| |
Name |
|
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Issues/Designs |
| |
king eider |
— |
— |
d - king eider (Somateria spectabilis) 2020, etc (2) syns. Somateria spectabilis |
| |
King George VI coronation |
— |
— |
- coronation |
| |
Kuhl's lorikeet |
— |
— |
dt - Kuhl's lorikeet 2010, etc (4) syns. Vini kuhlii |
| |
La belle jardinière |
— |
— |
syns. "La Belle Jardiniere" - detail, Raphael, "La Belle Jardiniere" - Raphael, La Belle Jardieniere by Raphael, The Belle Jardiniere - Raphael |
| |
Lampides boeticus |
— |
— |
d - Lampides boeticus (2007) 2007 syns. Peablue Butterfly |
| |
landing of Capt Cook |
— |
— |
d - landing of Capt Cook 1944 |
| |
leatherback sea turtle |
— |
— |
syns. Dermochelys cariacea, Dermochelys coriacea, Leather-back Turtle, leatherback, leatherback turtle, leathery turtle |
| |
Miguel López de Legazpi |
— |
— |
syns. Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, Legazpi, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi |
| |
Leptocoris rufomarginatus |
— |
— |
d - Leptocori..arginatus 2013 |
| |
Leptoglossus australis |
— |
— |
d - Leptoglos..australis 2013 |
| |
Linckia laevigata |
— |
— |
d (2) - Linckia laevigata (1992) 1992, Linckia laevigata (1993) 1993 syns. Blue Linkia Sea Star, Blue Sea Star |
| |
Lobophyllia bemprichii |
— |
— |
d - Lobophyll..emprichii 1981 |
| |
London Victory Celebrations of 1946 |
1946 |
— |
- Peace |
| |
long-finned pilot whale |
— |
— |
syns. Globicephala melaena |
| |
Lygus flavoscutellatus |
— |
— |
d - Lygus fla..utellatus 2014 |
| |
Madagascar harrier-hawk |
— |
— |
syns. Polyboroides radiatus |
| |
Madonna & Child by Filippo Lippi |
— |
— |
d - Madonna &..ppo Lippi 1991 |
| |
Madonna & Child, by Bellini |
— |
— |
d - Madonna &..y Bellini 1971 |
| |
Madonna & Child, by Lippi |
— |
— |
d - Madonna &.. by Lippi 1969 |
| |
Madonna of the Rosary |
— |
— |
d - Madonna o..he Rosary 1968 |
| |
Ferdinand Magellan |
— |
— |
syns. Fernando de Magalhaes, Magellan, Fernando Magellan, Fernão de Magellan |
| |
Magna Carta signing |
1215 |
— |
syns. Magna Carta opening |
| |
mail plane |
— |
— |
d - mail plane landing at Rarotonga Airport 1949 |
| |
Nelson Mandela |
1918 |
2014 |
birth death d - Nelson Mandela (2014) 2014, etc (2) syns. Mandela |
| |
mandrill |
— |
— |
syns. Mandrillus sphinx |
| |
manned flight |
1784 |
— |
start |
| |
Maori double canoe |
— |
— |
d - Maori double canoe 1932, etc (2) |
| |
Map of Cook Islands |
— |
— |
d - flag of New Zealand & Map of Cook Islands 1965 |
| |
map of Rarotonga |
— |
— |
d - ship & map of Rarotonga & John Williams 1949 |
| |
meadow argus |
— |
— |
syns. Funonia villida, Junonia villida, Junonia villida calybe, Junonia villida chagoensis, Meadow Argus Butterfly, Precis villida, Precis villida calybe |
| |
Melithaea albitincta |
— |
— |
d (2) - Melithaea albitincta 1981, etc (2), Queen Elizabeth II & Melithaea albitincta 1981 |
| |
Melithaea squamata |
— |
— |
d - Melithaea squamata 1981 |
| |
military macaw |
— |
— |
syns. Ara militaris |
| |
Millepora alcicornis |
— |
— |
d - Millepora alcicornis 1981 |
| |
Mitra mitra |
— |
— |
d - Mitra mitra (1974) 1974 syns. Episcopal miter, Episcopal Mitre, Mitra episcopalis |
| |
monarch butterfly |
— |
— |
syns. Danaidae plexippus, Danaus plexippus, Danaus plexippus megalippe, Danaus plexippus plexippus, Dannaus plexippus, monarch, Soldier martinique |
| |
Monetaria caputserpentis |
— |
— |
syns. Cypraea caputserpentis |
| |
Monodon monoceras |
— |
— |
d - Monodon monoceras 1984 |
| |
5th National Boy Scout Jamboree (Cook Islands) |
1969 |
— |
- 5th National Boy Scout Jamboree |
| |
Ngatangiia Channel |
— |
— |
d - Ngatangiia Channel 1949 |
| |
Nikao School |
— |
— |
d - Nikao School & flag of New Zealand 1965 |
| |
Noli me Tangere, by Titian |
— |
— |
syns. "Noli me Tangere" - Titian |
| |
none |
— |
— |
(70) - 1892a, 1892b, 1893, ... |
| |
ocean sunfish |
— |
— |
syns. Mola mola |
| |
Oliva sericea |
— |
— |
d - Oliva sericea (1974) 1974 |
| |
olive ridley sea turtle |
— |
— |
syns. Lepidochelys olivacea, Olive Ridley Turtle |
| |
Olympics 1968 |
1968 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 1972 |
1972 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 1976 |
1976 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 1984 |
1984 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 1988 |
1988 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 1992 |
1992 |
— |
(2) - ... in 1991, ... b syns. Olympics '92, Summer Olympics 1992 |
| |
Olympics 1996 |
1996 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 2000 |
2000 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 2004 |
2004 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 2008 |
2008 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 2012 |
2012 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Olympics 2016 |
2015 |
— |
- ... |
| |
orange |
— |
— |
d (2) - oranges 1973, oranges (1963) 1963 syns. oren |
| |
Ornithoptera richmondia |
— |
— |
d - Ornithopt..ichmondia 2020, etc (3) |
| |
6th Pacific Arts Festival |
1992 |
— |
syns. 6th Festival of Pacific Arts |
| |
Pacific Games 2009 |
2009 |
— |
- ... |
| |
Pacific Islands Conference 1985 |
1985 |
— |
- ... |
| |
43rd Pacific Islands Forum in Rarotonga |
— |
— |
d - 43rd Paci..Rarotonga 2015 |
| |
Painting by Norman Rockwell |
— |
— |
d - Painting .. Rockwell 2015 |
| |
Palauastrea ramosa |
— |
— |
d - Palauastrea ramosa 1981 |
| |
palm |
— |
— |
d (2) - palm 1920, solar eclipse & palm 1965 |
| |
palms |
— |
— |
d (2) - Aitutaki map & palms 1949, village & palms 1938, etc (2) |
| |
Panthera leo persica |
— |
— |
d - Panthera leo persica 1992 |
| |
Papilio crino |
— |
— |
d - Papilio crino 2020, etc (3) |
| |
Papilio godeffroyi |
— |
— |
d - Papilio godeffroyi (1998) 1998 |
| |
Papilio troilus |
— |
— |
d - Papilio troilus 2020, etc (3) syns. Spicebush Swallowtail, Spicebush Swallowtail Butterfly |
| |
Pavona praetorta |
— |
— |
d - Pavona praetorta 1981 |
| |
Penny Black introduction |
1840 |
— |
- ... 150th syns. First Postage Stamp, Penny Black start |
| |
peregrine falcon |
— |
— |
syns. fabhcún gorm, Falco kreyenborgi, Falco peregrinus, Falco peregrinus madens, Falco peregrinus minor, Falco peregrinus nesiotes, Falco peregrinus peregrinator, Falco peregrinus tundrius, Peregrine, Wanderfalke |
| |
Persian fallow deer |
— |
— |
syns. Dama mesopotamica |
| |
Phallicium glaucum |
— |
— |
d - Phallicium glaucum 1974 |
| |
Prince Philip |
1921 |
— |
birth visit (Ghana) d - Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip wedding day 1971 syns. Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip |
| |
Dwight Phillips |
— |
— |
d - Dwight Phillips 2005, etc (4) |
| |
pineapple |
— |
— |
d - pineapples (1973) 1973 syns. ananas, Ananas comosus, piña |
| |
Plerogyra sinuosa |
— |
— |
d - Plerogyra sinuosa (1981) 1981 syns. Bubble coral |
| |
Plumeria |
— |
— |
syns. frangipani, white and yellow frangipani |
| |
Plumeria rubra |
— |
— |
d - Plumeria rubra (1972) 1972 syns. Plumeria acuminata, Plumeria rubra f. rubra, Plumeria rubra var. acutifolia, Plumeria rubra var. lutea |
| |
PO Rarotonga & Queen Elizabeth II |
— |
— |
d - PO Raroto..zabeth II 2015 |
| |
Poinciana regia flamboyant |
— |
— |
d - Poinciana..lamboyant 1973 |
| |
poinsettia |
— |
— |
d - Euphorbia pulcherrima poinsettia 1973 syns. Adventsstern, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Poinsettia pulcherrima |
| |
Polistes jokahamae |
— |
— |
d - Polistes jokahamae 2013 |
| |
Pomarea dimidiata |
— |
— |
d - Pomarea dimidiata 1989 |
| |
poplar admiral |
— |
— |
syns. Limenitis populi, Poplar Admiral Limenitis populi |
| |
Porcellio laevis |
— |
— |
d - Porcellio laevis 2014 |
| |
Porites andrewsi |
— |
— |
d - Porites andrewsi 1981, etc (2) |
| |
Prince George |
— |
— |
d - Prince William holding Prince George 2015 |
| |
Prince Philip visit (Cook Islands) |
1971 |
— |
- Prince Philip visit |
| |
Prince William |
1982 |
— |
birth d - Prince William holding Prince George 2015 syns. Prince William Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, Prince William of Wales |
| |
Prince William birth |
1982 |
— |
syns. Prince William of Wales birth |
| |
Princess Anne's Wedding |
1973 |
— |
- Royal Wedding 1973 syns. Royal Wedding 1973, Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips |
| |
Ptilinopus rarotongensis |
— |
— |
d - Ptilinopu..tongensis 1989, etc (3) |
| |
Ptilosarcus gurneyi |
— |
— |
d - Ptilosarcus gurneyi 1981 |
| |
Queen Elizabeth II accession |
1952 |
— |
syns. Accession of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II reign |
| |
Queen Elizabeth II coronation |
1953 |
— |
- Coronation 1953 syns. Coronation 1953, Coronation of Elizabeth II, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Elizabeth II coronation |
