Stamp: Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Overprinted (Barbuda 2000)

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  2. Barbuda
  3. 2000
  4. International Year of the Ocean
  5. Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Overprinted

Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Overprinted (Barbuda 2000)

16 June (Barbuda ) within release International Year of the Ocean goes into circulation Stamp Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Overprinted face value 75 East Caribbean cent

Stamp Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Overprinted in catalogues
Stanley Gibbons: Sg: BX 2272

Stamp is square format.

Stamp from Antigua & Barbuda overprinted "BARBUDA MAIL" in black.

Also in the issue International Year of the Ocean:

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Stamp Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Overprinted in digits
Country: Barbuda
Date: 2000-06-16
Print: Offset lithography
Perforation: Harrow 14¼
Emission: Commemorative
Format: Stamp
Face Value: 75 East Caribbean cent

Stamp Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) - Overprinted it reflects the thematic directions:

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