#201: First postcard from Montserrat

A map of the West Indies

Butterfly stamp

Received from Mark from Brades.

Montserrat is approximately 300 miles east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 30 miles southwest of Antigua.

#18: Fourth postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Protaras

Queen Elizabeth stamp

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia is one of two of Britain's military overseas territories.

#18: Third postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Snow in the Troodos Mountains

Queen Elizabeth stamps

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia claim territorial waters of 3 miles.

#18: Second postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Kourion

Queen Elizabeth stamp

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia form 3% of the landmass of Cyprus.

#159: Fifth postcard and first cover from Saint Helena

Fish and jubilee stamps

A picture DVD

A picture DVD

Received from Kenneth from Saint Pauls.

João da Nova, sailing at the service of Portugal, discovered Saint Helena in 1502.

#153: Fourth postcard from the Cayman Islands

Stingrays

Fish stamps

Received from an unknown sender. Please send me a message if you know who the sender is - thanks so much. The postcard is wonderful and I want to thank the sender properly.

Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands is 5.5 miles long.

#152: Fourth postcard from Bermuda

Jobson's Cove

Shell and person stamps

Received from Julian from Devonshire.

Red Forams are a tiny single-celled animal that live under the coral reef, and are responsible for the pink sand beaches in Bermuda.

#133: Fourth postcard from Ascension Island

The rockhoppers of Tristan da Cunha

Black bar soldier fish

Received from Gráinne from Ireland.

In January 2005, the Royal Mail admitted that Ascension Island had not received any post since the previous October because they had been sending it to Asuncion, Paraguay, by mistake.

#190: First postcard from Tristan da Cunha

Location and views of Tristan da Cunha

Tristan Albatross stamp

Received from Dawn from Tristan da Cunha.

Tristan da Cunha lies 1,243 miles from nearest inhabited land, Saint Helena,1,491 miles from South Africa and 2,088 miles from South America.

#188: First postcard from the Turks and Caicos Islands

Porta Coeli Church, Puerto Rico

Shell stamp

Received from Halef from Atlanta, United States.

The Turks and Caicos Islands are southeast of the Bahamas island chain and north of the island of Hispaniola.

#153: Third postcard from the Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach

Mathusalem stamp

Received from Maria from Windsor, Canada.

The Cayman Islands are the most popular destination for Atlantic hurricanes.

#152: Third postcard from Bermuda

Saint George's Harbour

Mystery roses stamps

Received from Julian from Devonshire.

There are no bodies of fresh water at all on any of the 150 islands that form Bermuda.

#187: First postcard from Anguilla

Sunset at Sandy Ground

Rose Millicent stamp

Received from Nori from Anguilla. Please check out her blog here.

Anguilla lies east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin.

#18: First postcard from Akrotiri and Dhekelia

House of Dionysos Pafos

Queen Elizabeth stamp

Received from Keith from Paralimni, Cyprus.

Akrotiri and Dhekelia are in Cyprus.

#153: Second postcard from the Cayman Islands

Hell

Ship stamp

Received from Maria from Windsor, Canada.

The banana orchid is the national flower of the Cayman Islands.

#159: Fourth postcard from Saint Helena

Napoleon's tomb

Maggie stamp

Received from Kenneth from Saint Pauls.

Saint Helena is home to at least 40 endemic species of fauna.

#159: Third postcard from Saint Helena

Gun at Ladder Hill

Maggie Thatcher stamp

Received from Kenneth from Saint Pauls.

Saint Helena is named after Saint Helena of Constantinople.

#180: Second postcard from the Falkland Islands

Cathedral and the Whalebone Arch

Southern Right Whale Dolphin, Minke Whale and penguin stamps

Arranged by Shurbani from Shah Alam, Malaysia. Please check out his blog here.

The only regular scheduled flights to the Falkland Islands are from Santiago, Chile.

#180: Third postcard from the Falkland Islands

The five penguins of the Falkland Islands

Whale, sea cucumber and referendum stamps

Received from Anna and Allison from Stanley.

The Falkland Islands are home to the southernmost cathedral in the world.

#180: First postcard from the Falkland Islands

King penguins

Gentoo penguin stamp

Received from Sarah from Stanley.

The Falkland Islands are east of the Southern Argentina.