British Antarctic Territory 2012 Glaciers and Ice Sheets
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 21st December 2012
- ten values in two se-tenant strips of five
- Designed by: CASCO Studio, from photographs
- Printed by: BDT International Security Printing, Ireland
- Print process: lithography
- stamp format height 30½mm x width 38mm
- perforations: 13.6 x 13.6
- watermark: multiple CASCO Crown, sideways to right from back
65p ~ Sheldon Glacier ice front reflected in waters of Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island
65p ~ view to west across Sheldon Glacier ice front from Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island
65p ~ south and west faces of Jenny Island
65p ~ southernmost front of Pine Island Glacier
65p ~ Sheldon Glacier ice front reflected in waters of Ryder Bay (closer view)
75p ~ Eureka Glacier as it discharges in to George VI Sound
75p ~ broken ice-pack at the foot of an ice sheet (aerial view)
75p ~ view down the chain of the Ellsworth Mountains, Vincent Massif on horizon (aerial view)
75p ~ glacial cirque on north face of Vincent Massif
75p ~ sastrugi (wind-blown snow waves) in the inland ice sheet of Antarctica
