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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

…onte 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 cost £2.88 and stamps are priced at 54p and 90p and can be bought individually or in sheets of 20. COINS: A new coin f…

Turtle Stamp Issue Released 16.11.16

…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 leaflet about the biology of sea turtle…

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

…marlins and feeds on a wide variety of organisms near the surface. They usually hunt alone and can use their bills to stun or injure prey, particularly in schools of fish. It is categorised on the IUCN Red List as Vulnerable. Sunfish http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/190422/0 VU The sunfish is the heaviest known bony fish in the world. They like to sunbathe, spending up to half the day basking in the sun near the surface of the water, which helps…

BIOT Corals Stamp Issue 05.09.17

…hagius (£2.00) Fungia repanda (£2.50) Pocillopora damicornis (£3.00) Original coral photographs courtesy of Anne Sheppard. You can buy these stamps and their First Day Covers online from the BIOT Post Office: http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp Information about these species of corals and others (there are approximately 300 corals and reef building relatives in the Territory) can be found on the Corals of Chagos website, part of the wider Cha…

BIOT WRNS 100 Stamp Issue 28.11.17

…e Strand in London: http://www.biotpostoffice.com/index.asp The Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRNS, also known as the Wrens) was the women’s branch of the Royal Navy. Before the start of the First World War, the Suffragette movement had been lobbying the government for greater powers for women, but it was only as the war progressed that the role of women changed. By 1917 the Royal Navy was faced with a deteriorating manpower situation and so the WR…

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….

BIOT Plants Stamp Issue 02.05.18

…d rock, which is how the first plants were able to take root. Over time, soil built up on these land patches, enhanced by organic debris brought in from the sea and from bird droppings. This soil then supported new seeds and spores, which also arrived by wind, sea and from seabirds. Tropical temperatures and consistent rainfall year-round has enabled the few plants that reached these islands to flourish, forming dense forests, with tall hardwood t…

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