Tarawa, capital of the Republic of Kiribati

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Kiribati is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. Tarawa is the capital city. With over 50,000 inhabitants, half of the country’s population lives on the atoll of Tarawa.

 

The sad part is that Kiribati is expected to be the first country to lose all its land territory to global warming.

Stamps

The stamps are part of a series of 16 stamps, issued in 2013. The theme is water transportation.  

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Christmas Island, Kiribati

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Kiribati is an island nation in the central tropical Pacific Ocean with a population of just over 100,000. One of the islands is Christmas Island (or Kiritimati), not to be confused with the Australian territory in the Indian Ocean.

Christmas Island is the largest coral atoll in the world and home to over six million seabirds. It measures about 22 by 44 miles and it has a population of approximately 5,000. The earns some revenue from coconut products and a growing tourism industry.

Stamp

In 2008 Kiribati issued a large set of birds definitives:the Band-rumped Storm-Petrel.    

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A postcard from Kiribati

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Kiribati is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, somewhere in the middle between the islands of Hawaii and French Polynesia.

The Republic consists of thirty three atolls and islands, spread across approximately a third of a million square kilometres of the Pacific Ocean, of which 21 islands are inhabited. Kiribati’s Fanning Island and Kiritimati (Christmas Island) are perfect spots for surfing.  

Kiribati is believed to be one of the first nations to get lost because of rising sea levels due to climate change. Therefore the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the population to Fiji.

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One out of a set of 12 bird stamps, issued 2008:  the Black-tailed Godwit.

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