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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