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Bird stamps of Ascension
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1934 Definitives White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1956 Definitives Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1956 Definitives Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 1963 Definitives
Black Noddy Anous minutus 1963 Definitives White Tern Gygis alba 1963 Definitives Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 1963 Definitives Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 1963 Definitives Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1963 Definitives
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1963 Definitives Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1963 Definitives White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1963 Definitives Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 1963 Definitives Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro 1963 Definitives
Red-footed Booby Sula sula 1963 Definitives Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1963 Definitives Red-footed Booby Sula sula 1963 Definitives Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 1963 Definitives Booklet Black Noddy Anous minutus 1963 Definitives Booklet
White Tern Gygis alba 1963 Definitives Booklet Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 1963 Definitives Booklet Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1963 Definitives Booklet Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 1963 Definitives Booklet Eurasian Magpie Pica pica 1970 Royal naval crests 4v set
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 1976 Birds White Tern Gygis alba 1976 Birds Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 1976 Birds Black Noddy Anous minutus 1976 Birds
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 1976 Birds Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 1976 Birds Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro 1976 Birds Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1976 Birds
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1976 Birds Red-footed Booby Sula sula 1976 Birds Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer 1976 Birds Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 1976 Birds Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 1976 Birds
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1976 Birds Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1976 Birds Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 1976 Birds Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro 1976 Birds
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1976 Birds Red-footed Booby Sula sula 1976 Birds Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 1976 Birds
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1976 Birds Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1976 Birds Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1984 New coinage 4v set Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1987 Sea birds
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1987 Sea birds Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1987 Sea birds Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 1987 Sea birds Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 1987 Sea birds Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1987 Sea birds Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1987 Sea birds
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1987 Sea birds Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1987 Sea birds Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1987 Sea birds White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1987 Sea birds Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1987 Sea birds Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 1987 Sea birds
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1988 Sea birds Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1988 Sea birds Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1988 Sea birds Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1988 Sea birds Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1988 Sea birds Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1990 WWF
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1990 WWF Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1990 WWF Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1990 WWF Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 1993 Yellow Canary Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 1993 Yellow Canary
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 1993 Yellow Canary Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 1993 Yellow Canary Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1994 Sooty Tern Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1994 Sooty Tern
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1994 Sooty Tern Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1994 Sooty Tern Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1994 Sooty Tern MS Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1994 Christmas 5v set
Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro 1996 Birds Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 1996 Birds Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 1996 Birds House Sparrow Passer domesticus 1996 Birds Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 1996 Birds White Tern Gygis alba 1996 Birds
Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer 1996 Birds Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 1996 Birds Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 1996 Birds Black Noddy Anous minutus 1996 Birds Red-footed Booby Sula sula 1996 Birds White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 1996 Birds
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 1996 Birds Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1996 Birds Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 1996 Birds Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 1996 Birds Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 1997 Hong Kong 97 MS Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 1997 The return of Hong Kong to China MS
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 1997 Birds Booklet Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 1997 Birds Booklet Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 1997 Birds Booklet Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 1997 Birds Booklet Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 1998 Migratory birds Western House Martin Delichon urbicum 1998 Migratory birds Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 1998 Migratory birds
Common Swift Apus apus 1998 Migratory birds Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni 1998 Migratory birds White Tern Gygis alba 1999 WWF, Fairy Tern White Tern Gygis alba 1999 WWF, Fairy Tern White Tern Gygis alba 1999 WWF, Fairy Tern
White Tern Gygis alba 1999 WWF, Fairy Tern Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2001 BirdLife International Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2001 BirdLife International Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2001 BirdLife International Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2001 BirdLife International
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2001 BirdLife International Sheet Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2001 BirdLife International Sheet Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2001 BirdLife International Sheet Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2001 BirdLife International Sheet Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2001 BirdLife International Sheet
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2002 Views and flowers 12v set Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2002 Views and flowers 12v set Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International p 14½x13¾ Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International p 14½x13¾
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International p 14½x13¾ Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International p 14½x13¾ Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International p 14½x13¾ Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International Sheet, p 14½ Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International Sheet, p 14½
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International Sheet, p 14½ Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International Sheet, p 14½ Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2004 BirdLife International Sheet, p 14½ Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2004 Lunar eclipse 4v set Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2004 Lunar eclipse MS
White Tern Gygis alba 2005 BirdLife International White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2005 BirdLife International Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 2005 BirdLife International Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 2005 BirdLife International
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2005 BirdLife International White Tern Gygis alba 2005 BirdLife International Sheet White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2005 BirdLife International Sheet Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 2005 BirdLife International Sheet
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus 2005 BirdLife International Sheet Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2005 BirdLife International Sheet Common Tern Sterna hirundo 2006 Exploration and innovation 8v set Common Tern Sterna hirundo 2006 Exploration and innovation 8v set
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2007 BOU expedition 8v set Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2007 BOU expedition 8v set Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2007 BOU expedition 8v set Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2007 BOU expedition 8v set
Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2008 Animals 12v set Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild 2008 Animals 12v set Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro 2008 Animals 12v set
Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer 2008 Animals 12v set Woodpecker Finch Camarhynchus pallidus 2009 Charles Darwin 4v set Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi 2009 Charles Darwin 4v set Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus 2009 Charles Darwin 4v set
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2009 Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2009 Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2009 Tropicbird White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2009 Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2009 Tropicbird Sheet with 4 sets White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2009 Tropicbird Sheet with 4 sets White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2009 Tropicbird Sheet with 4 sets White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus 2009 Tropicbird Sheet with 4 sets
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 2010 The Yellow Canary Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 2010 The Yellow Canary Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 2010 The Yellow Canary Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 2010 The Yellow Canary Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 2010 The Yellow Canary Sheet with 4 sets
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 2010 The Yellow Canary Sheet with 4 sets Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 2010 The Yellow Canary Sheet with 4 sets Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris 2010 The Yellow Canary Sheet with 4 sets Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2011 WWF
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2011 WWF Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2011 WWF Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2011 WWF Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2011 WWF Sheet with 4 sets
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2011 WWF Sheet with 4 sets Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2011 WWF Sheet with 4 sets Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus 2011 WWF Sheet with 4 sets Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2012 Wideawake airfield 4v sheet
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2012 Wideawake airfield 4v sheet Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2013 Ascension Frigatebird Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2013 Ascension Frigatebird Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2013 Ascension Frigatebird
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2013 Ascension Frigatebird Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2013 Ascension Frigatebird Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2013 Ascension Frigatebird Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2016 WWF
Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2016 WWF Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2016 WWF Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2016 WWF Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2016 WWF Sheet with 4 sets
Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2016 WWF Sheet with 4 sets Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2016 WWF Sheet with 4 sets Red-footed Booby Sula sula 2016 WWF Sheet with 4 sets Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2020 Definitives 12v set
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila 2020 Definitives 12v set Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus 2020 Definitives 12v set Masked Booby Sula dactylatra 2021 Blue Belt Programme 4v set
Ascension map

Location: Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, about mid-way between South America and Africa
Population: 1100
Climate: tropical marine; mild, semi-arid
Terrain: surface covered by lava flows and cinder cones of 44 dormant volcanoes; ground rises to the east. Ascension is a breeding ground for sea turtles and sooty terns.

Links:
Ascension Post Office
Ascension - Wikipedia
Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World



BIRD SPECIES SHOWN
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Black Noddy Anous minutus
White Tern Gygis alba
Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Ascension Frigatebird Fregata aquila
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro
Red-footed Booby Sula sula
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
Common Swift Apus apus
Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Woodpecker Finch Camarhynchus pallidus
Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi
Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus

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