01/04/2021

FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS


FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS /
TERRES AUSTRALES ET ANTARCTIQUES FRANÇAISES (TAAF).

Whale Island (Île de la Baleine).
Stamp issued on 01.01.2007.
Face value: 0.90 euro.
Design and engraving: Yves Beaujard (b. 1939).
Printing: Recess.
Size: 52 x 31 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 607.
- Scott No. 380.
- StampWorld No. 612.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 578.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 455.

The Whale Island (Île de la Baleine) is an uninhabited island in the French archipelago of Kerguelen, in the southern Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of Australia Island, in the Gulf of Morbihan. Its shape evokes that of a whale (as seen in the stamp).

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