E. Stamps
Year
Country
Item

Image

Notes
1936 Ecuador E1 Darwin explored Ecuador's Galapagos Islands in the fall of 1835, and this set commemorates the centenary of that visit. Darwin's portrait is an 1868 photo [16] by J. M. Cameron.
1958 East Germany E2 Several communist countries honoured Darwin on stamps in 1958-59. 1958 was the centenary of the presentation of the Darwin-Wallace paper to the Linnean Society, and 1959 was the centenary of the Origin of Species and sesquicentenary of Darwin's birth. E2 and E6 incorporate a c1874 photo [6] by Darwin's son Leonard, E3 and E5 a c1854 photo by Maull & Fox (horizontally inverted for E5), and E4 an engraving [17] of an 1875 painting [11] by W. W. Ouless (horizontally inverted).
1959 Czechoslovakia E3
Poland E4
Romania E5
USSR E6
1976 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (territory of Australia) E7 Memorialises the April 1836 visit of the Beagle to the Cocos Islands. Part of a set depicting ships that have been important in these islands' history.
1977 Tuvalu E8 Set commemorating the Royal Society's 1896-97 expeditions to Tuvalu to test Darwin's subsidence theory of coral island formation. Portrait based on an 1854 photo [6] by Maull & Polyblank.
1981 Cocos (Keeling) Islands (territory of Australia) E9 Another island society hails Darwin's subsidence theory of coral island formation. Darwin visited the Cocos Islands in April 1836. E9 uses an 1853 chalk drawing [2] by S. Lawrence, E10 an 1840 painting [18] by G. Richmond.
E10
1982 Antigua & Barbuda E11 Death centenary set with 1881 J. Collier painting inset. Darwin never visited these Caribbean islands.
E12
Ascension (territory of UK) E13

All four of these death centenary sets were issued by island societies visited by the Beagle, and all are based on the same design template (Darwin, tool, beast, Beagle). Darwin visited Ascension in July 1836, the Falkland Islands in 1833-34, Mauritius in April-May 1836, and St Helena in July 1836. E13 incorporates an 1849 portrait [2] by T. H. Maguire, E14 an 1853 chalk drawing [2] by S. Lawrence, E15 a c1881 photo [6] by Elliott & Fry, and E16 an 1840 painting [18] by G. Richmond.
Falkland Islands (territory of UK) E14
Mauritius E15
Saint Helena (territory of UK) E16
Ecuador E17 Death centenary issue. Darwin visited Ecuador's Galapagos Islands in the fall of 1835. Portrait is an 1868 photo [16] by J. M. Cameron.
São Tomé and Príncipe E18 Death centenary sets from two African nations, neither of which was visited by Darwin.
Sierra Leone E19
UK E20 Death centenary set incorporating a c1880 photo by Elliott & Fry.
1983 India E21 India was never visited by Darwin, but it did create this stamp to commemorate Darwin's voyage. Portrait is the 1881 J. Collier painting.
1984 Turks & Caicos (territory of UK) E22 A Caribbean country (never visited by Darwin) honours Darwin's visit to Australia. Portrait is based on an 1871 Illustrated London News engraving of a c1867 photo [24] by E. Edwards (horizontally inverted).
E23