The souvenir sheet “Symphonie australe” was issued on the occasion of the fi rst performance of the work by the Symphony Orchestra of Brittany in Rennes on 20th April 2018. The work was created during a visit of the composer Julien Gauthier to the Island of Kerguelen from December 2015 to April 2016.
New Issue - Falkland Islands, Macaroni Penguins, Predators and Prey
18th April 2018
Penguins, Predators and Prey is a series of stamp issues depicting each of the familiar Falkland penguins, together with some of their respective predators and prey. This issue features the Macaroni Penguin.
This stamp issue focuses on the Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga). The Crabeater Seal is thought to be the most numerous of all seal species, with its population numbering in the millions. It has a circumpolar distribution and is largely restricted to the pack-ice zone, which fluctuates in area as the pack-ice expands and contracts around Antarctica with the seasons.
The four stamps, designed by Sonia Young of the Australia Post Design Studio, indicate some of the defining physical and behavioural attributes of the Crabeater Seal.
New Issue - Italy, Italia Airship Expedition to the North Pole
23rd March 2018
Released to commemorate the departure of the Italia to the North Pole under General Umberto Nobile.
New Issue - South Georgia, Fur Seals
15th March 2018
It is thought that nearly five million fur seals now live on South Georgia, which equates to 95% of the global population. In the summer months they are a common sight on beaches along the north coast and the air is filled with the sound of their calls.
New Issue - Falkland Islands, Wrecks part two
2nd March 2018
This issue, the second in the Shipwrecks series, depicts some of those vessels which finished their days beached along the Falklands’ shorelines. They remain an integral part of the Islands’ history and a reminder of the salty men who sailed in them.
New Issue – Norway, Bouvet Island
16th February 2018
Bouvet Island,
the Norwegian volcanic island in the South Sea,
is regarded as the most isolated island in the world.
The 50 square kilometer island is easy to see covered with ice. It was discovered in 1739 by the French explorer J.B.C. Bouvet de Lozier. The
first Norwegian expedition led by Captain H. Horntvedt made a landing
on the island on December 1, 1927, and annexed it to Norway. By the Royal Decree of 23 January 1928 Bouvetøya came under
Norwegian sovereignty, and in 1930 the island became a dependency.
Bouvetøya
is the top of a basalt volcano that rises from the South Atlantic, in a
part of the sea often referred to as the South Sea. The island measures about 9.5 kilometers from east to west and about seven kilometers from south to north. The last volcanic eruption on Bouvetøya occurred a long time ago, but in recent times, volcanic gases have been detected. Thousands of penguins nest on Bouvetøya in the summer. The island is a nature reserve in 1971. Bouvetøya is part of an
international environmental monitoring network, and the Norwegian Polar
Institute travels on expeditions there.
NK 1977-1978
Issue date: February 16, 2018
Values and motifs: Kr 24,00: Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
Kr 38,00: Ring penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus)
Design: Magnus Rakeng
Photo: © Norsk Polarinstitutt
Printing method: Offset
Printing: Joh. Enschedé Security Print
