Andorra officially the Principality of Andorra (Catalan: Principat d'Andorra), also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, (Catalan: Principat de les Valls d'Andorra), is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of 468 km2 (181 sq mi) and an estimated population of 84,082 in 2009.
Its capital, Andorra la Vella, is the highest capital city in Europe, being at an elevation of 1023 metres.
The official language is Catalan, although Spanish, Portuguese, and French are also commonly spoken.
The Principality was formed in 1278. The role of monarch is exercised jointly by the two co-princes, the Bishop of Urgell and the current President of France.
Andorra is a prosperous country mainly because of its tourism industry, which services an estimated 10.2 million visitors annually,and also because of its status as a tax haven. It is not a member of the European Union, but the euro is the de facto currency. The people of Andorra have the 4th highest human life expectancy in the world — 82 years at birth.
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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
| 1971.01 | 24.04.1971 | Nature protection | | |
| 80c | 11 | Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus | |
| 1972.01 | 27.05.1972 | Nature protection | | |
| 60c | 37 | Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos | |
| 1973.01 | 27.10.1973 | Nature protection | | |
| 90c | 177 | Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus | |
| 1f | 108 | Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor | |
| 1974.01 | 21.09.1974 | Nature protection | | |
| 60c | 225 | Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella | |
| 80c | 225 | Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| 1979.01 | 07.04.1979 | Nature protection | | |
| 1.20f | 11 | Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta | |
| 1981.01 | 20.06.1981 | Nature protection | | |
| 1.20f | 188 | Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli | |
| 1.40f | 206 | Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria | |
| 1985.01 | 03.08.1985 | Nature protection | | |
| 1.80f | 14 | Mallard Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 2.20f | 225 | European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | |
| 1992.01 | 04.07.1992 | Nature protection | | |
| 3.40f | 37 | Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus | |
| 1996.01 | 23.03.1996 | Nature protection | | |
| 3f | 212 | European Robin Erithacus rubecula | |
| 3.80f | 177 | Great Tit Parus major | |
| 1997.01 | 02.06.1997 | Nature protection | | |
| 3.80f | 183 | Common House Martin Delichon urbicum | |
| 1998.01 | 04.05.1998 | Nature protection | | |
| 3.80f | 225 | Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | |
| 2001.01 | 14.05.2001 | Eurasian Jay | | |
| 4.40f | 162 | Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius | |
| 2005.01 | 07.04.2005 | Boreal Owl | | |
| 0.90€ | 78 | Boreal Owl Aegolius funereus | |
| 2009.01 | 27.03.2009 | Preserve the polar regions | 2v sheet | |
| 0.56€ | 16 | Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri | |
| 2010.01 | 06.03.2010 | Vulture | | |
| 0.56€ | 37 | Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus |
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Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
| 1929.01 | 26.11.1929 | Express letter stamp | | |
| 20c | 37 | Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus | p 14 |
| 1937.01 | Express letter stamp | | 1929.01 |
| 20c | 37 | Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus | p 11½ |
| 2002.01 | 27.03.2002 | Nature protection | | |
| 0.25€ | 222 | Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris | |
| 0.50€ | 217 | White-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla nivalis | |
| 0.26€ | 212 | Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 0.27€ | 225 | Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | |
| 2.21€ | 213 | White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus | |
| 2.39€ | 11 | Grey Partridge Perdix perdix | |
| 2.49€ | 11 | Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus | |
| 0.31€ | 37 | Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus | |
| 2.47€ | 37 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus | |
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