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Cocos Islands
Bird stamps from Cocos Islands

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1963.01  11.06.1963   Definitives      
White Tern Gygis alba
2s3d     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1969.01  09.07.1969   Definitives      
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
10c     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     
15c     191 140 000     Java Sparrow    Padda oryzivora     
20c     14 002 000     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
30c     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
50c     20 026 000     Pacific Reef-Heron    Egretta sacra     
1$     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     

1976.01  29.03.1976   Ships   12v set   
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
1c     16 010 000     Brown Booby    Sula leucogaster     
1$     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1979.01  22.10.1979   Christmas   2v set   
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
25c     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1985.01  24.04.1985   Cable-laying ships   3v set   
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
80c     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     

1985.02  17.07.1985   Birds      
Red-footed Booby Sula sula Rufous Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
33c     16 009 000     Red-footed Booby    Sula sula     
60c     20 038 000     Rufous Night-Heron    Nycticorax caledonicus     
1$     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     

1986.01  01.04.1986   Charles Darwin   3v set   
Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae
1$     66 036 000     Silver Gull    Larus novaehollandiae     

1988.01  26.01.1988   Arrival of first fleet   5v strip   
Great Egret Ardea alba Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
37c     20 013 000     Great Egret    Ardea alba     
37c     73 017 000     Sulphur-crested Cockatoo    Cacatua galerita     

1988.02  15.06.1988   Stamp anniversary, stamp on stamp   6v set   1963.01
White Tern Gygis alba
1$     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1992.01  11.06.1992   WWF, Banded Rail   Strip   
Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Rail Gallirallus philippensis
10c     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     
15c     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     
30c     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     
45c     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     

1992.02  11.06.1992   Endangered species, Banded Rail   Sheet   
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Buff-banded Rail  Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Rail  Gallirallus philippensis Buff-banded Rail  Gallirallus philippensis
45c     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     
85c     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     
1.20$     46 043 000     Buff-banded Rail    Gallirallus philippensis     

1995.01  16.03.1995   Seabirds      
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra White Tern Gygis alba
45c     14 003 000     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
and     16 007 000     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
85c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
and     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1995.02  16.03.1995   Seabirds   Sheet   1995.01
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Masked Booby  Sula dactylatra White Tern  Gygis alba
45c     14 003 000     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
and     16 007 000     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
85c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
and     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1995.03  19.08.1995   JAKARTA '95   Sheet   1995.02
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Masked Booby  Sula dactylatra White Tern  Gygis alba
45c     14 003 000     White-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon lepturus     
and     16 007 000     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
85c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
and     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1996.01  19.02.1996   Hari Raya Puasa festival   3v set   
White Tern Gygis alba
75c     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     

1996.02  13.06.1996   Quarantine station      
Ostrich Struthio camelus
1.20$     1 001 000     Ostrich    Struthio camelus     

1999.01  17.06.1999   Living mosaic   20v sheet   
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Red-tailed Tropicbird  Phaethon rubricauda Masked Booby  Sula dactylatra Great Frigatebird  Fregata minor White Tern  Gygis alba Red-tailed Tropicbird  Phaethon rubricauda
10c     14 002 000     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
25c     16 007 000     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
25c     19 005 000     Lesser Frigatebird    Fregata ariel     
and     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
45c     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     
45c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
and     14 002 000     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     

2003.01  17.06.2003   Shoreline birds   Strip   
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
50c     20 026 000     Pacific Reef-Heron    Egretta sacra     
and     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
50c     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
50c     62 061 000     Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres     
50c     62 037 000     Whimbrel    Numenius phaeopus     

2006.01  13.06.2006   Coral reefs   20v sheet   
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Great Frigatebird  Fregata minor Masked Booby  Sula dactylatra Sooty Tern  Onychoprion fuscatus White Tern  Gygis alba Rufous Night-Heron  Nycticorax caledonicus
10c     19 004 000     Great Frigatebird    Fregata minor     
10c     16 007 000     Masked Booby    Sula dactylatra     
10c     67 007 000     Sooty Tern    Onychoprion fuscatus     
10c     67 006 000     White Tern    Gygis alba     
10c     20 038 000     Rufous Night-Heron    Nycticorax caledonicus     

2008.01  26.02.2008   Visiting birds      
Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Saunders' Tern Sternula saundersi
50c     57 002 000     Pied Stilt    Himantopus leucocephalus     
50c     20 029 000     Chinese Pond-Heron    Ardeola bacchus     
1$     46 082 000     White-breasted Waterhen    Amaurornis phoenicurus     
1.45$     67 016 000     Saunders' Tern    Sternula saundersi     

Cocos (Keeling) Islands map

Location: Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean
Population: 596
Climate: pleasant, modified by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year; moderate rainfall
Terrain: flat, low-lying coral atolls

Birds: 85 species

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Hari Raya Puasa festival web search

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Last updated
08.05.2008