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Preserve the Polar Regions
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Preserve the Polar Regions
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Below is a checklist of Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers (PPRG) postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
PPRG is being spearheaded by Finland and Chile (conceived when Chile's President visited Finland in May 2007 and will take place during 2009). The campaign is dedicated to raising awareness of the fragile state of the polar regions and glaciers in this era of global warming. Many countries have agreed to participate, with the postal items from many of those countries listed below. So far, 40 countries have issued stamps for PPRG. The remaining countries that are expected to issue PPRG stamps but have not done so yet are: India, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
| Country | Catalog Number* | Type of Item** | Year of Issue | Notes on Content*** |
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| Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers (PPRG) | ||||
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| Aland | 283 (BL8, Mi305) | SS1 | 2009 | |
| Aland | 283 fdc | SS1 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Algeria | Unknown (Mi1585) | 2009 | ||
| Andorra | 651 (Mi?) | MS2 (651 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Argentina | Unknown (new issue) | MS2 (a-b) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Argentina | Unknown fdc (new issue) | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L149a (Mi?) | MS2 (L148-L149) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L149a fdc | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L148-L149 fdc | Two stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L148 maxi | Maxicard, also back | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L149 maxi | Maxicard, also back | ||
| Australian Antarctic Territory | L148-L149+L149a pack | Presentation pack, also back, interior page-1, and interior page-2 | ||
| Austria | 2198 (Mi2979) | 2009 | ||
| Austria | 2198 fdc | Stamp and cancel on FDC | ||
| Azerbaijan | 894 (Mi?) | MS2 (894 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Belgium | 2355 (BL140) | MS2 (2355 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Belgium | 2355a-b fdc1 | Strip of 2 (2355a-b) and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Belgium | 2355a-b fdc2 | Two stamps (2355a-b) and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Belgium | 2355b fdc | Stamp and cancel on FDC | ||
| Belgium | 2355 sheet | MS2 and cancel on FDC sheet | ||
| Belgium | None | Postage label | 2009 | |
| Belgium | None | Postage label (different) | ||
| Belgium | None | Postage label (different) | ||
| Belgium | None | Postage label (different) | ||
| Brazil | Unknown (new issue) | Strip of 2 (a-b) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Brazil | Unknown fdc | Strip of 2 and cancel on FDC | ||
| Bulgaria | Unknown (new issue) | MS2 (a-b) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Bulgaria | Unknown (new issue) | MS2 blue proof? | ||
| Bulgaria | Unknown fdc | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Bulgaria | Unknown maxi1 (new issue) | Maxicard | ||
| Bulgaria | Unknown maxi2 (new issue) | Maxicard (different) | ||
| Bulgaria | None | Cachet on postal card | 2009 | |
| Canada | 2327b (Mi?) | MS2 (2326-2327) | 2009 | |
| Canada | 2326-2327 fdc | Two stamps on FDC, also back | ||
| Canada | 2327a (Mi?) | MS16 (8x (2326-2327)) | ||
| Chile | 1523 (Mi?) | Pair (a-b) | 2009 | |
| Chile | 1523 fdc | Pair and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Chile | 1524 (bl?) | MS2 (a-b) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Croatia | 723 (Mi?) | MS2 (723 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Croatia | 723 fdc | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Czech Republic | 3412 (BL35, Mi588) | SS1 | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Ecuador | Unknown1 (new issue) | 2009 | Also IPY1 | |
| Ecuador | Unknown2 (new issue) | |||
| Ecuador | Unknown fdc (new issue) | Two stamps and cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Estonia | 610 (BL32, Mi529-530) | MS2 (a-b) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Estonia | 610 fdc | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Faroe Islands | 508 (Mi?) | Issued in a sheet of unknown number | 2009 | |
| Faroe Islands | 509 (Mi?) | Issued in a sheet of unknown number | ||
| Faroe Islands | 509a (Mi?) | MS2 (508-509) | ||
| Finland | 1334 (BL55, Mi1959-1960) | MS2 (1334 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Finland | 1334 fdc | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| France | 3632 | MS2 (3632 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Greece | 2838 (Mi?) | MS2 (a-b) | 2009 | |
| Greece | 2838 fdc | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Greenland | 536 (Mi?) | 2009 | ||
| Hungary | 4109 (Mi?) | 2009 | ||
| Hungary | 4110 (Mi?) | |||
| Hungary | 4111 (Mi?) | |||
| Hungary | 4112 (Mi?) | |||
| Hungary | 4109-4112 fdc | Four stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Hungary | 4113 (Mi?) | Silk version of 4109 | ||
| Hungary | 4114 (Mi?) | Silk version of 4110 | ||
| Hungary | 4115 (Mi?) | Silk version of 4111 | ||
| Hungary | 4116 (Mi?) | Silk version of 4112 | ||
| Hungary | 4117 (BL326) | MS2 (4117 (a-b)) | ||
| Hungary | 4117 fdc | MS2 and cachet on FDC | ||
| Iceland | 1162 (BL46, Mi1223-1224) | MS2 (a-b) when viewed "cold", or when viewed "hot"2 | 2009 | |
| Iceland | 1162 fdc | MS2 and cancel on FDC | ||
| Indonesia | 2178 (Mi?) | MS2 (2178 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Indonesia | 2178 fdc | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Japan | Unknown (new issue) | MS4 (a-d) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Kazakhstan | Unknown (new issue) | From MS8 | 2009 | |
| Kazakhstan | Unknown fdc (new issue) | Stamp and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Latvia | 3701 (Mi755-756) | MS2 (a-b) | 2009 | |
| Latvia | 3701 fdc | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Lithuania | 890 (BL38) | MS2 (890 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Lithuania | 890 fdc | MS2 and cancel on FDC | ||
| Mexico | Unknown a+b (Mi?) | From MS8 | 2009 | |
| Mexico | Unknown fdc | Two stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Moldova | Unknown1 (Mi645) | Also MS10 | 2009 | |
| Moldova | Unknown2 (Mi646) | Also MS10 | ||
| Moldova | Unknown1+2 fdc1 | Stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Moldova | Unknown1+2 fdc2 | Stamps and cancel (same) on FDC (different) | ||
| Netherlands | Personalized1 (new issue) | Personalized stamp, from MS10 | 2009 | |
| Netherlands | Personalized2 (new issue) | Personalized stamp (different), , from MS10 | ||
| Netherlands | Personalized label (new issue) | Personalized label | ||
| Netherlands | Personalized fdc1 (new issue) | Two personalized stamps and label and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Netherlands | Personalized fdc2 (new issue) | Two personalized stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Netherlands | Personalized packet (new issue) | Personalized postage stamp packet, also back | ||
| New Zealand | Unknown (new issue) | MS2 (a-b), also initial design | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| New Zealand | Unknown fdc (new issue) | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC, also back | ||
| Norway | 1570 (Mi?) | MS2 (1570 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| Peru | 1667 (BL57) | MS4 (a-d) | 2008 | Also IPY1 |
| Peru | 1667 fdc | MS4 and cancel on FDC | ||
| Romania | Unknown (new issue) | MS2 (a-b) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Romania | Unknown ms1 (new issue) | MS9 (first stamp) | ||
| Romania | Unknown ms2 (new issue) | MS9 (second stamp) | ||
| Romania | Unknown fdc (new issue) | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| Romania | Unknown (new issue) | Special MS2 (a-b), with silver logo and red serial number | ||
| St. Vincent | Unknown (new issue) | MS4 (a-d) | 2009 | |
| St. Vincent | Unknown (new issue) | SS1 | ||
| Slovenia | Unknown (new issue) | MS2 (a-b) | 2009 | |
| Slovenia | Unknown fdc (new issue) | MS2 and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
| South Africa | 1392 (Mi?) | MS2 (1392 (a-b)) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| South Africa | 1392 fdc | MS2 on FDC | ||
| South Georgia | 375 (Mi?) | MS2 (375 (a-b)) | 2009 | |
| South Georgia | 375a-b fdc | 2 stamps on FDC | 2009 | |
| Switzerland | 1334 (Mi?) | From MS10 (1334a (10x 1334) | 2009 | |
| Ukraine | 763 (Mi1027-1028) | Pair from MS8 (763c (4x (763 (a-b)) + label)) | 2009 | Also IPY1 |
| Ukraine | 763 fdc | Two stamps and cancel and cachet on FDC | ||
*Scott catalog number, unless prefixed with Mi or BL for Michel.
**FDC = first day cover; SS# = Souvenir Sheet, MS# = Miniature Sheet, where # = number of stamps in the strip or sheet; and the numbers in parentheses are the catalog numbers of the stamps in the sheet.
1IPY = International Polar Year
2Thermal ink on this item results in two different images depending on whether it is "cold" or "hot".
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