Title: International Year of Biodiversity Date of Issue: 4 March 2010 Country: Switzerland Denominations: CHF 0.85
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The landscape of the journey 8
March 3rd, 2010 
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979 viewsJapan Post Service Co. a set of 10 postage stamps, 8th in the series of “The landscape of the travel”.
Ancient Reptiles of New Zealand
March 2nd, 2010 srmodh 1,763 viewsIn 2010 New Zealand celebrates incredible extinct natural heritage with over sized stamps and five amazing coins. These species disappeared 65 million years ago, but with a little help from New Zealand Post, you can see what it might have been like to meet them face to face.
Lesser butterfly orchid
February 27th, 2010 srmodh 1,820 viewsThe lesser butterfly orchid (Platanthera bifolia) is one of the most common and also one the most favorite Estonian orchids. It can be found almost anywhere in the country but slightly more frequently in wetland meadows and sparse woods in Western Estonia. It has been given nearly one hundred popular names, of which ööviiul (night [...]
Long-finned Pilot Whale
February 21st, 2010 srmodh 1,082 viewsThe pilot whale (Globicephala melas) is an extremely gregarious animal that regularly swims along the Faroese coast on its migration within its habitat in the northern Atlantic Ocean. During the approximately 300 years for which we have statistics, somewhere between 800 and 1500 whales have been killed annually in the Faroes. It is estimated that [...]
Butterflies
February 20th, 2010 srmodh 2,176 viewsFaroe Islands post will issue a set of postage stamps depicting various butterflies of Faroe Islands. 154 different species of butterflies have been registered in the Faroe Islands. Most of them do not breed here, but arrive with the help of warm currents of air from the south, sometimes all the way from Southern Europe [...]
