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| + | The Postal Service has issues a new set of definitive stamps based on some of Cayman's birds. These stamps will replace the last definitive set - Transportation to the Millenniuam - that have been in circulations since September 2001. The new issue shows eleven endemic and one indigenous species and is based on some of the work by by Patricia E. Bradley and Yves-Jacques Rey-Millet in their book "Birds of the Cayman Islands". Two of the land birds illustrated in this series of stamps are listed internationally as threatened - the Cayman Parrot and the Vitelline Warbler. | ||
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| + | The stamp denominations are Bananaquit .25¢, Vitelline Warbler .50¢, Grand Cayman Parrot .75¢, Caribbean Dove .80¢, Caribbean Elaenia $1, West Indian Woodpecker $1.50, Thick-billed Vireo $1.60, Northern Flicker $2, Cuban Bullfinch $4, Western Spindalis $5, Loggerhead Kingbird $10 and Red-legged Thrush $20. Self-adhesive stamps will be available in three denominations .25¢, .75¢ and .80¢. | ||
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| + | Patricia Bradley said she was pleased about the issue. "This is a celebration of Cayman's land birds. It will focus attention on the most visible of the nation's fauna." | ||
| + | Postmaster General Sheena Glasgow said "Cayman Islands stamps have always been known for their beauty. This issue is no different. A lot of work has gone into the design of the issue which adds to it beauty." "I would like to thank Mrs. Bradley for all her help and Yves-Jacques Rey-Millet for letting us show his beautiful photographs," she said. | ||
Revision as of 09:40, 3 November 2006
GoToCayman.com - News from Cayman (ISSN: 1744-7690)
October 2006
The Postal Service has issues a new set of definitive stamps based on some of Cayman's birds. These stamps will replace the last definitive set - Transportation to the Millenniuam - that have been in circulations since September 2001. The new issue shows eleven endemic and one indigenous species and is based on some of the work by by Patricia E. Bradley and Yves-Jacques Rey-Millet in their book "Birds of the Cayman Islands". Two of the land birds illustrated in this series of stamps are listed internationally as threatened - the Cayman Parrot and the Vitelline Warbler.
The stamp denominations are Bananaquit .25¢, Vitelline Warbler .50¢, Grand Cayman Parrot .75¢, Caribbean Dove .80¢, Caribbean Elaenia $1, West Indian Woodpecker $1.50, Thick-billed Vireo $1.60, Northern Flicker $2, Cuban Bullfinch $4, Western Spindalis $5, Loggerhead Kingbird $10 and Red-legged Thrush $20. Self-adhesive stamps will be available in three denominations .25¢, .75¢ and .80¢.
Patricia Bradley said she was pleased about the issue. "This is a celebration of Cayman's land birds. It will focus attention on the most visible of the nation's fauna." Postmaster General Sheena Glasgow said "Cayman Islands stamps have always been known for their beauty. This issue is no different. A lot of work has gone into the design of the issue which adds to it beauty." "I would like to thank Mrs. Bradley for all her help and Yves-Jacques Rey-Millet for letting us show his beautiful photographs," she said.
