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Britain’s Treasure Islands
…Stewart McPherson’s three-part series “Britain’s Treasure Islands“, broadcast in April 2016 on BBC4, highlighted the incredible diversity of wildlife and the important conservation work being undertaken in the UK’s Overseas Territories. The British Indian Ocean Territory featured in episode one, “Ocean Odyssey”. There are also a series of mini-documentaries, images and other resources available online on each of the 14 UK Overseas Territories. …
New Territory Stamp and Coin Issues
…atrix Potter’s birth – the release date of this issue coincides with her actu*]}*al birthday of 28 July 1866) Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre (200th anniversary of Charlotte Bronte’s birth on 21 April 1816) William Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet (400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death on 3 May 1616) You can buy these stamps and their First Day Covers from the BIOT Post Office online: http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp First Day Covers…
Turtle Stamp Issue Released 16.11.16
…heir range can be identified, allowing targeted conservation management at key sites across the ocean basin. Initial results have been staggering, with some females that nested in BIOT travelling over 4,000km to mainland Africa to feed outside the breeding season. These findings show how academic and governmental collaborations across nations are needed to fully protect sea turtles. Together with the stamps we are releasing a tri-fold information…
WWI Aircraft Stamps Released 06.03.17
…t of WWI the Royal Air Force did not exist and planes were flown by the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps: these two organisations were then merged on 1 April 1918 to create the Royal Air Force, which is the oldest independent air force in the world. The First Day Cover for this issue depicts a Sopwith Camel flying over a field of poppies. The poppies are a symbol of remembrance after the famous poem “In Flanders Fields” from 1915 by…
BIOT Megafauna Stamp Issue 08.06.17
…rt distances, making it one of the fastest of all fish species. They are opportunistic predators and hunt fish, crustaceans and cephalopods, mostly in the form of schooling fish, which they herd into a bait-ball. It is categorised on the IUCN Red List as of Least Concern. Reef Manta Ray http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/195459/0 VU The reef manta ray is a graceful swimmer but can also swim at rapid speeds, with individuals on occasion leaping out…
BIOT Corals Stamp Issue 05.09.17
…or 2ºC, corals expel the algae living in their tissues, turn white and eventually die if temperatures do not fall (known as bleaching). Global coral bleaching events are caused by ocean warming, and in 2015 and 2016 we experienced the third global bleaching event in two decades, causing mass mortality of BIOT’s coral reefs. These last two years have impacted the Territory so severely, that scientists think that in some locations up to 85% of BIOT’…
BIOT WRNS 100 Stamp Issue 28.11.17
…rst day cover celebrating the centenary of the formation of the Women’s Royal Naval Service. The stamps feature women in the Royal Navy today juxtaposed against WRENS throughout the last century: First pair: modern day mine clearance diver and WWI Wrens working on a lathe. Second pair: modern day ops room warfare specialist and WWII boat crew. Third pair: modern day (first) female submariners and 1970s radar plotter. You can buy these stamps and t…
Stamps and Coins
…POSTAGE STAMPS A wide range of current and past issues of British Indian Ocean Territory postage stamps and first day covers can be purchased online from the BIOT Post Office on Diego Garcia (using PayPal) and they will be sent out to you direct from the Territory: http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp They can also be purchased from the Stanley Gibbons stamp shop on the Strand in London. Details of our past stamp issues can be found here….