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1972 issue of Solomon Islands

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  • Colnect-3960-306-Green-Birdwing-Ornithoptera-priamus-ssp-arvilanus.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-307-Cruiser-Butterfly-Vindula-sapor.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-308-Ulysses-Butterfly-Papilio-ulysses-ssp-orssippus.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-309-Bigeye-Trevally-Caranx-sexfasciatus.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-310-Australian-Bonito-Sarda-australis.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-311-Sapphire-Damsel-Pomacentrus-pavo.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-312-Crepe-Ginger-Costus-speciosus.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-313-Orange-Clownfish-Amphiprion-percula.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-314-Spathoglottis-plicata.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-315-Dendrobium-comatum-synEphemerantha-comata.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-316-Dendrobium-cuthbertsonii.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-317-Heliconia-salomonica.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-318-Titan-Triggerfish-Balistoides-viridescens.jpg
  • Colnect-3960-319-Birdwing-Butterfly-Ornithoptera-allotti.jpg
  • Colnect-5278-461-Great-Frigate-Bird-Fregata-minor.jpg
Short desc: 1972

Issuer: Solomon Islands
Dates: 7/2/1972 - 7/2/1973


Consists of 16 stamps: (See stamps as list)

1c d=Cupha woodfordi
2c d=Ornithoptera priamus arvilanus
3c d=Vindula sapor (1972)
4c d=Papilio ulysses orsippus
5c d=Caranx sexfasciatus
8c d=Sarda australis
9c d=Pomacentrus pavo
12c d=Costus speciosus
15c d=orange anemone fish Amphiprion percula
20c d=Spathoglottis plicata (1972) perf=14.25
25c d=Ephemerantha comata (1972) perf=14.25
35c d=Dendrobium cuthbertsonii (1972) perf=14.25
45c d=Heliconia salomonica
$1 d=Balistoides viridescens (1972)
$2 d=Ornithoptera allotti
7/2/1973 $5 gray&org&multi d=great frigate bird perf=14.25

All are dt=animals & plants (1972) wmk=mult crown & script CA

Issues with this name: Anguilla, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Christmas Island, Denmark, Egypt, Falkland Islands, Jamaica, Libya, Liechtenstein, New Hebrides (Br), New Hebrides (Fr), Ross Dependency, Norway, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Spanish Sahara, Sweden, Thailand, Tristan da Cunha, Turkey, Uruguay, Zaire