Lakes, Marshes, Mangroves, And Wetlands On Stamps

Indonesia
Indonesia - Japan Diplomatic Relations
June 23, 2008
The crater at the summit of Kelimutu in central Flores island has three volcanic lakes that differ in color. The lake colors periodically change due to variation in the oxidation-reduction level of lake water which depends on the balance of volcanic fluid input and rainfall rate.

Canada
From Far and Wide
January 13, 2020
Abraham Lake is located in the front range of the Canadian Rockies in western Alberta, on the upper course of the North Saskatchewan River. Emission of methane bubbles to the lake surface creates columns of luminescent, milky orbs in winter.

Slovenia
Natural Lakes of Slovenia
Black Lake (elevation 1197 m) is located near the Osankarica Lodge, in the Pohorje Mountains in northeastern Slovenia. The lake was formed in ca. 6000 BC and is surrounded by high marshes, dwarf pine and spruce forests.

Black lake stamp from 1968 from Czechoslovakia based on painting from Jan Preisler

Trinidad and Tobago
International Year of Biodiversity
May 26, 2010
Set of 20, one stamp depicts Nariva Swamp, a large freshwater wetland on the east coast of Trinidad. The 60 sq km Ramsar site is home to 136 mammal, amphibian and reptile, 204 bird, and 213 insect species.

Austria
Natural Beauties series
May 19, 1995
The stamp depicts Heidenreichsteiner Moor Nature Park, an area of open bog and bog forest overgrown with spruce, pine and birch. Bog formed in wet depressions since the end of the Ice Age. The nature reserve is home to hundreds of bird and plant species.

Faroe Islands
Largest Lakes in the Faroe Islands
February 25, 2019
Leynavatn is located in a small valley on the island of Streymoy. The scenic lake is flanked by low rolling hills with hiking trails.

Colombia
National Natural Parks
June 24, 2022
Los Flamencos Sanctuary is located on the Caribbean Sea coast near the village of Camarones in La Guajira Department. The lagoon (Laguna de Navío Quebrado) and its surrounding estuaries and marshes shelter American flamingoes, roseate spoonbills, great egrets and many other water bird species.

Spain
Diplomatic Relations with China
May 10, 2023
Laguna de Fuente de Piedra is a wetland located in the region of Antequera ( Málaga). This Ramsar site is home to a large colony of Greater Flamingo and an important place for nesting, wintering, and migratory passage for many waterfowl species.

United States
Priority Mail
January 22, 2023
Everglades is a natural tropical wetland within a large drainage basin in southern Florida, It comprises a complex ecosystem of sawgrass marshes, sloughs, hardwood hammocks, pineland, cypress swamps, mangroves, and coastal prairies. The exceptional variety of its water habitats has made it a sanctuary for a large number of birds and reptiles, as well as for threatened species such as the manatee.

Great Britain
National Parks – Lake District National Park
January 14, 2021
The Lake District is situated in a U-shaped valley in Cumbria in northern England. Folding, uplifting and glaciation of Paleozoic bed rocks created a hilly landscape dotted with a number of narrow and elongated lakes.

Vanuatu
Volcanoes
October 23, 1998
Manaro Vou is an active volcano whose emergent portion forms the island of Ambae in Vanuatu. The stamp depicts the crater lake inside the caldera of this basaltic volcano.

Guatemala
Landscapes
August 12, 2014
Laguna Magdalena is located in Sierra de los Cuchumatanes in the department of Huehuetenango. The alpine lake (elevation 3200 m) is surrounded by lush forests and steep rock cliffs.

Andorra (French Administration)
Estany Moreno
June 10, 2023
The stamp depicts Estany Moreno (elevation 2384 m) in southeastern Andorra. The small lake was carved from granite bedrock by glaciation and is surrounded by forest and rock outcrops.

Ecuador
50 years of the Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve
December 27, 2018
Cuicocha crater lake is located at the foot of Cotacachi Volcano in the Cordillera Occidental of the Ecuadorian Andes. The crater lake within the Cuicocha caldera contains four dacitic lava domes which form two steep forested islands.