MARTINIQUE ~ Purple-throated Carib Hummingbird ~

... Beautiful hummingbird enjoying nectar from a banana flower... a tiny flying jewel... and a flower I never seen before... my second card ever of one the best Caribbean vacation destinations... a little bit of France in the heart of the Caribbean... and an very popular cruise destination... as being a French overseas region, Martinique uses French stamps... Thanks a lot dear Glenn!!【ツ】Hope you had a wonderful holiday! ☼ ☼ ☼

The Purple-throated Carib is a large, dark hummingbird with a purplish-red throat and breast, greenish-blue tail, emerald-green wings, and a down-curved bill, found only on certain islands in the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean.

It lives in mountain forests and clearings, is often seen in banana plantations, and occurs occasionally at lower elevations.

Banana flowers are the beginning stage of the banana, also known as "banana blossoms".They are a purple-ish flower, tear shaped and hangs at the end of banana cluster.




Photo: Stephane Morin

Stamps:

Musicians
Joint Issue with the USA
(Issued 12-06-2012)

MARTINIQUE ~The Martinique Pre-Colombian Archaeology and Prehistory Museum in Fort-de-France ~

... Just a week ago I mentioned when I got this great Caribbean map card that I still missed a few of the islands showing there... and look today I already got one of them... a wonderful surprise o͜͡o... my first card ever from this island...  a little bit of France in the Caribbean and an very popular cruise destination... the postcard shows a beautiful 19thC building formerly used as a military supplies office and  now a listed Historic Monument... as being a French overseas region, Martinique uses French stamps... Thanks a lot Rod!! ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀

 Located in the French Antilles between Dominica and St. Lucia, this  volcanic island is marked by a range of rain-forest covered mountains. Its capital and main urban area is Fort-de-France.

Since 1971, the Martinique Museum of Pre-Colombian Archeology and Prehistory has been housed in this building. The museum brings together a rich collection which traces the prehistory of Martinique, a period of over 4000 years long before the European colonization.

Its collections include some 2,000 artifacts encompassing ceramics, stone and shell items, bones and some jewellery. These pieces were discovered in a series of digs variously located around the entire island during the 19th and 20th centuries.


Photo: J. Poincourt

Stamp:

The French Red Cross
(Issued 30-04-2016)