#207 Maldives 09/10/21

Clarence sent me this beautiful letter from the Maldives, thank you! It was posted on October 21, 2009.

The left stamp was issued on April 8, 2002, and depicts the Swinhoe’s Snipe (Gallinago megala). The next stamp commemorates the sunburst butterflyfish (Chaetodon kleinii); it was issued on October 9, 2007.

The middle stamps depicts an self-portrait of Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641); the stamp commemorates the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg. Finally the right stamp depicts the spotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari).