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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1950.01   01.07.1950   Definitives, George VI      
Dodo Raphus cucullatus
12c     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     

1954.01   02.08.1954   Definitives, Elisabeth II   Script wmk   1950.01
Dodo Raphus cucullatus
60c     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     

1964.01   28.05.1964   Definitives   Print wmk   1954.01
60c     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     

1965.01   16.03.1965   Definitives   Upright wmk   
Mauritius Grey White-eye Zosterops mauritianus Rodrigues Fody Foudia flavicans Mauritius Olive White-eye Zosterops chloronothos Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone bourbonnensis Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra Mauritius Parakeet Psittacula echo Mauritius Cuckooshrike Coracina typica Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri Reunion Bulbul Hypsipetes borbonicus Mauritius Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas nitidissima Dodo Raphus cucullatus Rodrigues Solitaire Pezophaps solitaria Mauritius Red Rail Aphanapteryx bonasia Broad-billed Parrot Lophopsittacus mauritianus
2c     194     Mauritius Grey White-eye    Zosterops mauritianus     
3c     215     Rodrigues Fody    Foudia flavicans     
4c     194     Mauritius Olive White-eye    Zosterops chloronothos     
5c     159     Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher    Terpsiphone bourbonnensis     
10c     215     Mauritius Fody    Foudia rubra     
15c     73     Mauritius Parakeet    Psittacula echo     
20c     150     Mauritius Cuckooshrike    Coracina typica     
25c     38     Mauritius Kestrel    Falco punctatus     
35c     70     Pink Pigeon    Nesoenas mayeri     
50c     180     Reunion Bulbul    Hypsipetes borbonicus     
60c     0     Mauritius Blue-Pigeon    Alectroenas nitidissima     
1r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     
2.50r     0     Rodrigues Solitaire    Pezophaps solitaria     
5r     0     Mauritius Red Rail    Aphanapteryx bonasia     
10r     0     Broad-billed Parrot    Lophopsittacus mauritianus     

1966.01   Definitives   Sideways wmk   1965.01
5c     159     Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher    Terpsiphone bourbonnensis     

1967.01   27.06.1967   Definitives   Sideways wmk   1965.01
35c     70     Pink Pigeon    Nesoenas mayeri     

1967.02   01.09.1967   Self-government      
Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda Rodrigues Warbler Acrocephalus rodericanus Newton's Parakeet Psittacula exsul Mascarene Swiftlet Aerodramus francicus
2c     23     Red-tailed Tropicbird    Phaethon rubricauda     
10c     185     Rodrigues Warbler    Acrocephalus rodericanus     
60c     0     Newton's Parakeet    Psittacula exsul     
1r     85     Mascarene Swiftlet    Aerodramus francicus     

1967.03   01.09.1967   Overprint SELF GOVERNMENT 1967 on 1965.01      
Mauritius Grey White-eye Zosterops mauritianus Rodrigues Fody Foudia flavicans Mauritius Olive White-eye Zosterops chloronothos Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone bourbonnensis Mauritius Fody Foudia rubra Mauritius Parakeet Psittacula echo Mauritius Cuckooshrike Coracina typica Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri Reunion Bulbul Hypsipetes borbonicus Mauritius Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas nitidissima Dodo Raphus cucullatus Rodrigues Solitaire Pezophaps solitaria Mauritius Red Rail Aphanapteryx bonasia Broad-billed Parrot Lophopsittacus mauritianus
2c     194     Mauritius Grey White-eye    Zosterops mauritianus     
3c     215     Rodrigues Fody    Foudia flavicans     
4c     194     Mauritius Olive White-eye    Zosterops chloronothos     
5c     159     Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher    Terpsiphone bourbonnensis     
10c     215     Mauritius Fody    Foudia rubra     
15c     73     Mauritius Parakeet    Psittacula echo     
20c     150     Mauritius Cuckooshrike    Coracina typica     
25c     38     Mauritius Kestrel    Falco punctatus     
35c     70     Pink Pigeon    Nesoenas mayeri     
50c     180     Reunion Bulbul    Hypsipetes borbonicus     
60c     0     Mauritius Blue-Pigeon    Alectroenas nitidissima     
1r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     
2.50r     0     Rodrigues Solitaire    Pezophaps solitaria     
5r     0     Mauritius Red Rail    Aphanapteryx bonasia     
10r     0     Broad-billed Parrot    Lophopsittacus mauritianus     

1968.01   12.03.1968   Independence   6v set   
Dodo Raphus cucullatus Dodo Raphus cucullatus Dodo Raphus cucullatus
3c     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     
20c     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     = 3c
1r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     = 3c

1968.02   12.07.1968   New colours      1965.01
Mauritius Grey White-eye Zosterops mauritianus Rodrigues Fody Foudia flavicans Mauritius Parakeet Psittacula echo Mauritius Cuckooshrike Coracina typica Mauritius Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas nitidissima Dodo Raphus cucullatus
2c     194     Mauritius Grey White-eye    Zosterops mauritianus     
3c     215     Rodrigues Fody    Foudia flavicans     
15c     73     Mauritius Parakeet    Psittacula echo     
20c     150     Mauritius Cuckooshrike    Coracina typica     
60c     0     Mauritius Blue-Pigeon    Alectroenas nitidissima     
1r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     

1978.01   21.09.1978   WWF   4v set   
Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus
5r     38     Mauritius Kestrel    Falco punctatus     

1978.02   21.09.1978   WWF   4v sheet   1978.01
Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus
5r     38     Mauritius Kestrel    Falco punctatus     

1979.01   27.08.1979   Sir Rowland Hill, stamp on stamp   3v set   1954.01
Dodo Raphus cucullatus
2r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     

1984.01   26.03.1984   Mauritius Kestrel      
Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus Mauritius Kestrel Falco punctatus
25c     38     Mauritius Kestrel    Falco punctatus     
2r     38     Mauritius Kestrel    Falco punctatus     
2.50r     38     Mauritius Kestrel    Falco punctatus     
10r     38     Mauritius Kestrel    Falco punctatus     

1985.01   02.09.1985   WWF, Pink Pigeon      
Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri Pink Pigeon Nesoenas mayeri
25c     70     Pink Pigeon    Nesoenas mayeri     
2r     70     Pink Pigeon    Nesoenas mayeri     
2.50r     70     Pink Pigeon    Nesoenas mayeri     
5r     70     Pink Pigeon    Nesoenas mayeri     

1985.02   27.09.1985   World tourism organisation      
Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
5r     18     Cory's Shearwater    Calonectris diomedea     

1990.01   22.11.1990   Protection of the environment   16v set   
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
30c     64     Common Greenshank    Tringa nebularia     
1.50r     64     Whimbrel    Numenius phaeopus     
25r     58     Grey Plover    Pluvialis squatarola     
and     64     Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres     
and     64     Curlew Sandpiper    Calidris ferruginea     

1991.01   13.12.1991   Indian Ocean Islands   4v set   
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
1r     25     Glossy Ibis    Plegadis falcinellus     

1992.01   29.10.1992   Bank of Mauritius   4v set   
4r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     

1995.01   Imprint 1995 on 1990.01      
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
30c     64     Common Greenshank    Tringa nebularia     

1996.01   Imprint 1996 on 1990.01      
25r     58     Grey Plover    Pluvialis squatarola     
and     64     Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres     
and     64     Curlew Sandpiper    Calidris ferruginea     

1997.01   Imprint 1997 on 1990.01      
25r     58     Grey Plover    Pluvialis squatarola     
and     64     Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres     
and     64     Curlew Sandpiper    Calidris ferruginea     

1997.02   09.06.1997   Mauritius history   5v set   
6r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     Skeleton

1998.01   Imprint 1998 on 1990.01      
25r     58     Grey Plover    Pluvialis squatarola     
and     64     Ruddy Turnstone    Arenaria interpres     
and     64     Curlew Sandpiper    Calidris ferruginea     

2001.01   13.06.2001   Bicentenary of the Baudin Expedition   4v set   
Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica
6r     181     Mascarene Martin    Phedina borbonica     

2003.01   19.03.2003   WWF      
Mauritius Parakeet Psittacula echo Mauritius Parakeet Psittacula echo Mauritius Parakeet Psittacula echo Mauritius Parakeet Psittacula echo
1r     73     Mauritius Parakeet    Psittacula echo     
2r     73     Mauritius Parakeet    Psittacula echo     
5r     73     Mauritius Parakeet    Psittacula echo     
15r     73     Mauritius Parakeet    Psittacula echo     

2005.01   18.03.2005   Round Island   4v set   
Trindade Petrel Pterodroma arminjoniana
9r     18     Trindade Petrel    Pterodroma arminjoniana     

2006.01   05.06.2006   Ecology   4v set   
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
2r     205     Common Myna    Acridotheres tristis     

2007.01   25.06.2007   Dodo      
Dodo Raphus cucullatus Dodo Raphus cucullatus Dodo Raphus cucullatus Dodo Raphus cucullatus
5r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     
10r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     
15r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     
25r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     

2007.02   25.06.2007   Dodo      
Dodo Raphus cucullatus
25r     0     Dodo    Raphus cucullatus     MS

Mauritius map

Location: Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean
Population: 1.2 million
Climate: tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter; hot, wet, humid summer
Terrain: small coastal plain rising to discontinuous mountains encircling central plateau

Birds: 119 species. 8 endemic species.

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Last updated
06.03.2009