Tahiti post issued a set of three stamps featuring Locomotive, French Company of Phosphates of Oceania and the port. Makatea is an island located in the northwest area of the Tuamotu island group.
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Protected species Tiare apetahi
April 22nd, 2010 
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1,160 viewsTiare Apetahi, emblem of the island of Raiatea, a rare and delicate flower, which petals form the fingers of the legend of its appearance. This endemic and indigenous flower only blooms on the te mehani avaeari’i and ura mountains. Endangered, it must be preserved from flower picking, development of invading plants, rats destroying the plants [...]
Tatoos
April 21st, 2010 srmodh 1,292 viewsWhether on male or on female bodies, tattoos have never been so popular. This is why many tourists take the opportunity of their visit to Polynesia to keep up with the fashion. With these two stamps, artist Jean-Louis SAQUET, by drawing his inspiration from well-known patterns, gives an idea of what the many and various [...]
Women in Polynesia
March 8th, 2010 srmodh 1,580 viewsWomen in Polynesia have evolved since the era when the first European explorers discovered the mythical “vahine”, whom they quickly turned into a South Seas fantasy, definitively anchored in the myth of the “New Cythera” and Heaven on Earth.
