Chunghwa Post issued a second set of four stamps and a souvenir sheet featuring Four species of mushroom found at mid-altitudes. 1. Amanita rubrovolvata (NT$5): The mushroom has an orange to red cap (pileus). The mushroom’s central stem (stipe) is cream to pale orange-yellow in color. The stem has a ring (annulus) on its upper [...]
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Underwater Life – Malaysia
March 27th, 2012 
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610 viewsMalaysia post issued a set of stamps and a souvenir sheet of underwater life featuring Thorny Seahorse, Robust Ghostpipefish, Green Sea Turtle, Leopard Moray Eel, MandarinFish, Blue Sea Star and Red-spotted Coral Crab. The seas and oceans around Malaysia are home to thousands of different species that live together. The huge variety of animals that [...]
Farming Australia
March 21st, 2012 srmodh 581 viewsThe dairy industry is one of our major rural industries, ranking behind only beef and wheat. While all states and territories have dairy industries, most production occurs in the more temperate south-east areas of the country, and includes milk, yoghurts and a wide variety of cheese types. The most common dairy cow breeds are the [...]
New Zealand Native Trees
February 8th, 2012 srmodh 783 views
New Zealand’s isolation from the rest of the world has allowed its unique flora to evolve and flourish, resulting in the distinctive array of native trees present today. This high degree of endemism makes New Zealand’s native trees truly special, so much so that Conservation International has recognized New Zealand as a world biodiversity hotspot. [...]
Wetland Conservation – Island
September 22nd, 2011 srmodh 694 viewsVigdis Finnbogadottir, the former President of Iceland, who is named the protector of Audlind Nature Fond, an instution working for the conservation of Icelands natural resources, proposed Wetland Conservation, a topic for september issue. February 1971 saw the signing of The Ramsar Convention, an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilisation of wetlands, named [...]
Endangered Species 2011
September 7th, 2011 srmodh 2,419 viewsThe United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) will issue a set of 12 stamps depicting endangered species. These will be the nineteenth set of stamps in UNPA’s multi-year Endangered Species series. The series was launched on 3 March 1993 to highlight the need for the protection of endangered species throughout the world. This year the endangered [...]
