Showing posts with label French South Atlantic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French South Atlantic. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 May 2026

P for Penguins

 

1978: Antarctic Fauna
Emperor Penguin are the heaviest and  largest of the penguins
1991: Endangered Species - King Penguin
The King Penguin is smaller but unlike the Emperor Penguin it lives in the sub-arctic islands and rocky coastlines.
1999: Definitive - Birds (Design - Una Hurst)
It  is the largest and most colourful penguin on South Georgia. The artist Una Hurst specialises in the wildlife of the South Atlantic and has designed and painted nearly 50 postage stamps. Born on the Falkland Islands she now lives in Scotland with her family on a sheep farm in Orkney. 
1956: Penguins and Seals
The Rockhopper Penguin, one of the many species of crested penguins.
2002: Comic Strips and Movies
Rasmus Klump is a bear that always wears polka dot dungarees and goes on many adventures with his friends, Pingo the Penguin, Pelle (a pelican), Pildskadden (a turtle) and Skaeg (a seal) on his boat the Mary.

Sunday Stamps A-Z - here for Penguins and a Pelican - See It On A Postcard