Bird stamps from Azores.

The Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about 1,500 km (930 mi) west from Lisbon and about 3,900 km (2,400 mi) east from the east coast of North America.

The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the Azores, one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal. Its main industries are: agriculture, dairy farming (for cheese and butter products primarily), minor livestock ranching, fishing and tourism, which is becoming the major service activity in the region; added to which, the government of the Azores employs a large percentage of the population directly or indirectly in many aspects of the service and tertiary sectors.

There are nine major Azorean islands and an islet cluster, in three main groups. These are Flores and Corvo, to the west; Graciosa, Terceira, São Jorge, Pico and Faial in the centre; and São Miguel, Santa Maria and the Formigas Reef to the east. They extend for more than 600 km (370 mi) and lie in a northwest-southeast direction. The vast extent of the islands defines an immense exclusive economic zone of 1,100,000 km2 (420,000 sq mi).

The westernmost point of this area is 3,380 km (2,100 mi) from the North American continent. All the islands have volcanic origins, although some, such as Santa Maria, have had no recorded activity since the islands were settled. Mount Pico, on the island of Pico, is the highest point in Portugal, at 2,351 m (7,713 ft). The Azores are actually some of the tallest mountains on the planet, measured from their base at the bottom of the ocean to their peaks, which thrust high above the surface of the Atlantic.

Because these once-uninhabited and remote islands were settled sporadically over a span of two centuries, their culture, dialect, cuisine and traditions vary considerably.

Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
1986.01   05.05.1986   Europa      
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
68.50e     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
1986.02   05.05.1986   Europa   Sheet with 3x68.50e   1986.01
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
68.50e     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
1988.01   18.10.1988   Nature protection, birds      
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
27e     70     Common Wood Pigeon    Columba palumbus     
60e     64     Eurasian Woodcock    Scolopax rusticola     
80e     66     Roseate Tern    Sterna dougallii     
100e     37     Common Buzzard    Buteo buteo     
1988.02   18.10.1988   Nature protection, birds   Booklet   1988.01
Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
27e     70     Common Wood Pigeon    Columba palumbus     ctb
60e     64     Eurasian Woodcock    Scolopax rusticola     ctb
80e     66     Roseate Tern    Sterna dougallii     ctb
100e     37     Common Buzzard    Buteo buteo     ctb
1989.01   20.01.1989   Nature protection, birds      
Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldcrest Regulus regulus Goldcrest Regulus regulus
30e     201     Goldcrest    Regulus regulus     
30e     201     Goldcrest    Regulus regulus     
30e     201     Goldcrest    Regulus regulus     
30e     201     Goldcrest    Regulus regulus     
1990.01   14.02.1990   WWF      
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
32e     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
32e     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
32e     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
32e     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
2008.01   28.05.2008   Bullfinch      
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
0.30€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
0.61€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
0.75€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
1€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
2008.02   28.05.2008   Bullfinch      

Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
2.45€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     MS
2.95€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     MS
2008.03   13.11.2008   Bullfinch, in yearbook 2008   Prestige booklet   2008.01-02

Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
0.30€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
0.61€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
0.75€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
1€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
2.45€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
2.95€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
2009.01   22.04.2009   Lakes   4v set   
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
0.32€     64     Eurasian Woodcock    Scolopax rusticola     
2009.02   22.04.2009   Lakes      
Common Pochard Aythya ferina
2.50€     14     Common Pochard    Aythya ferina     MS
and     14     Eurasian Teal    Anas crecca     
and     26     Grey Heron    Ardea cinerea     
2009.03   05.11.2009   Lakes, in yearbook 2009   Prestige booklet   2009.01-02
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Common Pochard Aythya ferina
0.32€     64     Eurasian Woodcock    Scolopax rusticola     
2.50€     14     Common Pochard    Aythya ferina     
and     14     Eurasian Teal    Anas crecca     
and     26     Grey Heron    Ardea cinerea     
2011.01   09.05.2011   Europa      
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
0.68€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
2011.02   09.05.2011   Europa   2v sheet   2011.01
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
0.68€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     
2011.03   Europa, in yearbook 2011   Prestige booklet   
Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch Pyrrhula murina
0.68€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     2011.01
0.68€     225     Azores Bullfinch    Pyrrhula murina     2011.02

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