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Brazil
Brazilian Antarctic Program
May 13, 1997
The stamp shows a map of South America and the program PROANTAR, souvenir sheet depicts the oceanographic support vessel Ary Rongel (H-44), the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, and the fauna in the Antarctic region.


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Ecuador
International Polar Year
March 30, 2009
Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers
The stamp set warns habitat destruction and sea level rise due to global warming.

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United States
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Svalbard, located well within the Arctic Circle:


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Uruguay
Artigas Scientific Base Antarctica
October 15, 1997
Artigas Base is an Uruguayan scientific research stations in Antarctica. It is located close to the southern tip of the King George Island.

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Australian Antarctic Territory
International Polar Year
September 16, 2008
The souvenir sheet highlights the research on astronomy, galciology, marine biology, and oceanography.

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United States
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South Africa
Protect the Polar Regions and Glaciers
March 2, 2009
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
Jellyfish (Dipulmaris antarctica)

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Belgium
Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers
March 9, 2009
The stamps feature penguins and polar bear. The minisheet shows Belgian explorers Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansercoer who crossed the Antarctica in 1997-1998.


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Curaçao
Preserve the Glaciers and Polar Regions
August 11, 2009
The minisheet depicts glacier and Antarctica.

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United Kingdom
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France - UNESCO
10th December 2009
Polar Bears


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Colombia
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Colombia
Colombian Antartic Program
Day of issue: 13.12.2016 in Bogotà D.C.
30x40mm
Printed on Truwhite paper and PVA gum


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These rare stamps are true icons in polar postal history





'Bouvet oya' overprint on Norwegian definitives. These stamps were privately made for an antartic expidition to Bouvet island - the most remote island in the world!



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Norway
Roald Amundsen
November 10, 1961
Roald Amundsen (1872 – 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He is the first person to reach both South pole (1911) and North Pole (1926). He is also known as having the first expedition to traverse the Northwest Passage (1903–06) in the Arctic.

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Argentina
Antarctica Exploration
September 24, 2005
The stamps depict members of the first Argentine Polar Expedition and divers from the Jubany Base.

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Australian Antarctic Territory
Antarctica Landscape
May 16, 1996
The stamp set shows rafting sea ice, shadow on a plateau, ice cave, and Twelve lake.

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Chile
Fifty Years of the Chilean Antarctic Territory
November 6, 1990
The se-tenant pair depicts Antarctic landscape with killer whale, penguins, helicopter, and base station.

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