Falkland Islands 2012 Colour in Nature - 1st Series
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 14th December 2012
- four values in two se-tenant pairs
- Designed from photographs by Ian Strange and Georgina Strange
- Printed by: Cartor, France
- Print process: lithography
- stamp format height 30½mm x width 52mm
- Perforations: 13 x 13
Sheet Stamps
sheets of ten stamps of one denomination, designs in chequer formation
30p ~ immature night heron, Nyticorax n. cyanocephalus (chosen for eye colour and green facial skin at base of bill – bird changes feathering colour as it matures)
30p ~ diddle-dee or red crowberry, Empetrum rubrum (the edible berries vary from deep orange-yellow to deep red according to soil condition)
75p ~ short-eared owl, Asio flammeus sanfordi (chosen for its jet black pupils within yellow eyes)
75p ~ scurvy grass or vinaigrette, Oxalis enneaphylla: flower colour varies from near-white to deep violet
