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Alderney has issued this set of six stamps to celebrate the work of Alderney Bird Observatory, which will go on sale tomorrow. The Guernsey Stamps website tells us a lot about the observatory. "Bird observatories across the British Isles provide a unique window into the lives of our feathered visitors. From remote islands in the north to coastal headlands in the south, these centres monitor bird migration, breeding, and population trends, revealing how species respond to ch

This new set of stamps showing birds was issued on 5th January. The Netherlands have created many distinctive and beautiful miniature sheets in the past and this one is another fantastic sheet that I think a lot of collectors will enjoy. There are ten stamps in the set, which celebrates Saba's birds. Like the more well-known Aruba and Curaçao, Saba is an island in the Caribbean Netherlands although it is not exactly a neighbour of these other islands - it is in the Windward

This week Royal Mail will be releasing a set of stamps featuring British ducks. They're very nice and I will be reviewing them in a few...