Cocos (Keeling) Islands Stamp New Issues.

Last updated January 2011.

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• 1997, January 6. Festive Season, "Hari Raya Puasa" (end of Ramadan).
  • 45c Dancers on beach.
  • 75c Boats on lagoon.
  • 85c Food and lagoon at night.
• 1997, August 14. Marine Life Definitive Stamps. Additional values.
  • 5c Redspot Wrasse.
  • 75c Unicornfish.
  • 90c Butterflyfish.
  • $1 Bluestripe Snapper.
  • $1.20 Freckled Hawkfish.
• 1998, January 22. Festive Season, "Hari Raya Puasa" (end of Ramadan).
  • 45c Painting of a gift by Lazina Brian, age 9 years.
  • 45c Painting of a mosque by Azran Jim, age 8 years.
  • 45c Painting of a woman by Kate Gossage, age 11 years.
  • 45c Painting of a landscape by Matt Harber, age 15 years.
  • 45c Painting of dancers by Rakin Chongkin, age 6 years.
• 1998, August 13. Marine Life Definitive Stamps. Additional values.
  • 70c Crowned Squirrelfish.
  • 95c Sixstripe Wrasse.
  • $5 Goldback Anthias.
• 1999, February 11. Jukong Boats.
  • 45c People on beach.
  • 45c People on beach, with jukong in background.
  • 45c Flowers, with jukongs in background.
  • 45c People and palm trees, with jukongs in background.
  • 45c Jukong.
• 1999, June 17. The Living Mosaic.
  • 5c Boat with red sails.
  • 5c Several yellow and striped fishes.
  • 5c Turtles.
  • 5c Yellow, white, red and striped fishes.
  • 5c Fish and coral.
  • 10c Boat with no sails showing.
  • 10c Yellow and white fishes.
  • 10c Black, yellow and white fishes.
  • 10c Two orange and white fishes.
  • 10c Birds flying over island.
  • 25c Bird with trees in background.
  • 25c Butterflies.
  • 25c Birds over sea.
  • 25c Moth on flower.
  • 25c Butterfly on flowers.
  • 45c Two birds on branch.
  • 45c Two birds flying over sea.
  • 45c Red hibiscus flower.
  • 45c Butterfly.
  • 45c Yellow flower.
    These stamps were issued, together, in a sheetlet of 20 stamps.
• 2000, April 13. Faces of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
  • 45c Ratma Anthoney.
  • 45c Nakia Haji Dolman.
  • 45c Muller Eymin.
  • 45c Courtney Press.
  • 45c Mhd. Abu-Yazid.
• 2000, June 20. World Wide Fund for Nature. Crabs.
  • 5c Purple Crab (Cardisoma carnifex).
  • 5c Little Nipper (Geograspus grayi).
  • 45c Horn-eyed Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma).
  • 45c Smooth-banded Ghost Crab (Ocypode cordimana).
• 2001, February 8. Marine Life.
  • 45c Wideband Fusilier.
  • 45c Striped Surgeonfish.
  • 45c Indo-Pacific Sergeant.
  • 45c Orangeband Surgeonfish.
• 2002, October 1. Sea Turtles.
  • 45c Loggerhead Turtle (Caretta caretta).
  • 45c Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata).
  • 45c Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas).
  • 45c Leatherback Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea).
• 2004, March 16. 50th Anniversary of the Royal Visit to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
  • 50c Queen Elizabeth II greeted by Cocos Malay musicians.
  • 50c Queen Elizabeth II waving from the Royal Yacht "Gothic".
  • $1 Queen Elizabeth II and Clunies Ross House.
  • $1.45 Queen Elizabeth II presented with a model of a Malay jukong (sailing boat).
    These four stamps were also issued, together, in a miniature sheet.
• 2005, June 21. Reef Sharks.
  • 50c Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus).
  • 50c Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos).
  • $1 Blacktip Reef Shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus).
  • $1.45 Grey Reef Shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos).
• 2006, June 13. Coral Reefs.
  • 10c Coral reef scene.
  • 10c Coral reef scene.
  • 10c Coral reef scene.
  • 10c Coral reef scene.
  • 10c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 25c Coral reef scene.
  • 50c Coral reef scene.
  • 50c Coral reef scene.
  • 50c Coral reef scene.
  • 50c Coral reef scene.
  • 50c Coral reef scene.
    These stamps were issued, together, in a sheetlet of 20 stamps.
• 2007, March 20. Living Shells.
  • 50c Oriental Moonsnail.
  • 50c Pearly Nautilus.
  • $1 Partridge Tun.
  • $1.45 Giant Clam.
• 2008, February 26. Visiting Birds.
  • 50c Black-winged Stilt.
  • 50c Chinese Pond Heron.
  • $1 White-breasted Waterhen.
  • $1.45 Saunders' Tern.
• 2009, April 21. 400th Anniversary of the First European Sighting of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
  • 55c Captain William Keeling's first sighting, 1609.
  • 55c Charles Darwin's visit on the "Beagle", 1836.
  • $1.10 Clunies Ross family, 1827 - 1978.
  • $1.65 An Australian Territory, 1955.
• 2009, August 4. Species at Risk. Joint issue among Australian Territories.
  • 55c Green Turtle.
    This stamp was issued together with the stamps issued on the same date for Australia, Christmas Island and the Australian Antarctic Territory. Stamps of similar designs were also issued by Norfolk Island.
• 2010, September 8. Flowers of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
  • 60c Ipomoea pes-caprae.
  • 60c Hibiscus tiliaceus.
  • $1.20 Suriana maritima.
  • $1.20 Morinda citrifolia.
• 2011, January 18. Boats.
  • 60c Jukongs.
  • $1.20 Small boat.
  • $1.80 Glass-bottom boat.
  • $3 Yacht.

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