tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44505010486810839812024-03-14T06:16:03.201+07:00Nature Flona StampsDepicting stamps of the world with topic of Nature, Flora and Fauna.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-45697716048137628532013-05-11T08:55:00.001+07:002013-05-11T08:55:59.221+07:00Partridge – Bird of the 2013 Year<p> </p> <h3><img style="display: inline; float: left" align="left" src="http://www.post.ee/px_custom/product_img/img_8465.jpg" width="280" height="280"></h3> <h3> </h3> <h3 align="justify"><font face="Verdana"><font style="font-weight: normal">On March 07, 2013, Estonian Post issued one stamp features the game-bird species as bird of this year, <font style="font-weight: bold">Grey Partridge</font> <font style="font-weight: bold">(Perdix perdix</font><font style="font-weight: bold">)<font style="font-weight: normal">,</font> </font>also known as the English Partridge, Hungarian Partridge.</font></font></h3> <p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana"></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana">The <strong>Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)</strong> is a small bird of the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. who mainly lives in farmland – in fields as well in pasturelands. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana">The <strong>Grey Partridge</strong> is a rotund bird, 28–32 cm long, brown-backed, with grey flanks and chest. The belly is white, usually marked with a large chestnut-brown horse-shoe mark in males, and also in many females.</font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana"></font> </p> <p align="justify"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" border="1" hspace="5" alt="" vspace="5" src="http://www.post.ee/failid/535_Nurmkana_fdc.jpg"><font size="4" face="Verdana"></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana"></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana">The <strong>Grey Partridge</strong></font><font size="4" face="Verdana"><font size="4" face="Verdana"> passes the winter in groups, often in the vicinity of human settlements.</font> <font size="4" face="Verdana">The groups split up in April when coupling takes place. In the nesting period, in May to June, they lead a very covert way of life.</font> </font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana">There are presumably about 4,000 to 8,000 couples of the grey partridge in Estonia at present.They are a seed-eating species, but the young in particular take insects as an essential protein supply.</font><font size="4" face="Verdana"></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana"></font> </p> <p align="justify"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" border="1" hspace="5" alt="" vspace="5" src="http://www.post.ee/failid/535_Nurmkana_maxi.jpg"><font size="4" face="Verdana"></font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana"></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana">The nest usually has from 15 to 20 eggs on the ground, and the young fledge at ten days old. It is a species of dwindling numbers that are most affected by predation and by the use of pesticides in farming. </font></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana">The species has been successfully introduced to many parts of the world for shooting, including vast areas of North America, where it is most commonly known as Hungarian partridge. Widespread and common throughout its large range, the <strong>Grey Partridge</strong> is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.</font></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-91120899312418586432013-03-19T09:32:00.001+07:002013-03-19T09:32:18.786+07:00Forest 2011–San Marino<p align="justify"> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana">The Europa 2011 theme is dedicated to forests. The San Marino Post have issued a set of two stamps on April 5, 2011. The issued stamps depicted images which have been taken in the Teso Forest of the Municipality of San Marcello Pistoiese in the Tosco-Emilian Apennine.</font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-09nYzDhPF3A/UUfOF7J0fpI/AAAAAAAABWU/zSNs_H8xnro/s1600-h/image%25255B1%25255D.png"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="image" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-5F39_OmKVfQ/UUfOHqXNDWI/AAAAAAAABWc/YXpWV5Y9IPk/image_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="320" height="240"></a></p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana"></font> </p> <p align="justify"><font size="4" face="Verdana">The set is made up of two values: the € 0.60 value represents an age-old lush, flourishing forest, contrasted with the image of the 0.65€ value, which shows a pile of tree-trunks as a symbol of man’s repeated, uncontrolled and unauthorised exploitation.</font></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-0O_Kk1LC0Z8/UUfOKtamoCI/AAAAAAAABWk/Dvtf8vuaf1U/s1600-h/image3%25255B1%25255D.png"><img style="display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto" title="image" alt="image" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-p4kq1ZG0oio/UUfOMWvh9XI/AAAAAAAABWs/wbKOQXBpewo/image3_thumb.png?imgmax=800" width="320" height="240"></a></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-67312766989127125482012-12-30T18:01:00.000+07:002012-12-30T15:06:36.883+07:00Karadag Nature Reserve<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ukrainian State Enterprise of Posts Ukrposhta</b> , issued a souvenir sheet stamp consist of four stamps depict several endangered species, e,g: the <b>Black Sea bottlenose dolphin, Butterfly-lion, Saker Falcon, and Beech Marten</b> on July 28, 2005<b>.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><b>Karadag Nature Reserve</b> was organized in 1979 on the base of <b>Karadag research station</b> named after <b><i>T. I. Vyazemskiy</i></b> and founded by him back in 1914. <b>Karadag Nature Reserve</b> occupies the area of 2874 ha. It is a unique haven of landscape and biological diversity (2870 flora species and 5350 fauna species), a gene pool of rare plant and animal species, a kind of refuge of <i>Mediterranean fauna</i> in the Crimea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><b>Bottlenose dolphins</b> live in groups typically of 10–30 members but group size varies from single individuals up to more than 1,000. Their diets consist mainly of forage fish. Dolphins often work as a team to harvest fish schools, but they also hunt individually. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The <b>Black Sea bottlenose dolphin</b>, the genus <i><b>Tursiops</b></i>, are the most common and well-known members of the family Delphinidae, the family of oceanic dolphin. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The <b>Black Sea bottlenose dolphin</b>, or <b>Tursiops truncatus ponticus</b> , qualifies for listing as Endangered species.The range of the <b>Black Sea subspecies</b> includes the territorial waters and exclusive economic zones of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine in the Black Sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The <b>beech marten</b> (<i><b>Martes foina</b></i>), also known as the <b>stone marten</b> or <b>white breasted marten</b>, is a species of marten native to much of Europe and Central Asia. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN on account of its wide distribution, its large population, and its presence in a number of protected areas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Plant foods eaten by <b>the beech marten</b> include cherries, apples, pears, plums, black nightshade, tomatoes, grapes, raspberries and mountain ash. Plant food typically predominates during the winter months.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Butterfly-lion</b> or the <b>neuropteran owlfly <i>Libelloides (Ascalaphus macaronius</i> )</b> was described in 1763 by the correspondent of Carolus Linnaeus, <b>Johannes Antonius Scopoli. </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ascalaphus macaronius</b> is a daytime predator inhabitating warm, dry, uncultivated meadows from Slovenia to Caucasus. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is famous due to the unique spectral sensitivity of its dorsofrontal eye that ranges only over the ultra-violet part of the solar spectrum. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><b>Ascalaphus macaronius</b> lives as an adult imago only for approximately two months in the summer; even then, it is actively hunting only under un-obscured skies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The <b>Saker Falcon</b> (<i>Falco cherrug</i>) is a very large falcon that breeds from eastern Europe eastwards across Asia to Manchuria. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">It is mainly migratory , wintering in Ethiopia, the Arabian peninsula, northern Pakistan and western China. <b>BirdLife International</b> categorizes this bird as endangered, due to a rapid population decline, particularly on the central Asian breeding grounds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The <b>Saker Falcon</b> have brown upper-bellies and contrasting grey flight feathers. The head and under-parts are paler brown, with streaking from the breast down. The <b>Saker Falcon</b> is a large hierofalcon at 47–55 cm length with a wingspan of 105–129 cm . </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The <b>Saker Falcon</b> is a raptor of open grasslands preferably with some trees or cliffs. It often hunts by horizontal pursuit, and feeds mainly on rodents and birds. In Europe, Ground Squirrels and feral pigeons are the most common prey items.</span> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-68227353697430976512012-12-25T06:40:00.000+07:002012-12-30T15:08:52.867+07:00Fresh Water Fish of Fiji<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Fiji Post</b> issued a set of four stamps feature the fresh water fish which found in Fiji islands on May 13, 2002. The depicted species are the Redigobius sp., Spotted flagtail, Silver-stripe Mud-skipper, Snake-head Gudgeon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The 48 c stamp represents <b>Redigobius </b> fish. Redigobius sp has been observed in mid-water schooling, only in clear headwater areas. This fish is carnivorous and feeds on benthic invertebrates. There is evidence of parental care of demersal eggs.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The main threat to this endemic fish is habitat destruction brought about by the logging activities being carried out in its only known sites; and the possibility of introduced invasive species encroaching the headwaters. Excessive gravel and boulder removal are also direct threats. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Redigobius lekutu</b> is a goby, belonging to the family Gobiidae. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">Members of the family Gobiidae are generally small fishes, and this species is no exception. It measures only 3.5 cm from the snout to the tip of the tail - probably smaller than the index finger of the average adult.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The 96 c stamp represents the <b>spotted flagtail</b> that is widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific, from Japan to Australia and east to the Federated States of Micronesia (Caroline Islands).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The <b>spotted flagtail</b> (<i><b>Kuhlia marginata</b></i>) is a species of fish in the Kuhliidae family. It is found in Australia and Indonesia.<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The<b> spotted flagtail</b> is found in freshwater in flowing rivers and pools below waterfalls (up to 64 km upstream), often in estuaries and rarely in fully marine environments (Allen 1991). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The distinctive appearance of the <b>spotted flagtail</b> are vibrant silver fish, very similar to jungle perch, distinguished by distinct red colouration found on the anal fin. Upper and lower lobes of the tail are pointed. The body is deeper and forehead more sloping than in jungle perch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The <b>Silverstripe Mudskipper</b> is a resident intertidal species with homing behavior and amphibious air-breather found in brackish mud flats in mangrove and nipa palm areas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">Occasionally in the lower parts of freshwater streams . Actively shuttling back and forth between rock pools and air . Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 802 meters.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The <b>Silverstripe Mudskipper</b> distributed in the Indo-Pacific: southern Red Sea to South Africa, east to the Marianas and Samoa; north to Ryukyu Islands, south to western Australia and Oceania.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The 2 $ stamp represent the <b>Snakehead Gudgeon</b> fresh water fish. The <b>Snakehead Gudgeon</b>, is a sleeper goby of the family Eleotridae. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">It inhabits river mouths and estuaries, coastal creeks in mangrove habitats, as well as man-made prawn ponds. By day these gobies tend to remain hidden, but by night they may emerge into more open water, where they may be seen resting on the substrate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">They are identified by the pale markings across the back, which are more evident in young specimens, and by the arrangements of pale spots on the flanks. The head is relatively large, and the eyes smallish.Sleeper gobies differ from other gobies in that the pelvic fins are separate, with no connecting membrane.<br /><br />The <b>Snakehead Gudgeon</b> is carnivorous, feeding on invertebrates or small vertebrates. The species ranges from East Africa through the Indian Ocean and the seas of Southeast Asia to the Western Pacific Ocean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In year 2010, <b>Canada Post</b> issued the definitive stamps consist of four stamps that feature orchid flowers in one miniature sheet format. The depicted species are <i><b>Striped coralroot</b></i>, <b><i>Giant Helleborine , <i><b>Rose Pogonia , Grass Pink. </b></i></i></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Striped Coralroot or Corallorhiza striata</b></i> is a species of orchid that native to much of North America, especially Canada and the northern and western United States.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">It is a member of the coniferous understory flora, where it lives in the layer of decaying plant matter on the ground obtaining nutrients from fungi via mycoheterotrophy.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">This coralroot has an erect stem which may be red, pink, purple, or yellow-green to almost white. It is mostly made up of an inflorescence of orchid flowers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">Each flower is an open array of sepals and similar-looking petals which may be pink or yellowish and have darker pink or maroon stripes. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">Inside the flower is a column formed from the fusion of male and female parts, which may be spotted with purple or red. The fruit is a capsule one or two centimeters long.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><i>Giant Helleborine </i></b>or<b><i> Epipactis gigantea</i></b> is a species of orchid that native to western North America from western Canada to central Mexico.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Epipactis gigantea</b></i> is an erect perennial reaching anywhere from 30 centimeters to one meter in height. Its stems have wide or narrow lance-shaped leaves 5 to 15 centimeters long and inflorescences of two or three showy orchids near the top.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">The fruit is a hanging capsule 2 or 3 centimeters long which contains thousands of tiny seeds. This plant grows in wet areas in a variety of habitats, including riverbanks, hot springs, and meadows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><b>Rose Pogonia </b></i>or<i><b> Pogonia ophioglossoides</b></i> is a species of orchid occurring from central Canada to the east-central and eastern United States. It is the type species of the genus <i>Pogonia</i>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">It is pollinated by bees. This species occurs in wet habitats. In the north, the habitat is typically fens but sometimes also bogs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Grass Pink </b>or<b> Calopogon</b>, like many other orchids, is an indicator species for good remnant hydrology. This means that their presence is an indication of high-quality ground and surface water. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">Most species of calopogon frequent wet, sunny swales, bogs, and the edges of marshy areas, and associates with ferns, sedges, grasses and forbs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Grass pinks</b> (genus <i><b>Calopogon</b></i>) are a group of terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae) </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;">One distinguishing feature of the grass pinks is that, unlike most orchids, they are non-resupinate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Espana Post</b> promote their <b>National Park</b> by issuing a set of two stamps feature <span style="color: black;"><b>Cañón del Río Lobos Natural Park</b> and <span style="color: black;"><b>Izki Natural Park</b> on March 09, 2009<b>.</b></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Cañón del Río Lobos Natural Park</b> is a natural environment protected by the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. Subdivided Natural Park territory Lobos River Canyon between the provinces of Soria and Burgos.<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">This area was declared a Natural Park in 1985 and a Special Protection Area for Birds in 1987.</span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is covered an area of 9580 ha. and is a unique biogeographic space structured on the axis of a deep pit dug in the riverbed of the Mesozoic limestone that has left huge vision and sheer walls. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Izki Natural Park</b> is located in the eastern quarter of the Province of Álava, in the Basque Country autonomous community, Spain.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">The high<b> Izki </b>valley of altitudes between 700 and 800 meters, is located in the eastern Alava, bordering the mountains of Vitoria to the north and the Sierra de Cantabria to the south. </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is a large area of very smooth relief and sandy soils, predominantly limestone mountains that covers an area about 9100 ha. and as for vegetation is one of the Pyrenean oak formations best preserved in the world. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small;">Regarding wildlife there presences medium peak and osprey. Similarly, populate this territory, which is called by its river Izki, wild boar and deer.Izki Natural Park, located in a transition zone between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, earned his statement in March 1998.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Plant diversity and landscape, combined with the proximity of the Sierra de Cantabria and the isolation of the area, giving rise to a rich abundance of wildlife which highlights, among the prey, the hawk, the eagle, the short-toed, the Egyptian vulture and several more. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Historically, the <b>Nullarbor</b> was used by the semi-nomadic <i>Spinifex Wangai</i> people.</span> </span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Nullarbor Plain</b>, located on the Great Australian Bight coast, is the world's largest <i>limestone karst</i> <i>landscape</i> covering an area of 270,000 square kilometres, extending 2,000 kilometres between Norseman and Ceduna. Two thirds of the <b>Nullarbor </b>is within <i>Western Australia</i> and one third is in <i>South Australia</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Daintree National Park</b>, north of Cairns, is made up of two sections - Mossman Gorge and the Cape tribulation - and is part of the traditional lands of the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Fiji</b> Post Limited is proud to commemorate the magnificent creature, <b>Brachylophus vitiensis</b> and to bring attention to its protection and ongoing survival. By collaborating with the WWF organization, <b>Fiji </b>Post Limited issued a set of four stamps feature <b>Brachylophus vitiensis</b> in their habitat on October 2010. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The issue stamps presented in many forms, single stamps, miniature sheet which composed of two set stamps, and local First Day Cover .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Fiji crested iguana</b> (<i><b>Brachylophus vitiensis</b></i>) is a critically endangered species of iguana native to some of the northwestern islands of the Fijiian archipelago, where it is found in dry forest. They are only found in <b>Fiji</b> on the dry leeward islands off <i>Viti Levu</i> and <i>Vanua Levu</i>. They have been found in the <i>Mamanucas, Yasawas, Mali </i>and <i>Macuata Islands</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The<b> Fiji crested iguana </b>is a large stocky lizard distinguished from the Fiji banded iguana by the presence of three narrow, cream to white colored bands on males, rather than the broader bluish bands of the latter species. These whitish bands often have chevrons of black scales close to them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>The Fiji crested iguana</b> </span>is distinguished by its larger size growing to 76 centimetres in length and weighing as much as 300 grams. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is further distinguished by the presence of a taller spiny "crest" on its back with spines as long as 1.5 centimetres running from the nape of the neck to the base of its tail, and its ability to rapidly change color from green to black when aroused.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Fiji crested iguana</b> is oviparous and has one of the longest incubation periods of any reptile at 189 days.<sup> </sup>Females guard the nest of four to six eggs, which is unusual for iguanids. Hatchlings emerge from their eggs in the rainy season and obtain moisture by licking wet leaves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">After the discovery of the Fiji crested iguana, the island was declared a sanctuary and all but a few goats were removed and fires banned.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">A secondary threat is introduced predators in the forms of rats, mongooses, and cats which prey on the iguanas and their eggs. Additionally the iguana has been hunted as a food source and for the illegal animal trade.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;">In yearly Latvia Post released the stamp series feature the wild mammals which found in their country. On November 16, 2007, a set of two stamps was issued and the wild mammals depicted on stamps are <b>Red fox </b>or<b> vulpes vulpes</b> and <b>Alces alces </b>or <b> Moose.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>red fox</b> (<i><b>Vulpes vulpes</b></i>) is the largest of the true foxes and live around the world in many diverse habitats including forests, grasslands, mountains, and deserts. They also adapt well to human environments such as farms, suburban areas, and even large communities. The red fox's resourcefulness has earned it a legendary reputation for intelligence and cunning.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Red foxes</b> <span style="font-size: small;">has a long history of association with humans, having been extensively hunted as a pest and furbearer for centuries, as well as being prominently represented in human folklore and mythology. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Because of its widespread distribution and large population, the <b>red fox</b> is one of the most important furbearing animals harvested for the fur trade. Because of these factors, it is listed as Least Concern for extinction by the IUCN. It is included among the IUCN's list of the <i>"world's 100 worst invasive species".</i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Red foxes</b> are solitary hunters who feed on rodents, rabbits, birds, and other small game birds—but their diet can be as flexible as their home habitat. On occasionally, <span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Red foxes</b></span> will eat fruit and vegetables, fish, frogs, and even worms. The average life span ranges 2 to 4 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>moose</b> (North America) or <b>Eurasian elk</b> (Europe) (<i>Alces alces</i>) is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Moose </b>typically inhabit boreal and mixed deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to subarctic climates. </span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The life span of an average moose is about 15–25 years.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Currently, most <b>Moose</b> are found in Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia and Russia. Their diet consists of both terrestrial and aquatic vegetation. The most common moose predators are wolves, bears, and humans.Moose are solitary animals and do not form herds</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Their mating season in the autumn (September and October) can lead to spectacular fights between males competing for the right to mate with a particular female.</span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"> The males are polygamous and will seek several females to breed with.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">To pay tribute to the<b> giant sea fan</b> <i>(<b>Annella mollis</b>), </i><b>Niue</b> Post pleased to issue the special stamp series that feature a coral found throughout <b>Niue’s</b> picturesque coral reefs. It has been released as part of the <b>WWF </b>Conservation Stamp Collection on September 5, 2012.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Each of the four gummed stamps in this issue features the official <b>WWF</b> logo and they are presented together on the miniature sheet. The background of the miniature sheet gives a close-up view of a giant sea fan, and is a beautiful addition to the stamp collection.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>giant sea fan</b> is a soft coral <i>(<b>Octocorallia</b>)</i> and belongs to the class of flower animals <i>(<b>Anthozoa</b>)</i>. Its fans measure up to two metres.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>In this case, the ramifications are braided together and adopt the appearance of a network, whose peaks are barely distinct.Colonies are colored red to shades of pale yellow, but when the polyps are open, it seems tinged with orange-red. The ramifications are issued in a single plane.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Giant sea fans</b> can be found at depths of around 10 to 50 metres. The fans of these large gorgonians are always oriented perpendicular to the direction of the currents, in order to capture as much as possible plankton. Polyps only flourish fully only at night.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">During the day, they are deployed sporadically: cloudy day, for example, or when plankton is abundant. </span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Giant sea fan </b>are food and shelter to many marine animals, some of which hide in the branches and take on the coloration of these corals.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Giant sea fan</b> found on coral and rocky reefs in areas of slow currents, also very turbid areas often branching out from vertical walls. This soft coral is widespread species in Indo-Pacific.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Giant sea fan </b>do not produce calcium carbonate skeletons, but instead contain minute, spiny skeletal elements called <i>sclerites</i>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Sclerites</i> give these corals some degree of support and protection against predators. Since there is no true skeleton, their bodies are flexible. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Niue’s</b> warm, clear waters make it an ideal environment to spot <b>giant sea fans</b>. The atoll is made entirely of porous limestone and has no lakes or streams. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Therefore rain filters quickly through the island into the sea, and there is no sediment in the water, resulting in water clarity that is ranked amongst the best in the world.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-43271136754692631482012-11-17T05:26:00.000+07:002012-11-17T05:26:00.134+07:00Paeonia officinalis – Common Peony<br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">To dedicated the <b>Europe Nature Protection</b>, <b>Serbia</b> Post has issued one miniature sheet consist of two stamps feature the <b>Paeonia officinalis</b> on February 10, 2010. <span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Paeonia officinalis</b></i>, or <b>European peony</b>, <b>Common peony</b>, is the common peony cultivated in Europe for five hundred years.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Paeonia officinalis</b> is a perennial growing to 0.6 m by 0.6 m. It is in flower in May, and the seeds ripen in July. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by <span style="font-size: small;">i</span>nsects.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;">The plant is self-fertile. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.Its habitat are rocky woodlands and meadows, usually on limestone.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"> Flower’s parts are edible if cooked. They can be used as a vegetable or to scent tea. The hot seeds are ground into a powder and used as a spice in ale or in the food that accompanies. The entire plant is poisonous if taken in large doses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Paeonia officinalis </b></i>was first used for medicinal purposes, then grown as an ornamental. Many selections are now used in horticulture, though the typical species is uncommon. <i><b> </b></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Paeonia officinalis</b></i> is still found wild in Europe ranges from France to Albania.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Fiji</b> Post Limited proudly to issue a set of five stamps feature the <b>Fiji’s edible fruits</b> on December 02, 2010. </span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The issue stamps are depicting fruit species, <b>Moli kana</b> or <b>Citrus maxima</b> (20c) , <b>Vutu kana</b> or <b>Barringtonia edulis</b> (40c), <b>Dawa</b> or <b>Pometia pinnata</b> (65c), <b>Fei ( banana) </b>or <b>Musa troglodytarium</b> ($1.20), <b>Kavika</b> or <b>Syzgium malaccense</b> ($10).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">There are more then 18 native tree species with edible fruits in <b>Fiji</b>. The majority of these species are thought to be of aboriginal introduction, brought in by early indigenous settlers to <b>Fiji</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Moli kana</b> or <b>Citrus maxima</b> flowers and fruits throughout the year. The scraped root is used as an internal remedy for hemorrhoids in the island of Taveuni. The fruit is eaten as a dessert fruit and also used for marmalade. This native tree can grow up to 12 m tall bearing edible fruits 10-30 cm wide. The fruit is very thick peel and pale yellow or pink pulp.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Vutu kana</b> or <b>Barringtinia edulis</b> is endemic tree to Fiji and grows up to 20 m tall in coastal forest. It bear spherical fruits that are up to 8 cm long and 5 cm wide with white petal flowers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Barringtonia edulis</b> flowers and fruit throughout the year. The nuts of this species can either be cooked or eaten raw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Dawa </b>or <b>Pometia pinnata</b> is a widespread native tree species in Fiji, commonly grown a round the villages, gardens and in nearby forests. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Fei Banana</b> or <b>Musa troglogytarum</b> is a shrub locals refer to as soaga of the indigenous species Musa troglodytarium. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Kavika</b> or <b>Syzygium malacensis</b> grows well in the secondary forest or old village near the streams. It is also cultivated in most Fijian village site and setllement, farmland and agricultural land. </span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">This plant has also recorded as a medicinal plant and a common ornamental tree species.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Bahamas</b> Postal Administration issued a set of four stamps feature the flower of <b>Bahamas Garden</b> on May 25, 2004. The flower species shown on stamps are <b>Cattleya, Hibiscus, Canna, </b>and<b> Thunbergia.</b></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Cattleyas</b></i> are widely known for their large, showy flowers, and were used extensively in hybridization for the cut-flower trade when pot plants became more popular.The flowers of the hybrids can vary in size from 5 cm to 15 cm or more. <i><b>Cattleya</b></i> is a genus of 113 species of orchids from Costa Rica to tropical South America. <i><b>Cattleya </b></i> presents in all colors except true blue and black.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The typical charateristic of this flower has three rather narrow sepals and three usually broader petals: two petals are similar to each other, and the third is the quite different conspicuous lip. Cattleyas have been hybridized both within the genus and with related genera for more than a century.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Hibiscus</b></i> is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. Hibiscus have several hundred species that are native to warm-temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species are often noted for their showy flowers and are commonly known as <b>hibiscus.</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The leaves are alternate, ovate to lanceolate, often with a toothed or lobed margin. The flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more petals, color from white to pink, red, orange, purple or yellow, and from 4–18 cm broad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Canna</b></i> is a genus of nineteen species of flowering plants. The flowers are typically red, orange, or yellow or any combination of those colours, and are aggregated in inflorescences that are spikes or panicles (thyrses). C<i>anna</i> cultivars are grown in most countries.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Thunbergia</b></i> is a genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical regions of Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia. The generic name honours Carl Peter Thunberg. </span></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Thunbergia</b></i> species are vigorous annual or perennial vines and shrubs growing to 2-8 m tall. </span></span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Some are frequent garden escapes, becoming invasive species; they are regarded as environmental threats in Australia.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"><b>New Zealand</b> Post is proud to continue to support <b><i>Te Puna Whaiora</i></b> as The New Zealand Foundation for Child and Family Health and Development with its annual Children’s Health stamp issue.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Therefore New Zealand Post issued the 2012 Children’s Health stamp issue features the New Zealand sea lion on the first of August 2012. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The mother of sea lion (as shown in above miniature sheet) is shown sniffing her pup for recognition before taking her for feeding. Just like children, pups are dependent on their mothers for protection, and this unique product portrays the close relationship they share.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The 70c gummed stamp presents <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">a <b>New Zealand sea lion </b>pup in the Sub-Antarctic Islands.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">Sea lions live all over the world whether in the wild, in marine parks, and sometimes even in cities. However, the <b>New Zealand sea lion <i>(Phocarctos hookeri)</i></b> or <b>whakahao</b> lives only in New Zealand and is sadly listed as nationally critical.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;">It is monotypic of its genus.The primary habitat of New Zealand Sea Lions is several sub-Antarctic islands south of New Zealand and their surrounding waters. The breeding pattern of sea lions is very similar to that of fur seals, with males arriving in November to set up territories.</span> Females give birth to single pups every one or two years, and pups are born in December and January each year.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">An inquisitive pup is featured on the 70c self-adhesive stamp.Pups may be weaned anywhere from nine months to over a year. Females start mating at four years, and males later. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">As pups grow older, they travel up to 175 kilometres from the coast to feed, and dive to depths of up to 600 metres. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The $1.40 gummed stamp features a sub-adult male on Stewart Island. Male sea lions are typically brown/black in colour and grow to 350-500 kilograms. All New Zealand sea lions are known for their blunt noses and short whiskers. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The New Zealand sea lion breeds mainly in New Zealand’s Sub-Antarctic Islands, however a slow return to mainland New Zealand is now occurring. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">A small number now breed on the Otago coast, where 45 pups were born between 1994 and 2010. This intelligent mammal can also be found on Stewart Island (Rakiura).</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">The highlight of the 2012 Children’s Health stamp issue is the miniature sheet, which takes the shape of a mother and pup. This playful mammal is one of the rarest species of sea lion in the world, and just like all children, it needs our ongoing care and attention in order to thrive. </span> </div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-36364501085553679012012-11-05T06:05:00.000+07:002012-11-15T15:58:13.995+07:00Endemic Palm of Fiji – Balaka Palm<br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i><b>Balaka</b></i> is a genus of about seven species in the palm family, Arecaceae or Palmae. Five species are native to the islands of <b>Fiji</b> and two to <b>Samoa</b>. Endemic to <b>Fiji</b>. They are widely distributed throughout rainforest areas in Vanua Levu and Taveuni Islands with high rainfall from 140 meters and more in elevation.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Post Fiji Limited</b> broadcast this plant by issuing one miniature sheet consist of two stamps, features<b> Balaka Palm , Balaka seemannii</b> on April 29, 2002.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><i><b>Balaka Palm </b>or<b> Balaka seemannii</b></i> is a species of flowering plant in the Arecaceae family. It is found only in Fiji.c to Fiji. They are widely distributed throughout rainforest areas in Vanua Levu and Taveuni Islands with high rainfall from 140 meters and more in elevation. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">An elegant palm with some found up to 7 meters but many maturing at around 2 meters height. It has a slender trunk rarely seen more than 3-4 cm thick and attractive colorations between grey to brown with the crown-shaft slightly darker. It holds only 6-7 fronds of about 1.5 meters or less in length. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Fruits are red, ellipsoid and slightly pointed when ripe.</span> This is a common palm which has been used as spears and as walking sticks and in more recent times as a decorative wall lining similar to a bamboo screen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><i><b>Balaka Palm </b></i></span></span>prefers light shade but survives in full sun when given plenty of water. It also does well as a pot plant. There recommended for indoor plant, garden, landscape, balcony and passage plant.Blooms in Summer and its propagation method by seed.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-10542156258441729602012-11-04T05:09:00.000+07:002012-11-15T15:55:59.390+07:00Fiji Goshawk<br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Post Fiji Limited</b> proudly to release a set of four stamps feature the endemic bird of prey on September 10, 2002. The issued stamps depict the <b>Fiji Goshawk</b> as endemic bird to Fiji, presenting the chicks to the adult bird. These are beautiful bird stamps.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Fiji Goshawk</b> (<i><b>Accipiter rufitorques</b></i>) is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is endemic to Fiji, where it occurs on the larger islands of Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni, Kadavu, Gau and Ovalau. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Their habitat is a range of wooded habitats in <b>Fiji</b>, from natural rainforest to coconut plantations and urban gardens and parks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Fiji Goshawk</b> ranges in size from 30–40 cm, making it medium sized for its genus. It exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the females being larger than the males.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">It has long legs and a long tail. The plumage is unmistakable within its range, having a grey head, back, tail and wings and dull pink undersides and collar. The plumage of the juvenile is distinct from the adult, being all over brown with a highly streaked breast</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Fiji Goshawk</b> feeds on birds as large as pigeons, insects, introduced rodents and reptiles. and have also been recorded feeding on freshwater prawns from the family Palaemonidae, as well as freshwater fish. This species hunts both from perches or flying. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Prey may be snatched with either a slow and stealthy glide or a quick flapping attack. Prey may be chased into cover and they will actively harass and attempt to flush concealed prey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Fiji Goshawks</b> are seasonal breeders, with the breeding season occurring between July and December. Most eggs are laid between September and October. The nest is a platform of sticks located high in a lightly vegetated tree. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion.<span style="font-size: small;"> </span>For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-5405850864393903352012-10-29T06:23:00.000+07:002012-11-15T15:53:16.158+07:00Sea Eagle of Lithuania Red Book.<h3>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">On October 08, 2011, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Lithuania</span> Post Office issued one stamp features a rare bird species which listed in the Lithuanian Red Book, <span style="font-weight: bold;">White-tailed Eagle </span>also called <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sea Eagle</span> or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Haliaeetus albicilla</span>.</span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>White-tailed Eagle </b>(<b>Haliaeetus albicilla</b>) is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. Lithuania's first sea eagle's nest was found in <i>Čepkeliai Reserve</i>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br />The territory of the <b>White-tailed Eagle</b> ranges between 30 and 70 km², normally in sheltered coastal locations. Sometimes they are found inland by lakes and along rivers. Nests in trees growing close to the open areas: wetlands , harvesting, forest parks. They feed on fish, water birds, mammals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This large eagle breeds in northern Europe and northern Asia. The largest population in Europe is found along the coast of Norway. The World population in 2008 stands at only 9,000–11,000 pairs. <b>White-tailed Eagles</b> are sexually mature at four or five years of age. They pair for life, though if one dies replacement can occur quickly</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Currently, <b>Sea eagles</b> or <span style="font-size: small;"><b>White-tailed Eagle </b></span>recorded in the International Red Book and the Red Book of Lithuania. The biggest impact on the species' population decline has active economic activity in the forests. They also become poachers trophies, killed recklessly land on a utility pole, chemical pollutants and their prey has entered into an eagle's body.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-9703643706348040062012-10-27T08:32:00.000+07:002012-11-15T15:49:06.646+07:00Forest – Europa 2011 Gibraltar <br />
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua;"><span style="font-size: small;">To support the declaration of the United Nations to save forest for future generations, <b>Gibraltar</b> Post under Europa stamp organization pleased to release a set of four stamps features the famous forest which found in the world on April 04, 2011. The issue stamps depict the <b><i>Alpine Swiss National Park, the Amazon Rainforest, Yosemite National Park, </i></b>and <b><i> the Plitvice Lakes.</i></b></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: small;">The A<b><i>lpine Swiss National Park</i></b> is located in the canton of Graubünden in the east of Switzerland between Zernez, S-chanf, Scuol and the Fuorn Pass in the Engadin valley on the border with Italy. It has an area of 174.2 km² and is the largest protected area of the country. It was founded on 1 August 1914, the national holiday of Switzerland. It was one of the earliest national parks in Europe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: small;">The <b><i>Amazon Rainforest</i></b>, Brazil, South America is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America. This basin encompasses seven million square kilometers (1.7 billion acres), of which five and a half million square kilometers (1.4 billion acres) are covered by the rainforest. The Amazon represents over half of the planet’s remaining rainforests, and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Book Antiqua; font-size: small;"><b><i>Yosemite National Park</i></b> is a national park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in east central California, United States. The park contains five major vegetation zones: chaparral/oak woodland, lower montane, upper montane, subalpine, and alpine. Of California’s 7,000 plant species, about 50% occur in the Sierra Nevada and more than 20% within Yosemite.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-74364650244757734542012-10-09T05:20:00.000+07:002012-11-15T16:14:40.805+07:00Trees of Ireland<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ireland</b> Post annually issued the stamps feature fauna and flora series since 1978. On March 7, 2006, they launched subject , flora theme, ” <b>Trees of Ireland</b> “ on four postage stamp, one miniature sheet and one First Day Cover. The issue stamps featuring Ireland’s Tree species, such as: <b>Sessile oak, Strawberry-tree, Ash, </b>and<b> Yew</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The<b> Yew (Taxus baccata)</b> is one of Ireland’s native evergreen conifers. Its dark green leaves are striking in appearance, long and narrow and complemented by scarlet berries and mahogany-coloured bark.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Strawberry-tree</b> (<i><b>butus unedo</b></i>) is one of Ireland’s rarest native tree. This is proofed by the founding of its pollen in peat bogs 6,000 years old in Ireland. Similar species found in the Mediterranean and western France, not in Britain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The <b>Strawberry-tree</b> is finest in autumn, with delicate, white dropping cluster of flowers. The fruits are round, red colour resembling strawberries, taken one year to ripen, are quite tough and apparently not very tasty.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea)</b> is Ireland’s national tree. Sessile oak leves grow on a long stalk and directly from the branch, and produce their acorns with little or no stalk. Sessile oak can tolerate thin, poor soil but does not tolerate flooding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Ash (Fraxinus excelsior)</b> is common tree in Ireland and is a member of the olive family. Its paired leaves on the stem make it easily recognizable and its timbers are used for tool handles, oars, agricultural implements and, arguably most importantly, for hurleys. This was reputed to have a girth of 42 feet and a small school in its hollowed cavity.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-28466308979680336042012-10-08T03:52:00.000+07:002012-10-08T03:52:00.380+07:00Flora of the Ljubljana Botanical Garden<div align="justify">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Ljubljana Botanical Gardens</strong> established by Franc Hladnik as a second home of a great many plants in <strong>Slovenia</strong>. Within 2 years since 1810, 766 different species had been planted by <strong>Franc Hladnik</strong>. </span><span style="font-size: small;">On March 30, 2012, Slovenia Post issued the stamp set features the plants of this garden, which connected with <strong>Hladnik</strong>. The issue comprises of three postage stamps and one souvenir sheet.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The stamp of 0.40 EUR, presented<b> Fleischmann’s Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa var. fleischmanni)</b>. This plant is a variety of the common parsnip. <i>Felischmann</i> discovered this species at Ljubljana Castle between 1819 and 1840. Then transplanted by him into garden, results the plants remains to the presents day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The stamp of 0.77 EUR, presented the <strong>Hladnik’s scabiosa (Scabiosa hladnikiana).</strong> This specimen has been sent by <strong>Hladnik</strong> taken from his collection to his friends , <em><strong>Dr. Host</strong></em>, who named this species as <strong>Scabiosa hladnikiana</strong>.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The stamp of 0.92 EUR, presented the <strong>“Hladnik’s scopolia”</strong> (<strong>Scopolia carniolica f. hladnikiana</strong>). This species is a yellow variety of <strong>common scopolia (Scoplia carniolica),</strong> was discovered by<strong> Franc Hladnik</strong> in 1819 in the area around Trunjak. It was named after it’s discovered by Hladnik’s successor at the Botanical Garden, <strong><i>Ivan Nepomuk Biatzovsky</i>, </strong>and Hladnik’s former assistant<strong> <em>Andreas Fleischmann .</em></strong><em> <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Sources:Slovenia Bulletin - </span></em></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em>Jože Bavcon, DSc</em>)</span> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-67102358159733778942012-10-06T10:28:00.000+07:002012-10-06T10:28:00.524+07:00Unique Birds of Malaysia<br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;">Malay Post issued the stamp set of fauna series features the unique birds on January 21, 2009. The issue comprises of three postage stamps which </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"> depicted the birds are found in Malaysia, such as : </span><em style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><strong>Merak Pongsu </strong></em><em style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';"><strong>(Polyplectoron malacense), Murai Bersiul Gunung (Myophonus robinsoni), Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea) .</strong></em></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Malaysian Peacock-Pheasant </b>(<i><strong>Polyplectron malacense</strong></i>) is a medium-sized pheasant of the galliform family Phasianidae. It is one of the shortest-tailed peacock-pheasants. Adult males are about 50 cm long, about half of which is made up by the tail.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">A shy and elusive bird, the <b>Malaysian Peacock-Pheasant</b> is endemic to lowland forests of the Malay Peninsula form the Isthmus of Kra region southwards. At one time, this species was widespread in Malaysia and Thailand, and reported from southern Myanmar, Sumatra and Singapore.It inhabits mainly dipterocarp rainforest up to 150 m ASL , rarely occurring even as low as 300 m ASL</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><b>Malaysian Peacock-Pheasant </b>are polygynous or promiscuous, and do not form lasting pair bonds. The mating season is not well resolved; recently-used nests have been found in March, April and August. Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size and limited range, the <b>Malaysian Peacock-Pheasant </b>is evaluated as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Malaysian Whistling-thrush</b> (<i><strong>Myophonus robinsoni</strong></i>) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is endemic to Malaysia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The population size has not been formally estimated, but recent surveys by <em>Bakewell</em> <i>et al.</i> (2010a) found no evidence against <em>Collar's </em>(2005) presumption that there are fewer than 10,000 mature individuals.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">From the “Birdlife International references” taken data that <b>Malaysian Whistling-thrush</b> is very shy, occasionally frequenting quiet mountain roadsides at dawn and dusk. It probably feeds on insects (Wells 2007). Nests with eggs (clutch-size 1-2) and young have been found in March and September, described as "massive half-cup" structures, which have been found in roots, ferns and behind waterfalls (Wells 2007, Teo and Wee 2009).</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <b>Milky Stork</b> (<i><strong>Mycteria cinerea</strong></i>) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.This species occurs in Cambodia, Peninsular Malaysia and the Indonesian islands of Sumatra,Java, Bali, Sumbawa, Sulawesi and Buton.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <strong>Milky Stork</strong> is a medium sized stork with the sexes look similar. The plumage is general white contrasted with a naked red face and a long shiny green-black tail and flight-feathers. <span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <strong>Milky Stork </strong></span>is classified as Vulnerable owing to loss of coastal habitat, hunting and trade.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-57235720022791312672012-10-01T12:43:00.000+07:002012-10-01T12:43:00.974+07:00Solčavsko – Three Valleys in Harmony <br />
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><strong>Slovenia Post</strong> continue to release the Tourism series with stamps featuring destinations and areas in <strong>Slovenia</strong> that have won the title of European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) in the competition organized by the European Commission. In 2009 Slovenia was represented in the European competition by <strong>the Solčavsko district</strong>, which took first place in the national competition to choose the country's EDEN entry.</span> <span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;">On March 30, 2012, they issue one stamp depicted <strong>the Solčavsko district.</strong></span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The <strong>Solčavsko district</strong> consists of <strong><em>three remarkable valleys</em></strong> (hence the official tourist slogan in the title) surrounded by the peaks of the Kamnik-Savinja Alps and the Karavanke. These valleys are:<strong> Robanov Kot, Matkov Kot</strong> and<strong> Logarska Dolina.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The beauty of these three glacial valleys derives not only from the well-conserved natural environment, but also from the culture and way of life of the people who live here, building on the cultural heritage that has been handed down to them and seeking new challenges for their own life in the modern age. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Numerous mountain farms in the area welcome tourists, hikers and climbers with hospitality. </span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">The farms of the <b>Solčavsko </b>district are in fact among the best in Slovenia in terms of quality of tourism-related activities. </span><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: x-small;">(Sources: Bulletin of Slovenia Post)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Following the previous issue, the Iceland Post release the fourth of park’s stamp series on May 3, 2012. The issue comprises of two postage stamp and depicted the garden parks are <strong>The Akureyri Park </strong>and<strong> </strong><strong>The Hallargarður park .</strong> The stamps have designed by Hany Hadaya, same as the previous issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The Akureyri Park </strong>is run by the town as a botanical garden and a nature park. The latter was formally opened to the public in 1912 while the botanic garden opened in 1957. The Park Society was founded in 1909 with <em>Sigridur Sæmundsdóttir</em> as its first president. <em>Margrethe Schiöth</em> contributed to the growth and development of the park for more than thirty years. The <strong>Akureyri</strong> Embellishment Society promoted the acquisition of a remarkable and unusual botanical collection owned by <em>Jón Rögnvaldsson</em>, a pioneer in the cultivation of plants in <strong>Iceland</strong>. Now the park contains nearly 7000 foreign species and most of the Icelandic flora.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The Hallargarður park in Reykjavík</strong>, constructed in 1953-1954, was designed by <em>Jón H. Björnsson</em>, Iceland’s first trained landscape architect. The park is influenced by American modernism, with curves and constantly changing vistas. It was completed in summer 1954. In 1986 the park was altered and the pond and fountain replaced by shrubs and flowerbeds. There is a monument in the park of the entrepreneur <em>Thor Jensen</em> and his wife, <em>Thorbjorg Jensen</em>. In the uppermost part of the park we find the sculpture “A boy and a girl” by <em>Ásmundur Sveinsson</em>. </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Source : Iceland Post News)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following the previous issues, <strong>Iceland Post</strong> released the third of park’s stamp series on May 4, 2011. The issue comprises of two postage stamps which depicted garden parks,<strong> Austurvöllur</strong> and<strong> The Parliament park.</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The Parliament park</strong> is the oldest and best preserved park adjoining an official building in Iceland. The preparation for the park started with discussions in Parliament in August 1893. In just one day this venerable institution changed into something akin to a speech club on garden organization. A committee of parliamentarians suggested that a small amusement park be constructed south of the parliament building where “parliamentarians can sit and walk for their own enjoyment. “enjoyment.“ </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">(Sources: Iceland Post News)</span></span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4450501048681083981.post-68740240387095715362012-09-28T06:33:00.000+07:002012-09-28T06:33:00.222+07:00Garden Parks II of Iceland<h3>
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<span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">To commemorate numerous parks found in Iceland, in regularly <span style="font-weight: bold;">Iceland Post</span> issued the stamp series features the park’s theme . On May 6, 2010, Iceland Post issued three postage stamps features Garden Park as the second series of this theme. The parks have depicted are <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jónsgarður , Hellisgerði </span>and </span><strong><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;">Skallagrímsgarður.</span> </strong></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;"><strong>Jónsgarður</strong> is the oldest garden park in the town of <em>Ísafjörður</em>, originally opened in 1922. <em>Jón Jónsson,</em> the tailor, and his wife <em>Karlinna Jóhannsdóttir</em> pioneered in the development of the garden. In the seventies the park went unattended. In 1978 the town‘s gardening supervisor was instructed to resume work on it. It was named after the initial pioneers and a memorial in their honor of them was erected is in the garden.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Hellisgerði </strong>is the official garden park of <em>Hafnarfjörður</em>, situated in a beautiful natural lava surroundings. <em><strong>Magni</strong></em>, a debating society, decided to establish a flower park for the enjoyment of the town people and started systematic cultivation in<strong> Hellisgerði</strong> in 1924. When the town of <em>Hafnarfjörður</em> celebrated its 80th anniversary <em><strong>Magni </strong></em>presented the town with the </span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style; font-size: small;">Hellisgerði park</span>.</strong> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Bookman Old Style;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Skallagrímsgarður</strong> is the garden park of the town of Borgarnes. The Youth Society Skallagrímur and the Borgarnes Women‘s Society started work on the garden. In 1938 the women took over this work in 1938 and few years ago they presented the Borgarnes Community with the garden. The burial mound of Skallagrímur, an ancient Saga figure, is in the garden along with the sculpture „The Raven of Odin“ by Ásmund Sveinsson.</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (Source : Iceland Post news)</span></span></div>
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