| 2020 | 28 Feb |
In August 1819 the 238 ton whaleship Essex sailed from Nantucket, Massachusetts beginning a planned two-and-a-half year voyage to the rich “whaling grounds” of the South Pacific . . . |
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| 2019 | 04 Dec |
The theme for the 2019 Christmas stamp issue is “Angels over Pitcairn”. Derived from the Latin meaning “messenger”, they are often defined in art as having extraordinary beauty and are often identified with wings, halos and light . . . |
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23 Oct |
Echinoderms include starfish, brittle stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sand dollars and crinoids. They are one of the most diverse groups of marine invertebrates and play important ecological roles from the shore environment to the deeper seas . . . |
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04 Sep |
With exceptionally stunning dark skies free from all light pollution, the Pitcairn Islands has been named the only island group in the world to be a designated International Dark Sky Sanctuary . . . |
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19 Jul |
50th
Anniversary - Man Landing on the Moon “That's
one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" announced
Commander Neil Armstrong as he stepped onto the lunar surface
and became the first person to achieve this feat . . .
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14 Jun |
The Pitcairn Islands’ Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus vaughani) is a different species to the Henderson island Reed Warbler . . . |
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30 Apr |
The Pitcairn Miscellany described them as the “sweet smells of Summer”. They were describing the flowers of Pitcairn that give a beautiful fragrance, both day and night, all over the Island . . . |
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27 Feb |
The HMAV Bounty has such an amazing history that it has become a focus for storytellers, nautical devotees, historians and artists among others . . . |
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| 2018 | 12 Dec |
The Pitcairn Islands form the southeasternmost extension of the geological archipelago of the Tuamotus of French Polynesia . . . |
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11 Nov |
The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land, sea and air in World War One between the Allies and Germany . . . |
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19 Sep |
Like squids and cuttlefish, the octopus is a cephalopod which means it has a large head and many arms, or tentacles . . . |
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18 Jul |
Pitcairn's proximity to the equator is roughly the same as Hawaii and gives the island a similar sub-tropical climate . . . |
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30 May |
On 27 November 2017, Clarence House announced that Prince Harry would marry Ms Meghan Markle in the spring of 2018 . . . |
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| 2015 | 15 Oct |
October 15 2015 is exactly 75 years since the Pitcairn Islands released its first issue of postage stamps . . . |
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