PITCAIRN ISLANDS

PITCAIRN ISLANDS / PITKERN AILEN.

Christian's Cave, Gannets Ridge.
Third stamp in a set of 5, issued on 22.01.1981.
Face value: 20 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printed by Rosenbaum, Brüder, Druckerei in Wien.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 49 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 203.
- Scott No. 200.
- Seven Seas Stamps No. 199.
- StampWorld No. 203.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 213.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 196.

Gannet Ridge runs through the northwestern part of the Pitcairn Island. Christian's Cave, more commonly referred to as the Fletcher Christian's Cave, is a historic place where seaman Fletcher Christian was watching ships approaching the island where he found his home. It is located to the western side of the capital town of Adamstown. Christian, leader of the Bounty mutineers, landed on the island in March 1790 and burned the ship, so that he and the other crew members (British and Tahitian slaves) were isolated there and managed to survive, although the quarrels between them caused the death of most of them (Christian is also believed to have been killed).