Breeding Penguins
Feb 21st, 2009 by IndianStampGhar.com
The set comprises of six Airmail Postcard rate stamps (currently 55p) showing the head profile of each type of the five breeding penguins and an unusual picture of an albino Rockhopper penguin. Penguins are generally regarded as being synonymous with the Falkland Islands and attract a great number of tourists each year to our shores. The stamps are available singly in sheetlets of 10 and combined in a souvenir sheet.
The King Penguin is the largest of the breeding penguins in the Islands.The Gentoo Penguin is perhaps the most well known of the species in the Islands and indeed the largest common Falklands penguin.The Magellanic Penguin or perhaps better known locally as the “Jackass” derived from its mournful braying call.The Rockhopper is the smallest and probably most agile of the penguins found in the Islands.The Macaroni penguin, similar to the Rockhopper.The Albino Rockhopper penguin is very rare and only very few are ever seen.
Date Of Issue:-01.12.2008.
