Capital: Papeete
Population: 264,000
Languages: French
Currency: CFP
Franc Pacifique
FRENCH POLYNESIA

1986


VISAGES POLYNESIENS
(SG 475)

41f Boy with Hawksbill sea turtle

A set of three stamps featuring children with marine animals, the 41f stamp featuring a young boy with a hawkbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata).

1995


WORLD ECOLOGY DAY
(SG 291)

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One of two stamps features a styalised sea turtle, the other doves in a hand.

 

1995


ESPÈCES PROTÉGÉES
(SG 720-721)

22f, 29f, 91f Tortue Verde

 

 
Name on stamp
Current name
Accepted common name
22f
none
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle
29f
none
Chelonia mydas
Green sea turtle

A series of three stamps se-tenent, featuring Protected Species of marine life, two illustrating the Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) and one showing black coral.

 

2001


HOROSCOPE CHINOIS LE SERPENT
(SG 897)

 

120f Horoscope chinois le Serpent

A rather ugly and unimaginative stamp produced to celebrate the Chinese Year of the Snake.

 

 

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