Tuvalu

Tuvalu is a GROUP of Islands, located about halfway between the Hawaiian Islands and Australia. Ethnicity was the reason Tuvalu seperated from the rest of the islands. New coinage is printed on the stamps here. I'm not sure what that is all about. The turtle theme is another topical that is very popular in the US. The cover is addressed to someone that lived in Germany. I'm not real crazy about envelopes with the red and blue border. The red bleeds over onto stamps when you try to soak them off the cover. Not a problem if you keep the entire cover. The special envelopes are lighter in weight, so as to save on the high cost of international mail. every gram of paper weight that can be saved in shipping cost matters, especially if you mail letters a lot.

JimmyB