Lakes, Marshes, Mangroves, And Wetlands On Stamps

United States
Southern Florida Wetland
October 4, 2006
This stamp pane depicts a wetland community where freshwater mingles with salt water along the coast. The ten stamps feature American alligator, snail kite, wood storks, Florida panther, bald eagle, American crocodile, roseate spoonbills, everglades mink, Cape Sable seaside, and white ibis.
(Designer: Ethel Kessler, illustrater: John D. Dawson)

Sri Lanka
World Wetlands Day
February 2, 2016
World Wetlands Day occurs annually on February 2nd, marking the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971.
This set of four minisheets feature fulvous whistling duck (Dendrocygna bicolor), greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus), western spot billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha), Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia).

Guernsey
Designation of L'Eree Wetland as Ramsar Site
July 27, 2006
L'Eree wetland (426 hectare) is located on the west coast of Guernsey. The stamp set features Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus), Green Ormer (Haliotis tuberculata), Shanny (Lipophrys pholis), Le Creux Es Faies (Neolithic Grave), Yellow Poppy (Glaucium flavum), Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus).

Sri Lanka
Madu Ganga Ramsar Wetland
February 2, 2009
Madu Ganga is a shallow water body in southwest Sri Lanka, which enters the sea at Balapitiya. Its estuary and the many mangrove islets constitute a complex coastal wetland ecosystem.

Bahamas
Inagua National Park - Wetland of International Importance
February 18, 2003
Inagua National Park is located on the island of Great Inagua in The Bahamas. The 220,000 acres of wetland is the largest breeding ground of West Indian flamingoes in the world.

Iceland
Wetland Conservation
September 15, 2011
The stamp features a common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) found in wet meadows, moors and bogs.

India
Mangroves of India
October 30, 2002
Loop-root mangrove (Rhizophora mucronata)
Mangrove apple (Sonneratia alba)
Nipa palm (Nypa fruticans)
Black mangrove (Bruguiera gymnorhiza)

Brazil
Preservation of Mangroves and Marine Zones
June 5, 2004
The stamp set shows Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaja ajaja), Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus), Burrowing Crab (Chasmagnathus granulata), Little Wood Rail (Aramides mangle), and Red Mangrove Crab (Goniopsis cruentata).

Palau
Stilt Mangrove of Palau
November 20, 1989
The stamp pane features bridled tern, sulphur butterfly, mangrove flycatcher, collared kingfisher, fruit bat, estaurine crocodile, rufous night heron, stilt mangrove, bird's nest fern, beach hibiscus tree, common eggfly, jingle shell, Palau bark cricket, common periwinkle, mangrove oyster, jellyfish, striped mullet, mussels, sea anemones, algae, snapper, and cardinal fish.

The northern coast of Germany at the Baltic Sea is a vast wetland area known as the Bodden. The water isn't quite as salty as the ocean and the numerous islands are fringed with reed grasses. It is a national park since 1990 and has a surface area of about 800,000 square kilometers. Rare plants and animals have come back, notably grey cranes by the countless thousands.

Hi Kuol, For a long time I have been wondering where to show off the many stamps to this topic, so I shall certainly enjoy it! K.

The second stamp featuring the Bodden was issued in 2015, 25 years after the establishment of the park. (The souvenir sheet above was issued in 1996, at that time D-Mark, € didn't turn up till 2000.)

Australia
Wetlands and Waterways
January 2, 1992
The two booklet stamps depicts Noosa River and Lake Eildon.



(Kris Rascher: Your contribution is always welcome)

Bermuda
Birds and Habitats
August 18, 2005
Set of six, one stamp depicts Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax violaceus) in a mangrove.

United States
Preservation of Wildlife Habitats
June 26, 1981
Set of four, one stamp depicts wetland habitat with a great blue heron (Ardea herodias) resting on a tree branch extending from the water.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatia)
International Protection Of Habitats
February 2, 2006
The stamp depicts wetland and Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus).

Northeastern Germany is remarkably flat, a lowland region with countless lakes carved by ice-age glaciers. It is called the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (as flat as a platter). This stamp is part of a large set showing geographical areas by the artist Heinz Schillinger.