South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

WWF Chinstrap Penguin South Georgia postage stamps

The new stamps of South Georgia depict Chinstrap penguins. There are four stamp designs released as stamps with values of 2 x 55p, 1 x 65p and 1 x 95p. Each postage stamp bears the WWF Panda symbol. These stamps are available in a number of different formats.
Chinstrap penguins, Pygoscelis antarcticus, are named after the distinctive thin black band of feathers which runs from one side of the head to the other, just under their bill and which resembles the chin strap of a helmet.
WWF Chinstrap Penguin

South Georgia Fisheries

South Georgia issued four new stamps about fishing in the waters around South Georgia. These postage stamps depict ships at sea and the fish they hunt for. The waters around South Georgia teem with marine life, thanks to the rich mixing of cold and warm currents at the polar front. Krill, the basic building block of the Southern Ocean's biology, gathers in large swarms and is fed upon by larger fish, penguins and marine mammals. The deep waters around the Island are home to strange species, which only in the last few decades have become a target for fishermen.
South Georgia Fisheries

International Polar Year

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands issued a series of four stamps about the International Polar Year. The earliest example of international coordination in polar science was the Transit of Venus, 9 December 1874. Britain, France, Germany and the United States, which established eight coordinated observatories, observed it in Antarctic regions.
International Polar Year

Scouts of the Quest

Sir Ernest Shackleton was one of the foremost British Polar explorers of his day as can be seen on postage stamps of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands. These postage stamps were issued on 15 October 2007.
Scouts of the Quest