Australia is home to stunning coral reefs including the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland and Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. The stamps in this issue show aerial and underwater images of the two reefs.
published August 24th, 2013
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This souvenir sheet devoted to marine species in danger of extinction is comprised of four stamps featuring the Basque whale, the bluefin tuna, the Mediterranean monk seal and the sea lamprey.
published June 8th, 2013
World Oceans Day was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2008 and is now celebrated on 8 June each year.
published April 19th, 2013
Sue Daly is a wildlife film-maker, photographer and writer based in the tiny channel island of Sark.
Sue’s wonderful underwater images feature on our Marine Life issue which also includes a very special miniature sheet which, using the wizardry of Augmented Reality transports you under the ocean with Sue to watch just what goes on beneath the waves.
published February 24th, 2013
In this issue, post Denmark focuses on some of the species of fish that flourish in the seas around Denmark. The four stamps are produced in offset and designed by Bertil skov Jørgensen, with graphics by post Danmark stamps.
published January 13th, 2013
Almost everyone knows what a whale and a dolphin looks like, yet most will never have the good fortune of seeing one. Not so the residents of the magnificent Falklands archipelago. Here, two very different species of charming dolphin are commonly seen from land, and sharp-eyed passengers and crew of the many ships that come in and out of East Falkland’s harbours will invariably spot large whales offshore.
published October 19th, 2012
During the last two hundred years human activities have had a detrimental influence on the marine environment through over-exploitation of natural resources, exploitation of sub-sea minerals, pollution and more recently climate change. Climate change now threatens the rich biodiversity of the marine environment due to temperature changes and ocean acidification.
published September 29th, 2012
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
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
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
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. As South Georgia is situated just south of the Polar Front, where warmer waters from the north meet colder Antarctic water from the south, the region is home to a unique assemblage of South Atlantic and Antarctic animals.
published October 7th, 2011