Fiji officially the Republic of Fiji is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,300 mi) northeast of New Zealand's North Island.
Its closest neighbours are Vanuatu to the west, New Caledonia to the southwest, New Zealand's Kermadec Islands to the southeast, Tonga to the east, the Samoas and France's Wallis and Futuna to the northeast, and Tuvalu to the north.
It has an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about 18,300 square kilometres (7,100 sq mi).
The farthest island is Ono-i-Lau. The two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu, account for 87% of the total population of 898,760.
The capital, Suva on Viti Levu, serves as Fiji's principal cruise port.
Fiji was a Crown colony until 1970, when it gained independence as the Dominion of Fiji. A republic was declared in 1987, following a series of coups d'état. In a coup in 2006, Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power.
When the High Court ruled in 2009 that the military leadership was unlawful, President Ratu Josefa Iloilo, whom the military had retained as the nominal Head of State, formally abrogated the Constitution and reappointed Bainimarama. Later in 2009, Iloilo was replaced as President by Ratu Epeli Nailatikau.
After years of delays, a democratic election was held on 17 September 2014. Bainimarama's FijiFirst party won with 59.2% of the vote, and the election was deemed credible by international observers.
Fiji has one of the most developed economies in the Pacific due to an abundance of forest, mineral, and fish resources. Today, the main sources of foreign exchange are its tourist industry and sugar exports.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
| 959.01 | 13.07.1959 | Definitives | | |
| 4s | 108 | Crimson Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens | |
| 1962.01 | 03.12.1962 | Definitives | | |
| 5s | 68 | Orange Fruit Dove Ptilinopus victor | |
| 1964.01 | 01.04.1964 | Definitives | New wmk, upright | 1959.01 |
| 4s | 108 | Crimson Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens | |
| 1966.01 | 01.03.1966 | Definitives | | Dark green 1959.01 |
| 4s | 108 | Crimson Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens | |
| 1967.01 | 16.02.1967 | Definitives | Sideways wmk | 1959.01 |
| 4s | 108 | Crimson Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens | |
| 1968.01 | 15.07.1968 | Definitives | | |
| 3d | 25 | Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra | |
| 1s6d | 129 | Sulphur-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis | |
| 1969.01 | 13.01.1969 | New face value | | 1968.01 |
| 3c | 25 | Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra | |
| 15c | 129 | Sulphur-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis | |
| 1971.01 | 06.08.1971 | Birds and flowers | Upright wmk | |
| 5c | 201 | Silvereye Zosterops lateralis | |
| 20c | 160 | Slaty Monarch Mayrornis lessoni | |
| 40c | 108 | Masked Shining Parrot Prosopeia personata | |
| 50c | 68 | Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis | |
| 1971.02 | 22.11.1971 | Birds and flowers | Upright wmk | |
| 2c | 129 | Rotuma Myzomela Myzomela chermesina | |
| 8c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 25c | 129 | Kadavu Honeyeater Xanthotis provocator | |
| 1$ | 108 | Collared Lory Phigys solitarius | |
| 1971.03 | 22.11.1971 | Birds and flowers | Booklet | 1971.02 |
| 2c | 129 | Rotuma Myzomela Myzomela chermesina | |
| 1972.01 | 17.11.1972 | Birds and flowers | Sideways wmk | 1971.01-2 |
| 20c | 160 | Slaty Monarch Mayrornis lessoni | |
| 1$ | 108 | Collared Lory Phigys solitarius | |
| 1972.02 | 04.12.1972 | Overprint HURRICANE RELIEF on 1969.01 | | |
| 15c+5c | 129 | Sulphur-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis | |
| 1973.01 | 08.03.1973 | Birds and flowers | Sideways wmk | 1971.01 |
| 5c | 201 | Silvereye Zosterops lateralis | |
| 1973.02 | 11.04.1973 | Birds and flowers | Sideways wmk | 1971.02 |
| 8c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 25c | 129 | Kadavu Honeyeater Xanthotis provocator | |
| 1973.03 | 12.12.1973 | Birds and flowers | Booklet. Sideways wmk | 1971.02 |
| 2c | 129 | Rotuma Myzomela Myzomela chermesina | |
| 1974.01 | 15.03.1974 | Birds and flowers | Sideways wmk | 1971.01 |
| 40c | 108 | Masked Shining Parrot Prosopeia personata | |
| 50c | 68 | Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis | |
| 1975.01 | 09.04.1975 | Birds and flowers | New wmk | 1971.01-2 |
| 2c | 129 | Rotuma Myzomela Myzomela chermesina | |
| 5c | 201 | Silvereye Zosterops lateralis | |
| 1976.01 | 09.03.1976 | Birds and flowers | New wmk | 1971.01-2 |
| 8c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 40c | 108 | Masked Shining Parrot Prosopeia personata | |
| 50c | 68 | Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis | |
| 1$ | 108 | Collared Lory Phigys solitarius | |
| 1977.01 | 15.07.1977 | Birds and flowers | New wmk | 1971.01 |
| 20c | 160 | Slaty Monarch Mayrornis lessoni | |
| 1979.01 | 19.03.1979 | WWF | 4v set | |
| 25c | 193 | Long-legged Thicketbird Cincloramphus rufus | |
| 30c | 224 | Pink-billed Parrotfinch Erythrura kleinschmidti | |
| 1983.01 | 14.02.1983 | Parrots | | |
| 20c | 108 | Red-throated Lorikeet Charmosyna amabilis | |
| 40c | 108 | Blue-crowned Lorikeet Vini australis | |
| 55c | 108 | Masked Shining Parrot Prosopeia personata | |
| 70c | 108 | Crimson Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens | |
| 1985.01 | 04.11.1985 | Seabirds | | |
| 15c | 19 | Collared Petrel Pterodroma brevipes | |
| 20c | 29 | Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel | |
| 50c | 30 | Brown Booby Sula leucogaster | |
| 1$ | 64 | Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii | |
| 1990.01 | 01.05.1990 | London 90 | Sheet | 1968.01 |
| 1$ | 25 | Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra | |
| 2$ | 129 | Sulphur-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis | |
| 1994.01 | 16.08.1994 | Pacific Kingfisher | Sheet | |
| 1.50$ | 87 | Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer | |
| 1.50$ | 87 | Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer | |
| 1995.01 | 27.03.1995 | Eco-tourism in Fiji | 4v sheet | |
| 81c | 87 | Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer | |
| 13c | 216 | Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus | |
| 23c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 31c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 44c | 44 | Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 63c | 36 | Fiji Goshawk Accipiter rufitorques | |
| 81c | 159 | Kadavu Fantail Rhipidura personata | |
| 2$ | 104 | Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | |
| 3$ | 72 | Western Barn Owl Tyto alba | |
| 1995.03 | 19.08.1995 | Overprint JAKARTA '95 on 1994.01 | Sheet | |
| 1.50$ | 87 | Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer | |
| 1.50$ | 87 | Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer | |
| 1c | 224 | Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii | |
| 2c | 154 | Fiji Whistler Pachycephala vitiensis | |
| 3c | 160 | Versicolored Monarch Mayrornis versicolor | |
| 4c | 68 | Barking Imperial Pigeon Ducula latrans | |
| 6c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 87c | 108 | Collared Lory Phigys solitarius | |
| 1$ | 166 | Pacific Robin Petroica pusilla | |
| 5$ | 108 | Masked Shining Parrot Prosopeia personata | |
| 1996.01 | 24.01.1996 | Resettlement of Banabans in Fiji | 4v set | |
| 87c | 29 | Great Frigatebird Fregata minor | |
| 2$ | 29 | Great Frigatebird Fregata minor | |
| 1996.02 | 13.08.1996 | Children's drawings | 4v set | |
| 81c | 87 | Pacific Kingfisher Todiramphus sacer | |
| 1997.01 | 21.02.1997 | Singpex '97 | | |
| 2$ | 160 | Black-throated Shrikebill Clytorhynchus nigrogularis | MS |
| 1997.02 | 13.06.1997 | Birds | Booklet | 1995.02 |
| 13c | 216 | Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus | |
| 1997.03 | 13.06.1997 | Birds | Booklet | 1995.02 |
| 31c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 1997.04 | 13.06.1997 | Birds | Booklet | 1995.02 |
| 44c | 44 | Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 1999.01 | 27.04.1999 | IBRA '99 | Sheet | |
| 2$ | 8 | Wandering Whistling Duck Dendrocygna arcuata | |
| 2$ | 8 | Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa | |
| 2000.01 | 01.01.2000 | Millennium | 4v sheet | |
| 10$ | 19 | Fiji Petrel Pseudobulweria macgillivrayi | |
| 2001.01 | 12.02.2001 | Taveuni rainforest | 2v sheet | |
| 2$ | 68 | Orange Fruit Dove Ptilinopus victor | |
| 2001.02 | 22.05.2001 | Jungle Fowl of Fiji | Sheet | |
| 2$ | 13 | Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus | |
| 2$ | 13 | Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus | |
| 2001.03 | 20.07.2001 | Pigeons of Fiji | | |
| 0.69$ | 68 | Metallic Pigeon Columba vitiensis | |
| 0.89$ | 68 | Pacific Imperial Pigeon Ducula pacifica | |
| 1.23$ | 68 | Barking Imperial Pigeon Ducula latrans | |
| 2$ | 68 | Rock Dove Columba livia | |
| 2001.04 | 29.10.2001 | Christmas | 6v set | |
| 2$ | 68 | Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus | |
| 2002.01 | 29.04.2002 | Endemic palm of Fiji | 2v sheet | |
| 2$ | 129 | Sulphur-breasted Myzomela Myzomela jugularis | |
| 2002.02 | 10.09.2002 | Fiji Goshawk | | |
| 48c | 36 | Fiji Goshawk Accipiter rufitorques | |
| 89c | 36 | Fiji Goshawk Accipiter rufitorques | |
| 1$ | 36 | Fiji Goshawk Accipiter rufitorques | |
| 3$ | 36 | Fiji Goshawk Accipiter rufitorques | |
| 2003.01 | 16.09.2003 | Fiji rare birds | | |
| 41c | 193 | Long-legged Thicketbird Cincloramphus rufus | |
| 60c | 159 | Taveuni Silktail Lamprolia victoriae | |
| 1.07$ | 108 | Red-throated Lorikeet Charmosyna amabilis | |
| 3$ | 224 | Pink-billed Parrotfinch Erythrura kleinschmidti | |
| 2004.01 | 26.06.2004 | Birds | | 1995.02 |
| 18c | 216 | Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus | |
| 2004.02 | 28.07.2004 | Visiting shorebirds to Fiji | | |
| 41c | 62 | Wandering Tattler Tringa incana | |
| 58c | 62 | Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus | |
| 1.15$ | 56 | Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva | |
| 3$ | 62 | Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis | |
| 2005.01 | 27.01.2005 | Herons of Fiji | Strip | |
| 1$ | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 1$ | 25 | Great Egret Ardea alba | |
| 1$ | 25 | White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae | |
| 1$ | 25 | Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra | |
| 2005.02 | 14.03.2005 | Peregrine Falcon | | |
| 41c | 104 | Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | |
| 83c | 104 | Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | |
| 1.07$ | 104 | Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | |
| 3$ | 104 | Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | |
| 2006.01 | 10.01.2006 | Fiji's Barn Owl | | |
| 18c | 72 | Western Barn Owl Tyto alba | |
| 1.15$ | 72 | Western Barn Owl Tyto alba | |
| 1.41$ | 72 | Western Barn Owl Tyto alba | |
| 2$ | 72 | Western Barn Owl Tyto alba | |
| 2006.02 | 13.03.2006 | Surcharge | xx 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 3c | 224 | Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii | |
| 2006.03 | 03.04.2006 | Surcharge | xx 5mm | 1995.04 |
| 2c | 224 | Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii | |
| 2006.04 | 08.06.2006 | Surcharge | xx 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 18c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2006.05 | 27.06.2006 | Surcharge | xx 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 4c | 224 | Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii | |
| 2006.06 | 20.07.2006 | Teri | Sheet | |
| 2$ | 44 | Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 2$ | 44 | Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 2006.07 | 15.08.2006 | Extinct megafauna | 4v set | |
| 1.10$ | 0 | Viti Levu Giant Pigeon Natunaornis gigoura | |
| 1.20$ | 0 | Viti Levu Rail Vitirallus watlingi | |
| 2006.08 | 09.11.2006 | Surcharge | XX 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 2c | 224 | Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii | |
| 2006.09 | 13.11.2006 | Surcharge | xx 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 2c | 224 | Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii | |
| 2007.01 | Surcharge | xx 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 20c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2007.02 | 19.01.2007 | Surcharge | xx 3mm | 1995.04 |
| 20c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2007.03 | 19.02.2007 | Surcharge | XX 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 2c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2007.04 | 22.05.2007 | Exotic birds | | |
| 50c | 182 | Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer | |
| 65c | 68 | Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 1.50$ | 146 | Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen | |
| 2$ | 224 | Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora | |
| 2007.05 | 30.05.2007 | Surcharge | XX 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 1c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2007.06 | 06.06.2007 | Surcharge | XX 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 4c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2007.07 | 10.08.2007 | Surcharge | XX 3mm | 1995.04 |
| 18c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2007.08 | Surcharge | XX 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 18c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2007.09 | 19.09.2007 | Surcharge | xx 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 1c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2007.10 | 03.12.2007 | Bar-winged Rail | Sheet | |
| 2$ | 44 | Bar-winged Rail Nesoclopeus poecilopterus � | |
| 2$ | 44 | Bar-winged Rail Nesoclopeus poecilopterus � | |
| 2008.01 | 19.02.2008 | Surcharge | XX 5mm | 1995.04 |
| 4c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2008.02 | 27.02.2008 | Surcharge | XX 5mm | 1995.04 |
| 2c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2008.03 | 25.03.2008 | Red-breasted Musk Parrot | | |
| 65c | 108 | Maroon Shining Parrot Prosopeia tabuensis | 'Prosopeia tabuensis koroensis' |
| 90c | 108 | Maroon Shining Parrot Prosopeia tabuensis | 'Prosopeia tabuensis atrogularis' |
| 1.50$ | 108 | Maroon Shining Parrot Prosopeia tabuensis | 'Prosopeia tabuensis taviunensis' |
| 2$ | 108 | Crimson Shining Parrot Prosopeia splendens | 'Prosopeia tabuensis splendens' |
| 2008.04 | Surcharge | XX 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 20c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2008.05 | Surcharge | XX 4mm | 1995.02 |
| 20c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 2008.06 | 12.04.2008 | Surcharge | | 1995.02,1995.04 |
| 20c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | XX 1.5mm |
| 20c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | xxx 3mm |
| 20c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | xxx 1.5mm |
| 2008.07 | 28.04.2008 | Surcharge | xxx 1mm | 1995.04 |
| 20c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2008.08 | 20.08.2008 | Surcharge | XX 5mm | 1995.02 |
| 2c | 216 | Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus | |
| 4c | 216 | Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus | |
| 2008.09 | 22.08.2008 | Surcharge | XX 5mm | 1995.02 |
| 1c | 216 | Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus | |
| 2008.10 | 18.12.2008 | Surcharge | XX 4mm | 1995.02 |
| 1c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 2009.01 | 23.01.2009 | Surcharge | XX 5mm | 1995.02 |
| 1c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 50c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 65c | 68 | Crimson-crowned Fruit Dove Ptilinopus porphyraceus | |
| 90c | 68 | Whistling Fruit Dove Ptilinopus layardi | |
| 3$ | 68 | Orange Fruit Dove Ptilinopus victor | |
| 2009.03 | 10.03.2009 | Surcharge | xxx 4mm | 1995.02 |
| 1c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 4c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 2009.04 | 30.03.2009 | Surcharge | xxx 4mm | 1995.02 |
| 2c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 2009.05 | Surcharge | xxx 4mm | 1995.04 |
| 4c | 160 | Azure-crested Flycatcher Myiagra azureocapilla | |
| 2009.06 | 08.07.2009 | Surcharge | xxx 4mm | 1995.02 |
| 5c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 2010.01 | 03.08.2010 | Surcharge | xxx 2.5mm | 1995.02 |
| 4c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 2010.02 | 05.08.2010 | Surcharge | xxx 2.5mm | 1995.02 |
| 1c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 2c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 3c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 2010.03 | 06.08.2010 | Surcharge | xxx 2.5mm | 1995.02 |
| 5c | 68 | Many-colored Fruit Dove Ptilinopus perousii | |
| 2011.01 | 24.03.2011 | Surcharge | xxx 2.5mm | 1995.02 |
| 2c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 5c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 2011.02 | 04.05.2011 | Surcharge | xxx 2.5mm | 1995.02 |
| 20c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 2011.03 | 20.05.2011 | Surcharge | xxx 2.5mm | 1995.02 |
| 4c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 2011.04 | 06.06.2011 | Surcharge | xxx 2.5mm | 1995.02 |
| 1c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 2011.05 | 08.07.2011 | Surcharge | xxx 2.5mm | 1995.02 |
| 3c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 2012.01 | 11.07.2012 | WWF | Sheet with 2 sets | |
| 2$ | 108 | Collared Lory Phigys solitarius | |
| 2$ | 108 | Collared Lory Phigys solitarius | |
| 2$ | 108 | Collared Lory Phigys solitarius | |
| 2$ | 108 | Collared Lory Phigys solitarius | |
| 2012.02 | 12.07.2012 | Surcharge | xxx 2.5mm | 1995.02 |
| 40c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 2014.01 | Surcharge | | 1995.02 |
| 20c | 44 | Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 40c | 44 | Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotus | |
| 50c | 25 | Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| 50c | 44 | Australasian Swamphen Porphyrio melanotu |
