David Eynon first came to the Falkland Islands in 1970 as a travelling teacher. He returned to England to take a degree and in 1974 married Carol Watson, who he had met in the Falklands. He worked in the North Sea from 1974 to 1981 diving commercially with Comex Diving out of Aberdeen.
published March 26th, 2012
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Shadowed beneath South Georgia’s rugged mountains and glacial valleys lay a rich and colourful seascape of plants and animals. This shallow marine environment has received surprisingly little attention since it was first studied during the Discovery Expeditions in 1925.
published March 7th, 2012
On February 9, 2012, An Post issued a stamp based on an icon painting of St Patrick, to commemorate Ireland’s national holiday on March 17.
Legend suggests that St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, converted the Irish people to Christianity in the fifth century AD. By the time of his death, about 460 AD, Christianity had been firmly established in Ireland.
published February 14th, 2012
Penguins, Predators and Prey is a series of stamp issues featuring, in turn, each of the familiar Falkland penguins, together with some of their respective predators and prey.
Five species representing four genera of penguins breed regularly in the Falkland Islands.
This issue features the Northern Gentoo Penguin and includes one predatory species, the Leopard Seal, and one prey species, the Gonatus Squid.
published October 27th, 2011
The CPA was founded in 1911 as the Empire Parliamentary Association and its affairs were administered by the United Kingdom Branch. The original member Branches were Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Evolving with the Commonwealth, the CPA in 1948 adopted its present name, changed its rules to enable all member Branches to participate in the Association’s management, and established a separate Secretariat to manage its affairs.
Today’s resurgence of parliamentary democracy is evident in the growth of the CPA. In the last decade, more than 50 new Parliaments and Legislatures joined or rejoined the CPA. Active CPA Branches now exist in 175 national, state, provincial and territorial Parliaments, with a total membership of approximately 17,000 Parliamentarians.
published June 28th, 2011
2011 sees the 85th Birthday of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Falkland Islands Post Office is celebrating this event with the release of four new stamps depicting Her Majesty in many of her ‘trademark’ hats from the following dates;
27p Easter Sunday Service, St George’s Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire – 04 Apr 2010
30p Christmas Day church service, Sandringham, Norfolk – 25 Dec 2010
70p Royal Visit to Canada – 05 Jul 2010
£1.50 Queen Elizabeth II visits the Company of Pikemen and Musketeers of the Honourable Artillery Company, London – 12 May 2010
FDC Queen Elizabeth II visits Norwich Cathedral, Norfolk – 04 May 2010
At the time of her birth on 21 April 1926, Princess Elizabeth was third in the line of succession to the crown, behind her father and her uncle, H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. There was public interest in the birth of Princess Elizabeth but no one predicted that she would become H.M Queen Elizabeth II after the abdication of King Edward VIII and the death of King George VI. At the time of the death of King George VI, Princess Elizabeth became the first British monarch since the Act of Union in 1801 to be out of the country at the moment of succession.
published May 29th, 2011
It was on the 16th November 2010 following a great deal of public speculation that an announcement was made by Clarence House confirming that Prince William, oldest son of Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales had become engaged to his long time girl friend Miss Catherine Middleton.
Prince William had actually ‘popped the question’ in October whilst the couple had been on holiday in the remote Rutundu Log Cabin in Laikipia in Kenya but had not made any public announcement until family and friends were advised and decisions could be made about the actual wedding itself.
William and Catherine were both 28 years old when the announcement was made and met whilst students at the University of St Andrews. Until the announcement was made, Catherine, a Fine Arts Graduate worked for her parents company whilst in 2010 William graduated as a Helicopter Pilot. As Flight Lieutenant Windsor he has joined RAF Search and Rescue which celebrates its 70th Anniversary in 2011 and will co-pilot Sea King helicopters as part of a four-man crew based at RAF Valley in Anglesey on the north-west coast of Wales. Appropriately, the flights also operate internationally in Cyprus (84 Squadron) and the Falkland Islands (1564 Flight).
published May 8th, 2011
The Southern sea lion (Otaria flavescens) is perhaps the archetypal sea lion in appearance. Males have a very large head with a well developed lion-like mane, making them the most lionesque of the eared seals. These sea lions are the most sexually dimorphic of the five sea lion species and size and weight varies considerably. Adult males are big animals which can reach up to 8 ft (2.6m) in length, 5ft (1.6m) in height and weigh up to 700lbs (320kg). Colour may vary from deep brown to mid reddish brown. Females are smaller and lighter in colour, varying from buff to light grey-brown. Pups are born black or dark brown before moulting to a more chocolate colour. All sea lions look very dark when wet. (read more)
published April 23rd, 2011
The Falkland Islands Philatelic Study Group (FIPSG) has, for some months, been trying to compile a basic mint collection of stamps to form the Falkland Islands National Stamp Collection to be housed in the Falklands Museum, after it was found that the collection bought previously was incomplete; Stanley Gibbons is pleased to announce that they will be donating the last stamp missing from the collection; a 1933 £1 Centenary.
“The 1933 £1 Centenary (the top value of a wonderful pictorial set of 12) is simply one of the most handsome and recognisable stamps of the British Empire,” said Stanley Gibbons Director of Philately, Dr Philip Kinns.
“The central design is the finest portrait of King George V, himself a stamp collector, ever to appear on a postage stamp, and the colour of the frame and superb quality of production enhance the noble effect.”
Every collector, whether of Falkland Islands or British Commonwealth, aspires to own one, but its desirability is such that it will always be beyond the reach of most, the current catalogue prices being £2000 unused and £2750 used; as such it is the most valuable ‘basic’ stamp (read more)
published November 13th, 2010
This issue illustrating the breeding penguins of the Falkland Islands is taken from photographs by local photographer Alan Henry and Reinhard Mischke.
The set comprises of six Airmail Letter rate stamps (currently 70p) showing each type of the five breeding penguins and an unusual picture of an albino Rockhopper penguin. Penguins are generally regarded as being synonymous with the Falkland Islands and attract a great number of tourists each year to our shores. The stamps are available singly in sheetlets of 10 and combined in a souvenir sheet.
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
The King Penguin is the largest of the breeding penguins in (read more)
published September 14th, 2010
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 (read more)
published June 20th, 2010
