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Bird stamps of Tristan da Cunha
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1954 Definitives Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 1954 Definitives Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 1954 Definitives Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 1963 Overprint TRISTAN DA... on St Helena 1961.01 Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis 1963 Overprint TRISTAN DA... on St Helena 1961.01
White Tern Gygis alba 1963 Overprint TRISTAN DA... on St Helena 1961.01 Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1968 Birds Wilkins's Finch Nesospiza wilkinsi 1968 Birds Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita 1968 Birds
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 1968 Birds Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca 1972 Definitives Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 1972 Definitives Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1972 Definitives
Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita 1972 Royal Silver Wedding Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1972 Royal Silver Wedding Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita 1972 Royal Silver Wedding
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1972 Royal Silver Wedding Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1974 Rockhopper Penguin Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1974 Rockhopper Penguin
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1974 Rockhopper Penguin Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1974 Rockhopper Penguin Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1974 The Lonely Island MS
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1974 The Lonely Island MS Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera 1977 Birds White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina 1977 Birds
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli 1977 Birds Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis 1977 Birds Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 1977 Birds Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris 1977 Birds Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata 1977 Birds
Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow 1977 Birds Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata 1977 Birds Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus 1977 Birds Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix 1977 Birds Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 1977 Birds
Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita 1979 Wildlife conservation 4v set Inaccessible Island Finch Nesospiza acunhae 1979 Wildlife conservation 4v set Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 1979 Sir Rowland Hill, stamp on stamp 3v set Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1979 Sir Rowland Hill MS
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1979 International year of the child 4v set Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1980 Paintings by Roland Svensson 4v set, upright wmk Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1980 Paintings by Roland Svensson 4v sheet, sideways wmk Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 1981 Inaccessible Island Rail Strip
Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 1981 Inaccessible Island Rail Strip Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 1981 Inaccessible Island Rail Strip Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 1981 Inaccessible Island Rail Strip
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 1982 Overprint 1ST PARTICIPATION... on 1977.01 Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata 1982 Overprint 1ST PARTICIPATION... on 1977.01 Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 1985 Flags 4v set Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1986 Flora and fauna of Inaccessible Island 5v set Wilkins's Finch Nesospiza wilkinsi 1986 Flora and fauna of Inaccessible Island 5v set
Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata 1986 Flora and fauna of Inaccessible Island 5v set Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 1987 Island flightless insects and birds 4v set Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri 1987 Island flightless insects and birds 4v set Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1987 Rockhopper Penguin Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1987 Rockhopper Penguin
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1987 Rockhopper Penguin Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 1987 Rockhopper Penguin Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 1987 Norwegian scientific expedition 4v set Nightingale Island Finch Nesospiza questi 1988 Fauna of Nightingale Island 5v set Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita 1988 Fauna of Nightingale Island 5v set
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 1988 Fauna of Nightingale Island 5v set Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 1988 Fauna of Nightingale Island 5v set Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 1988 Augustus Earles paintings 12v set Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli 1989 Fauna of Gough Island 5v set Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri 1989 Fauna of Gough Island 5v set
Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis 1989 Fauna of Gough Island 5v set Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca 1989 Fauna of Gough Island 5v set Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1989 Vagrant birds Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 1989 Vagrant birds Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 1989 Vagrant birds
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 1989 Vagrant birds Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri 1991 WWF Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis 1991 WWF Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri 1991 WWF
Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis 1991 WWF Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 1994 Island livestock 4v set Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri 1996 Gough Island as world heritage site Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1996 Gough Island as world heritage site
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca 1996 Gough Island as world heritage site Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis 1996 Gough Island as world heritage site Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis 1997 Return of Hong Kong to China MS Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1999 WWF Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1999 WWF
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1999 WWF Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 1999 WWF Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 2000 Millennium Cape Petrel Daption capense 2000 Millennium
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus 2000 Millennium Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata 2000 Millennium Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 2001 Hong Kong 2001 Sheet
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor 2001 Hong Kong 2001 Sheet Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata 2001 BirdLife International Sheet Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata 2001 BirdLife International Sheet Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata 2001 BirdLife International Sheet
Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata 2001 BirdLife International Sheet Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata 2001 BirdLife International Sheet Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2003 BirdLife International White frame Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2003 BirdLife International White frame Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2003 BirdLife International White frame
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2003 BirdLife International White frame Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2003 BirdLife International Sheet, no white frame Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2003 BirdLife International Sheet, no white frame Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2003 BirdLife International Sheet, no white frame Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2003 BirdLife International Sheet, no white frame
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2003 BirdLife International Sheet, no white frame Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2005 The remote island 5v strip Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri 2005 Gough Island 5v strip Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 2005 Inaccessible Island 5v strip
Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris 2005 Bird definitives Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca 2005 Bird definitives Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata 2005 Bird definitives
Inaccessible Island Finch Nesospiza acunhae 2005 Bird definitives Cape Petrel Daption capense 2005 Bird definitives Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri 2005 Bird definitives
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli 2005 Bird definitives Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus 2005 Bird definitives Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera 2005 Bird definitives
Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata 2005 Bird definitives Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis 2005 Bird definitives Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2005 Bird definitives
Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita 2006 Nightingale Island 5v strip Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata 2006 Middle Island 5v strip Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2006 500th anniversary celebration 6v sheet Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus 2006 Stoltenhoff Island 5v strip
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 2007 The remote islands 6v sheet Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 2007 BirdLife International Sheet Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 2007 BirdLife International Sheet Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 2007 BirdLife International Sheet
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 2007 BirdLife International Sheet Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 2007 BirdLife International Sheet Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 2007 BirdLife International Sheet Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2008 Allan Crawford 6v set
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2008 Allan Crawford 6v set Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans 2008 Allan Crawford 6v set Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 2010 Surnames Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 2010 Surnames
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos 2010 Surnames Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 2010 Surnames Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus 2010 Surnames Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2010 Definitives 12v set
Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 2010 Definitives 12v set Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2010 Definitives 12v set Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis 2010 Definitives 12v set Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2010 Definitives 12v set
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2013 WWF Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2013 WWF Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2013 WWF Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2013 WWF
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2013 WWF Sheet with 4 sets Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2013 WWF Sheet with 4 sets Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2013 WWF Sheet with 4 sets Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2013 WWF Sheet with 4 sets
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2013 WWF MS Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis 2014 Tristan finches Inaccessible Island Finch Nesospiza acunhae 2014 Tristan finches
Nightingale Island Finch Nesospiza questi 2014 Tristan finches Wilkins's Finch Nesospiza wilkinsi 2014 Tristan finches Inaccessible Island Finch Nesospiza acunhae 2014 Tristan finches MS Cape Petrel Daption capense 2014 Augustus Earle 4v set
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2015 The potato essays 10v sheet Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata 2016 Biodeversity I 6v set Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita 2016 Biodeversity I 6v set Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 2016 Biodeversity II 6v set
Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata 2016 Biodeversity II 6v set Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2017 WWF Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2017 WWF Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2017 WWF Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2017 WWF
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2017 WWF Sheet Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2017 WWF Sheet Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2017 WWF Sheet Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2017 WWF Sheet Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2018 Migratory species
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos 2018 Migratory species Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 2018 Migratory species Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis 2018 Migratory species Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 2019 Vagrant species 4v set
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri 2019 Vagrant species 4v set Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena 2020 25th anniversary world heritage site Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis 2020 25th anniversary world heritage site Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata 2020 25th anniversary world heritage site
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi 2020 25th anniversary world heritage site Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi 2020 25th anniversary world heritage site MS Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 2020 Vagrant species 4v set King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus 2020 Vagrant species 4v set
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta 2022 Vagrant species Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 2022 Vagrant species Great Egret Ardea alba 2022 Vagrant species Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 2022 Vagrant species
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome 2023 Penguins Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus 2023 Penguins Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus 2023 Penguins Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua 2023 Penguins
Tristan da Cunha map

Location: Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean, about mid-way between South America and Africa
Population: 271
Climate: temperate; marine, mild, tempered by trade winds
Terrain: the islands result from volcanic activity associated with the Atlantic Mid-Ocean Ridge

Links:
Saint Helena Post Office postal administration website (with Ascension and Tristan da Cunha stamps)
CIA - The World Factbook
Roland Svensson web search



BIRD SPECIES SHOWN
Northern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes moseleyi
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Inaccessible Island Rail Laterallus rogersi
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
Red Fody Foudia madagascariensis
White Tern Gygis alba
Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
Wilkins's Finch Nesospiza wilkinsi
Tristan Thrush Turdus eremita
Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera
White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina
Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
Tristan Albatross Diomedea dabbenena
Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata
Bermuda Petrel Pterodroma cahow
Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
Inaccessible Island Finch Nesospiza acunhae
Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata
Gough Moorhen Gallinula comeri
Nightingale Island Finch Nesospiza questi
Gough Finch Rowettia goughensis
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Cape Petrel Daption capense
Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche carteri
King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Great Egret Ardea alba
Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus
Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua

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