Gough Island, also known historically as Gonçalo Álvares after the Portuguese explorer, is a rugged volcanic island in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a dependency of Tristan da Cunha and part of the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. Gough Island is uninhabited except…
View More Gough IslandGreece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans. Athens is the nation’s capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki. Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography,…
View More GreeceMaldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an archipelagic country located in Southern Asia, situated in the Indian Ocean. It lies southwest of Sri Lanka and India. Maldives is one of the world’s most geographically dispersed sovereign states and the smallest Asian country. In the 12th century, Islam reached the…
View More Republic of MaldivesTokelau, known previously as the Union Islands, and, until 1976, known officially as the Tokelau Islands, is a dependent territory of New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean. It consists of three tropical coral atolls: Atafu, Nukunonu, and Fakaofo. In addition to these three, Swains Island, which forms part of…
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Pabay is an island just off the coast of Skye in Scotland. The name Pabay is derived from an old Norse word meaning “priest’s isle” and there are the remains of a 13th-century chapel. Articles Philosateleia: Pabay local post stamp celebrates Brexit Forums Stamp Community: Help With Isle Of Pabay…
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Lihou is a small tidal island located just off the west coast of the island of Guernsey, in the English Channel, between Great Britain and France. Administratively, Lihou forms part of the Parish of St. Peter’s in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and is now owned by the parliament of Guernsey…
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Jethou is a small island that is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is privately leased from the Crown, and not open to the public. Resembling the top of a wooded knoll it is immediately south of Herm. Articles A Stamp A Day: Isle of…
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Alderney is the northernmost of the inhabited Channel Islands. It is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency. It is the closest of the Channel Islands to France and to the United Kingdom. Articles Philatelic Pursuits: The Stamp Issuers: Alderney Forums Stampboards: A Visual Stamp Catalogue: Alderney…
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Herm is one of the Channel Islands and part of the Parish of St Peter Port in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It is located in the English Channel, north-west of France and south of England. Herm was first discovered in the Mesolithic period, and the first settlers arrived in the…
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Brecqhou is one of the Channel Islands, located off the west coast of Sark where they are now geographically detached from each other. Brecqhou is politically part of both Sark and the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It has been established in the courts that Brecqhou is a tenement of Sark. The…
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