I just added this beautiful series i got today to my collection. It was issued in a joint effort with the Institute for Nature and Biodiversity Conservation adding to the European project «to stop biodiversity loss until 2010».
The stamps represent some of the famous lakes of Azores Islands as well as its Fauna and flora. Like with other older issues from the Portuguese postal office, i noticed the 4 stamps can form a continuous drawing .
Issued: 22, April 2009 - Portugal
-0,32 Represents Comprida Lake, in Flores Island with a Scolopax rusticola, a very common bird that can be found across Asia and Europe, hence why it's known as Eurasian Woodcock.
-0,68 Lake of Caldeirão in Corvo Island. The beautiful butterfly represented is a Hipparchia azorina. This species is endemic to Azores and is currently threatened.
-0,80 Lake of Capitão in Pico. The Dragonfly on this stamp is a Anax imperator, an amazing blue variety.
-2,00 Lagoinha in Terceira: the fruit in the drawing is from a tree endemic to Azores, the Juniperus brevifolia.
With their natural beauty, the Azores Lakes play a big role for the Archipelago to be considered, by the international tourism, the 2nd best Islands group in the world. With its geologic, biologic and economic contribution, they should in fact be a patrimony to preserve and protect.
They are fundamental for the water cycles, landscape balance, and most important, they're on the Atlantic route of migratory birds.
Surprisingly i never visited Azores, but i plan to, it is a trip nobody should miss, at least once in your life.
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