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R8: this value, from a fish definitive series, shows the Three-spot Angelfish, a reef denizen

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R1.50 this millenium issue features the Fairy Tern over seas lit by a glowing sunset.

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R5: this 2017 issue celebrates the centenary of the local Lions Club, and show a map of three of the largest islands and the national flag and arms

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R3: this se-tenant pair features the endemic Aldabra White Eye, with range maps inset

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R10: an island profile at sunset graces this World Tourism Day Issue from 1983

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R6.50: this value of the current definitive series shows the Queen Coris, a reef fish

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Two additional values of this set include the Green-backed heron and the Seychelles Bulbul

R2: this issue shows birds endemic to Indian Ocean islands. The Gray-headed Lovebird is a small parrot native to Madagascar, and the only lovebird with a range outside continental Africa

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R1.00: This 30th anniversary of Independence issue shows the new flag of this island nation, which changed designs in 1996 after the election of a new ruling party

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R1, R5: Two wildlife issues showing a Flying Fox hanging at its roost, and a female Black Paradise Flycatcher, an endemic species

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R7: this higher value of the current definitive series shows a brightly hued White-lined Goatfish, native to local reefs; a clear cancel shows it was posted in Victoria, on the island of Mahe'

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50c: this birdlife issue shows a pair of endemic Blue Pigeons, found only in the Seychelles

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R3: this 1988 marine life issue features a Green Sea Turtle coming ashore to lay eggs

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R5: the voluptuous form of the coco-de-mer made it legendary among early sailors and explorers, who considered it a priceless commodity. This palm species is endemic to the Seychelles and now protected by law.

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20c, R1.25: this 4th Pan-African Ornithological Congress issue shows at top the Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher, and below the Seychelles sunbird, both are island endemic species

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R2.25, R3: Several of this island state's stamps have featured the Coco-de-Mer, an endemic palm known from the islands of Praslin and Curieuse, which produces huge fruits weighing up to 30 kg, which were especially prized by sailors and explorers

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R10: this amazing constellation issue from the outer isles of the Seychelles shows mangrove islets by twilight, and the stars forming Scorpio in the night sky

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R1: this 2008 WWF set features the Red-headed Fody, an endemic species found only on Aldabra island

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R2.50: a dolphin leaps from the sea in this colorful marine life issue

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R3 Bright orange soft coral is shown on this issue, in honor of the UN Year of the Oceans

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R2 overprinted on R3: this stamp, from the 2000 definitive series, shows the Seychelles Sunbird, an endemic species