Joyeux Noël 2020 et meilleurs voeux

340 FCFP 2,85 €

Onglets

Description

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

 

The New Caledonia Office des Postes et des Télécommunications is delighted to announce its traditional festive Christmas stamp issue.

 

This new permanent value international postage stamp was designed by Thierry Mordant, an artist who has created many illustrations and various postage stamps for New Caledonia, France and the Principality of Monaco.

 

On this new stamp, two masked boobies (Sula dactylatra) wearing Christmas beanie hats are engaged in the vital task of carrying traditional seasonal gifts from the shores of New Caledonia.

 

These large seabirds are both striking and graceful, with their white and black plumage, yellow beaks and black masks around beak and eyes. They are quite rare within the area covered by New Caledonia’s lagoon. Masked boobies prefer to nest on remote islands and islets (Carey, Chesterfield, Entrecasteaux, Matthew and Hunter), and are expert freefalling plunge divers. They can plunge dive into deep water from a height of over 30 metres to pick off prey from schools of fish or catch large squids!

 

With this new stamp and its superb accompanying First Day cover, all your Christmas greetings and best wishes are bound to arrive on time, wherever they are headed, bringing your family and friends a soft breath of warmth and a taste of paradise.

 

Features
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Edition: 
12000
Date of issue: 
11/04/2020
Format: 
36 × 26 × 0 mm
Nb of stamps per sheet: 
25
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Nb of stamps per First Day Cover: 
1