Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands.
It covers a land mass of 28,400 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi).
The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal.
The nation of the Solomon Islands is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The Solomon Islands are believed to have been inhabited by Melanesian people for many thousands of years. Spanish navigator Álvaro de Mendaña was the first European to arrive in Solomon Islands in 1568 and named them Islas Salomón.
The United Kingdom established a protectorate over the Solomon Islands in 1893.
In the Second World War there was fierce fighting between the Americans and the Japanese in the Solomon Islands campaign of 1942–45, including the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
| 1939.01 |
01.02.1939 |
Definitives |
|
|
| 2s6d |
7 |
Melanesian Megapode Megapodius eremita |
|
| 1961.01 |
19.01.1961 |
New constitution |
|
|
| 2d |
30 |
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor |
|
| 3d |
30 |
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor |
= 2d |
| 9d |
30 |
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor |
= 2d |
| 1965.01 |
24.05.1965 |
Definitives |
|
|
| 2d |
98 |
Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus |
|
| 9d |
30 |
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel |
|
| 2s |
37 |
Sanford's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi |
|
| 10s |
72 |
Broad-crested Corella Cacatua ducorpsii |
|
| 1966.01 |
14.02.1966 |
Surcharge on 1965.01 |
wmk upright |
|
| 4c |
98 |
Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus |
|
| 8c |
30 |
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel |
|
| 20c |
37 |
Sanford's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi |
|
| 1$ |
72 |
Broad-crested Corella Cacatua ducorpsii |
|
| 1966.02 |
Surcharge on 1965.01 |
wmk sideways |
|
| 4c |
98 |
Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus |
|
| 8c |
30 |
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel |
|
| 20c |
37 |
Sanford's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus sanfordi |
|
| 1$ |
72 |
Broad-crested Corella Cacatua ducorpsii |
|
| 1967.01 |
01.03.1967 |
Surcharge on 1965.01 |
|
|
| 35c |
98 |
Blyth's Hornbill Rhyticeros plicatus |
|
| 1973.01 |
02.07.1973 |
Definitives |
|
|
| 5$ |
30 |
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor |
|
| 1974.01 |
16.12.1974 |
New constitution |
4v set |
1961.01 |
| 9c |
30 |
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor |
|
| 15c |
30 |
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor |
|
| 1974.02 |
16.12.1974 |
New constitution |
4v sheet |
1974.01 |
| 9c |
30 |
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor |
|
| 15c |
30 |
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor |
|
| 1c |
155 |
Oriole Whistler Pachycephala orioloides |
|
| 2c |
92 |
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis |
|
| 3c |
70 |
Claret-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus viridis |
|
| 4c |
50 |
Red-backed Buttonquail Turnix maculosus |
|
| 2$ |
73 |
Duchess Lorikeet Charmosyna margarethae |
|
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