Worldwide Stamp New Issues - Kiribati.

Last updated 1 November 2002.

• 1997. Birds and their Young. Series 3.
  • 50c Young Rock Dove (Columba livia).
  • 50c Rock Dove.
  • 60c Pacific Pigeon (Ducula pacifica).
  • 60c Young Pacific Pigeon.
  • 75c Micronesian Pigeon (Ducula oceanica).
  • 75c Young Micronesian Pigeon.
• 1997, May 29. 50th Anniversary of the End of the Second World War.
  • 23c Grumman TBM-3E Avenger.
  • 40c Curtiss Soc 3-1 Seagull.
  • 50c Consolidated B-24J Liberator.
  • 60c Grumman Goose.
  • 75c Martin B-26 Marauder.
  • $1 Northrop P.61 Black Widow.
  • $2 Medal (Miniature sheet).
• 1997. "Hong Kong `97" Stamp Exhibition. Miniature sheet.
  • $1 Precis villida.
    It is not stated whether this stamp differs from the similar stamp from the earlier Butterflies and Moths definitive issue.
• 1997, July 10. Royal Golden Wedding.
  • 50c Queen Elizbeth II.
  • 50c Couple in coach.
  • 60c Couple in coach.
  • 60c Prince Philip
  • 75c Couple.
  • 75c Prince Philip riding horse.
  • $2 Couple in coach (Miniature sheet).
• 1998. Diana, Princess of Wales Commemoration.
  • 25c Portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • 50c Portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • 60c Portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales.
  • 75c Portrait of Diana, Princess of Wales.
    These four stamps were issued, together, in a miniature sheet at a total face value of $2.60, the difference being a charity surcharge.
• 1998. The Millennium. Series 1. "Towards 2000". Miniature sheet.
  • $1 Children of Kiribati and Smiling Sun.
• 1998. Whales and Dolphins.
  • 25c Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis).
  • 25c Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
  • 60c Short-snouted Spinner Dolphin (Stenella clymene).
  • 60c Risso's Dolphin.
  • 75c Striped Dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba).
  • 75c Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis).
  • $1 Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus).
  • $1 Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata).
• 1998, February 2. The World Wide Fund for Nature. The Pronghorn Spiny Lobster.
  • 25c Lobster.
  • 25c Lobster.
  • 25c Lobster.
  • 25c Lobster.
  • $1.50 (Miniature sheet).
• 1998, October 23. "Italia `98" World Stamp Exhibition. Miniature sheet.
  • $2 Reuben K. Uatioa Stadium, Kiribati.
• 1998, December 1. The Greenhouse Effect.
  • 25c Contributors to Greenhouse Gases.
  • 50c Explanation of the Greenhouse Effect.
  • 60c Greenhouse Effect on Tarawa Atoll.
  • 75c Greenhouse Effect on Kiritimati Island.
  • $1.50 Canoe (Miniature sheet).
• 1999, March 19. "Australia `99" Stamp Exhibition. Miniature sheet.
  • $2 H.M.S. "Resolution".
• 1999, April 27. "Ibra `99" Stamp Exhibition. Ducks.
  • 25c Male Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata).
  • 50c Female Northern Shoveler with ducklings.
  • 60c Male Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca carolinensis).
  • 75c Female Green-winged Teal with ducklings.
  • $3 Duck with ducklings (Miniature sheet).
• 1999, July 12. The Millennium. Series 2. Independence.
  • 25c Map of Millennium Island.
  • 60c Map of Kiribati Economic Zone.
  • 75c Map of Nikumaroro.
  • $1 Amelia Earhart.
    The 75c and $1 stamps of this series were also issued, together, in a miniature sheet.
• 1999, July 20. 30th Anniversary of the First Manned Moon Landing.
  • 25c Portrait of Edwin Aldrin.
  • 60c Service Module docks with lander.
  • 75c View of Apollo 11 on lunar surface.
  • $1 Command Module separates from Service Section.
  • $2 View of Earth as seen from the Moon (Miniature sheet).
• 1999, October 9. Christmas Stamps. 125th Anniversary of the Universal Postal Union.
  • 25c Santa Claus in canoe.
  • 60c Santa Claus at dockside.
  • 75c Santa Claus in sleigh.
  • $1 Santa Claus at computer.
• 2000, January 1. The Millennium. Series 3. "Micronesia - A Region Of Peace".
  • 25c "Faith"
  • 40c "Harmony".
  • 60c "Hope".
  • 75c "Enlightenment".
  • $1 "Peace".
• 2000, March 22. "Sesame Street" (television series).
  • 20c Bert.
  • 20c Character flying a kite.
  • 20c Grover.
  • 20c Elmo and Cookie Monster.
  • 20c Character looking out window.
  • 20c Character painting building.
  • 20c Ernie.
  • 20c Big Bird and character.
  • 20c Oscar.
    These nine stamps were issued in a sheetlet.
  • $1.50 Grover dressed as a postman (Miniature sheet).
• 2000, May 8. "The Stamp Show 2000" Stamp Exhibition, London. Miniature sheet.
  • $5 Queen Elizabeth II in Kiribati, October 1982.
• 2000, June 1. "Expo 2000" World Fair, Hanover. Butterflies and Moths definitive stamps overprinted.
  • 5c Herpetogramma licarsisalis.
  • 10c Parotis suralis.
  • 20c Aedia sericea.
  • $1 Precis villida.
  • $3 Hypolimans bolina (male).
• 2000, July 24. 18th Birthday of Prince William of Wales.
  • 25c Prince William of Wales and Prince Charles at Kensington Palace, 1983.
  • 60c Prince William of Wales and Prince Charles in Italy, 1985.
  • 75c Prince William of Wales and Prince Charles at Sandringham for Christmas.
  • $1 Prince William of Wales and Prince Charles at Balmoral, 1997.
• 2000. Ducks.
  • 25c Wandering Whistling Duck.
  • 25c Green-winged Teal.
  • 25c Mallard.
  • 25c Northern Shoveler.
  • 25c Pacific Black Duck.
  • 25c Blue Duck.
  • $1 (Miniature sheet).

Kiribati Philatelic Links.

Kiribati new issue information can be found at http://www.kiritours.com/business/stamps/ .

Information on the World Wide Fund for Nature issue is available from Eurofila from their web site at http://www1.omnitel.net/eurofila/pricelists/wwf.htm .

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