Argentina, sweep through and around the Falkland Islands. Turbulent and rich in nutrients, they provide a home for millions of pelagic seabirds. Among all these birds the albatrosses are both the largest and most spectacular. Four species are featured in this issue although only one, the Black-browed Albatross, actually breeds in the Falkland archipelago.
Islands, Stacks & Bluffs Part 2
Falkland Islands - Commemorative
Release Date: 14 August 2009
Islands, Stacks & Bluffs - Part 2
The Falklands’ coastline is enriched by a series of magnificent bluffs and numerous offshore islands and stacks. The stamps in this series illustrate both some of the best-known and other more obscure examples of these features. Many are seldom seen other than from the air and can only be visited by way of a long and arduous boat ride. Their very remoteness has meant that, in certain cases, they have remained almost untouched by man and free of introduced species. Such islands have retained the qualities of true wilderness remaining, as they have, virtually unchanged for thousands of years.
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