From the City of Taguig which is part of the Manilla metropolitan area. The stamps were a 2019 joint issue with Singapore celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations. On the right is a Common rose butterfly which is the national butterfly of Singapore. And on the left a Luzon lacewing butterfly which is endemic to the Philippines. The stamp values and "Philippines" are printed in red foil. The stamps are much nicer than they appear in this scan.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Taguig, Philippines
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Le Bardo, Tunisia
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Padova, Italy
Friday, March 18, 2022
Titanic Centenary stamps from Åland
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Sjöbo, Sweden
Friday, March 11, 2022
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Biella, Italy
Thursday, March 3, 2022
Marsa, Malta
Stamps from left to right are an "Occasions" stamp from 2010, a definitive stamp from 2009 and a Healthcare Heroes stamp from 2021. Marsa sits a short distance southwest of Valletta at the end of Malta's Grand Harbour.
Monday, February 28, 2022
RRS Sir David Attenborough
From the British Antarctic Survey's Rothera research station and carried aboard the RRS Sir David Attenborough (the ship pictued on the stamp). This is the first season in the Antarctic for this vessel.
Saturday, February 26, 2022
Royal Visit to Cocos Keeling Islands
The 2004 souvenir sheet on this cover from Adelaide Australia commemorates a visit to the Cocos Keeling Islands by Queen Elizabeth in 1954. The islands were transferred to Australia from the UK in 1955. Google street view has fairly good coverage of the islands which surprised me. The population of the two main islands is around 600 which is quite a few more than I thought it would be.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Fairfield Heights, Australia
From the Sydney suburb of Fairfield Height. Lots of stamps on this little cover. Clockwise from top left:
- Aboriginal Crafts stamp from 1987 with a basket weave pattern from Queensland.
- Complete strip of 1980 Nation Stamp Week stamps.
- Pair of "Waltzing Matilda" Folklore stamps from 1980.
- Bush Ballad "Clancy of the Overlow" (1889 poem by Banjo Patterson) stamp from 2014.
- A 2014 special occasions map stamp that could have been paired with a label in a special souvenir sheet.
- Pale triangle butterfly stamp from 2016.