Island Stamps

New Caledonia
Ilot Nokanhoui
March 9, 2006
Ilot Nokanhui is a tiny island in an atoll with a beautiful spit of ultra white sand. It is located off the Iles des Pins in New Caledonia.

New Zealand
Small Harbours
June 6, 1979
Kawau Island is an island in the Hauraki Gulf, close to the north-eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

This pictorial cancel shows the lighthouse on Hailuoto Island, Finland. Hailuoto Island is off the west coast in the Gulf of Bothnia. Oulo is on the mainland facing the island.

Ecuador
Tourism - All You Need is Ecuador
November 13, 2015
Bartolomé Island is an islet off the Santiago Island in the Galapagos archipelago. The stamp design shows the Pinnacle Rock, a dramatic basaltic peak on the western coast of the islet.

Australia
Heard Island
September 5, 2017
Heard Island is largely ice-covered, bleak and mountainous and is dominated by a large massif (Big Ben) and by an active volcano (Mawson Peak). The stamp set features Southern Elephant Seals, Kerguelen Cabbage lichen, King Penguins at Atlas Cove, and Baudissin Glacier.

New Zealand
Scenery Definitive issue
March 6, 2000
Great Barrier Island is located in the outer Hauraki Gulf northeast of Auckland. It has an area of 285 square kilometers. Its highest point, Mount Hobson, is 627 meters above sea level.

Greece
EUROPA - Landscapes
May 16, 1977
Santorini is one of the Cyclades islands in the Aegean Sea. The island is the site of a large volcanic eruption occurred some 3600 years ago at the height of the Minoan civilization.

Vanuatu
Definitive issue - Landscapes
July 7, 1994
Set of 16, one stamp depicts Erakor Island, an islet off the mainland of Port Vila, Efate.

Spain
Nature - Ciés Islands
October 21, 2004
Cíes Islands are an archipelago off the coast of Pontevedra in Galicia, in the mouth of the Ria de Vigo. They are included in the Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park created in 2002.

Italy
Tourism- Isola Bella di Taormina
April 14, 2000
Isola Bella is a small island in a small bay on the Ionian Sea off the coast of Taormina, Sicily. The island is surrounded by sea grottos and has a rocky beach which is a popular destination for sunbathers.

Greece
Greek Islands
December 27, 2004
Milos is a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. It is a popular tourist destination during the summer.

From my home island of Guernsey, off the coast of France, but politically British. Almost 15km along its longest axis, and home to nearly 60,000 people.

UPU Centenary set included this stamp showing the profile of the island:


printed - Courvoisier

This shows the Bailiwick of Guernsey, the group of islands also includes some smaller islands, such as Lihou, Brecqou and Burhou.


designed - A Copp, printed - Questa

Chart showing Guernsey and the RoyalNavy Fishery Protection patrol vessel, H.M.S. Guernsey (decommissioned in 2003/04)


designed - Karl Taylor, printer - De La Rue

The next largest island to Guernsey in the Bailiwick, Alderney measures about 6 km along its longest axis.

1st edition Alderney and Burhou map, created by Addison Warren:


designed - Two Degrees North, printed BDT International

One of the first accurate surveys of Alderney to be completed:


designed - John Cooter, printed - Joh. Enschede en Zonen

Showing Alderney in relation to the coast of France and Guernsey:


Designed - Gordon Drummond, printed - Courvoisier

Cyprus

One of the 1938 Waterlow set, issued under the colonial administration of King George VI:


Issued on becoming an independent republic on 16th August 1960:


From the Cyprus Through the Ages series, a map from 1718 attempting to mark out the borders of the kingdoms of Cyprus in the first millenium B.C.


Designed - M. Efstathiadou, et al

Inari, Finland is in northern Lapland Province, within the Arctic Circle. This Inari village cancel depicts Ukonsaari Island. According to the Sami Museum of Finland, "Ukonsaari Island is the best known sacred site of the Samis (native Lapland people) in Finland. It is located about 11 kilometers to the northeast of the village of Inari on an open part of Lake Inari called Ukonselka."