Preserve the Polar Regions and Glaciers

A joint stamp issue involving several countries to bring awareness to the effects of climate change. Each issuing administration was permitted to use whatever design they desired so long as it incorporated the crystal snowflake insignia. Below is a list of the 46 stamp issues I know of.

The original series was started by Chile and Finland and involved several nations with interests in the polar regions. The series ran from 2007 to 2009. Through the UPU, the series was extended in 2010 and 2011 to other nations that had not participated in the initial series.

Åland Date: 22 January 2009 Designer: Daniel Eriksson Sheet Size: 120 x 80 mm Perforation: 13 per 2 cm Printer: The LM Group Printing Process: 4-colour offset, Metal FX, embossing Quantity: 120,000 sheets
	Australian Antarctic Territory Date: 4 March 2009 Designer: Doug Pitt Stamp size: 37.5 x 26mm Minisheet size: 120 x 80 mm Perforations: 13.86 x 14.6 Printer: Energi Print Printing Process: Lithography
Algeria Date: 28 March 2009 Designer: K Krim Stamp Size: 26 x 36 mm Perforations: 14 by 14 Print Process: Offset Printer: Imprimerie de la Banque d'Algerie
	Andorra Date: 27 March 2009 Designer: Yves Beaujard Stamp Size: 30 x 40 mm Sheet Size: 143 x 105 mm Print Process: Intaglio / Offset Printer: Phil@poste Quantity: 150,000 sheets
Argentina Date: 7 March 2009 Sheet Size: 100 x 150 mm Stamp Size: 50 x 30 mm Perforations: 14 Printer: Letra Viva SA, Buenos Aires
	Austria Release Date: 26 March 2009 Designer: Irmgard Paul Size: 32.5 x 40.0 mm Perforations: 14 by 14 Printing Process: Offset Printer: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei Quantity: 400,000 stamps
Azerbaijan Date: 3 March 2009 Designer: Kh. Mirzoyev Perforation: comb 14 Stamp Size: 26 x 38 mm Sheet Size: 120 x 72 mm Printing Process: Offset Quantity: 30,000 sheets
	Belarus Date: 11 Feb 2011 Designer: Vladislav Shevardin Stamp Size: 28 x 40 mm Perforation: comb 14.25 x 14 Paper: chalk-surfaced, gummed Printing Process: Offset Printer: Belarus Printing House Quantity: 50,000
Belgium Date: 9 March 2009 Designers: Myriam Voz & Thierry Martin Stamp Size: 40.20 x 27.66 mm Sheet Size: 120 x 80 mm Perforations: 11 1/2 Printing Process: Offset Pirnter: Stamps Production Belgium Quantity: 230,000 sheets
	Brazil Date: 18 March 2009 Designer: Miriam Guimarăes Stamp Size 38 x 38 mm Perforations: 11.5 x 11.5 Printer: Casa da Moeda do Brasil Quantity: 1,020,000 stamps
Bulgaria Date: 27 March 2009 Designers: Maglena Konstantinova Sheet Size 127 x 63 mm Stamp Size 39 x 28.5 mm Printer: Bulgarska philatelia & Numismatika Printing Process: Lithography in 6 colours Quantity: 20,000 sheets
	Canada Date: 9 April 2009 Designers: Tiit Telmet, Wade Stewart Sheet Size 120 x 80 mm Stamp Size 42 x 28 mm Perforations: 13+ Printer: Lowe-Martin Printing Process: Lithography in 6 colours Quantity: 225,000 sheets, 2,000,000 stamps
Chile Date: 18 March 2009 Designer: Mauricio Navarro Sheet Size 80 x 118 mm Stamp Size 36 x 48 mm Printer: Casa de Mondedade Chile Printing Process: Offset Quantity: 50,000 stamps, 3000 sheets
	Croatia Date: 27 March 2009 Designers: Ivana Cukelj and Tatjana Strinavic Sheet Size: 112 x 73 mm Stamp Size: 31.24 x 35.50 mm Perforation: Harrow, 14 Printer: "Zrinski" - Cakovec Printing Process: Multicoloured Offset + Embossed print and Varnish Quantity: 300,000 sheets
Curaçao Date: 11 August 2009 Stamp Size: 36 x 36 mm Perforation: 12.75 x 13.25 Printer: Joh. Enschedé Security Printers
	Czech Republic Date: 11 Feb 2009 Designers: Josef Dudek and Miloš Ondrace Stamp Size: 54.4 x 44.4 mm Sheet Size: 151 × 107 mm Printer: Post Printing House, Praha Quantity: 85,000 sheets
Ecuador Date: 30 March 2009 Stamp Size: 37 x 28 mm Perforation: 13.5 Issuing Authority: Unidad Postal Nuevos Correos del Ecuador
	Estonia Date: 15 January 2009 Designers: Lembit Lohmus Sheet Size: 120 x 78 mm Stamp Size: 41 x 41 mm. Perforation: comb 13 1/4 Printer: AS Vaba Maa Printing Process: Offset Quantity: 75,000 sheets
Faroe Islands Date: 23 Feburary 2009 Designer: Edward Fuglo Stamp Size: 30 x 40 mm Sheet Size: 120 x 80 mm Perforation: 13 per 2 cm Printer: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei Printing Process: Offset Quantity: 110,000 sheets
	Finland Date: 18 March 2009 Designer: Saku Hienanen Stamp Size: 37.5 mm round Sheet Size: 120 x 80 mm Perforation: 13 1/2 x 13 1/2 Printer: Joh. Enschedé Stamps B.V., The Netherlands Printing Process: Offset Quantity: 300,000 sheets
France Date: 30 March 2009 Designer: Yves Beaujard Stamp Size: 30 x 40 mm Sheet Size: 143 x 105mm Printer: Phil@poste Printing Process: Intaglio / Offset Quantity: 1,800,000
	Greece Date: 30 March 2009 Designer: Anthoula Lygka Stamp Size: 30 mm circular Sheet Size: 80 x 120 mm Printer: Giesecke & Devrient Matsoukis A.G. Quantity: 100,000
Greenland Date: 19 January 2009 Designer: Dorit Olsen and Julie Edel Hardenberg Stamp Size: 50 x 43.5 mm Perforations: 14 Printing Process: Offset Printer: Joh Enschedé Security Printers

	Hungary Date: 27 March 2009 Designer: Kálmán Székely Sheet Size: 75 x 110 mm Stamp Size: 40 x 30 mm Printing Process: Offset Printer: Hungarian Banknote Printing Shareholding Co. Quantity: 100,000 sheets
Iceland Date: 29 January 2009 Designer: Örn Smári Gíslason Sheet Size: 80x120 mm Stamp Size: 26.5 x 40 mm Printing Process: 4-color offset + 1-engraving Printer: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei Quantity: 80,000
	India Date: 19 December 2009 Designer: Sankha Samanta Stamp Size: 58 x 32 mm Perforations: 13 Printing Process: wet offset Printer: Security Printing Press, Hyderabad Quantity: 3M stamps, 800,000 sheets
Indonesia Date: 18 March 2009 Designer: Guruh Ramdhani Sheet Size: 120 x 80 mm Stamp Size: 41.6 x 25.31 mm Printer: Arta M Graphic Quantity: 40,000
	Japan Date: 30 June 2009 Designer: Ayaka Hoshiyama Stamps Size: 38.5 x 31.1 mm Sheet Size: 120.0 x 80.0 mm Printer: Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. Printing Process: Offset 6 colors hologram Quantity: 3,750,000 sheets
Jordan Date: 2011/12 Quantity: 5,000 sheets
	Kazakhstan Date: 12 March 2009 Designer: Danijar Mukhamedjanov Stamp Size: 50 x 38 mm Perforation: comb 12 3/4 : 12 1/2 Printer: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House Printing Process: offset Quantity: 50,000 stamps
Latvia Date: 18 March 2009 Designer: Girts Griva Stamp Size: 30 x 37,50 mm Sheet Size: 120 x 75 mm Perforation: frame 13 1/4 Printing Process: Offset Printer: Baltic Banknote Quantity: 50,000 sheets
	Lithuania Date: 27 March 2009 Designer: G. Luziniene Stamp Size: 30 x 40 mm Sheet Size: 120 x 80 mm Perforation: frame 14 Printer: Osterreichishe Staatsdrukerei Printing Process: Offset Quantity: 50,000 sheets
Mexico Date: 14 September 2009 Designer: Rodolfo Espindola Photography: Sergio Zambrano Perforation: 13 Stamp Size: 40 x 40 mm Printing Process: Offset Printer: Talleres de Impresion de Estampillas y Valores Quantity: 100,000 pairs
	Moldova Date: 18 March 2009 Designer: Vitaly Pogolsha Perforations: comb 14 1/2 : 14 Stamp Size: 27.50 x 46 mm Printing Process: Offset Printer: Enterprise d'Etat editorial-polygraphique Tipografia Centrala Chisinau Moldova Quantity: 100,000 stamps
New Zealand Date: 4 March 2009 Designer: Alan Hollows Stamp Size: 30 x 25 mm Sheet Size: 120 x 80 mm Printer: Southern Colour Print, Dunedin Printing Process: Offset lithography Quantity: 52,000 sheets
	Nicaragua Date: 2011
Norway Date: 20 February 2009 Designer: Enzo Finger Sheet Size: 120 x 80 mm Printer: Joh. Enschede, Netherlands Printing Process: Offset Quantity: 225,000 sheets
	Peru Date: 15 January 2009 Designer: Marita Trinidad B., SERPOST S.A. Stamp Size: 40 x 30 mm Perforations: 13 1/2 Printer: Thomas Greg and Sons, Perú Printing Process: Offset Quantity: 75,000 sheets
Romania Date: 21 March 2009 Designer: Mihai Vamasescu Sheet Size: 120 x 80mm Stamp Size: 33 x 48 mm Printing Process: 4 Colour Offset Printer: The Postage Stamps Printing House, Bucharest Quantity: 24.500 sheets, first 1000 numbered in red
	Serbia Date: 31 January 2011 Stamp Size:37.5 x 30 mm Perforation: 13.25 by 13.25 Printer: Zin Belgrade
Slovenia Date: 27 March 2009 Designer: Matjaz Ucakar Sheet Size: 120 x 80mm Stamp Size: 40 x 30 mm Perforations: 13 by 13 Printing Process: 4 Colour Offset Printer: Oriental Press Bahrain Quantity: 120,000 sheets
	South Africa Date: 2 March 2009 Designer: Annemarie Wessels Stamp Size: 48 x 30.45 mm Sheet Size: 120 x 80 mm Printer: Joh. Enschedé Stamps B.V., The Netherlands Printing: Offset Lithography Quantity: 100,000 sheets
South Korea Date: 3 June 2011 Designer: Sojeong KIM Stamps Size: 26 x 36 mm Perforation: 13 Printer: Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation Printing Process: Offset, 4-colour Quantity: 700,000 sheets
	Switzerland Date: 5 March 2009 Designer: Thomas Kissling Stamps Size: 40 x 31.5 mm Perforation: 13 3/4 : 13 1/4 Printer: Joh. Enschedé Stamps B.V., The Netherlands Printing Process: Offset, 4-colour
Ukraine Date: 18 March 2009 Designer: Vladimir Taran Sheet Size: 120 x 115 mm Stamp Size: 33,06 x 31,32 mm Perforation: comb 11 1/2 Printing Process: Offset Printer: Ukraina Plant Quantity: 23,750 sheets
	Uzbekistan Date: 25 October 2010 Stamp Size: 30 x 42 mm Perforations: 13.5 by 13.5 Printing Process: Offset Issuing Authority: JSC Uzbekistan Markasi Quantity: 20,000 stamps

Notes

• The Domincan Republic issued a PPRG themed stamp in 2010 without the insignia
• Belgium issued ATM labels that feature the crystal PPRG insignia.
• A private Netherlands issue was produced however it is not officially part of the PPRG series
• There is a South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands issue called "Preserve the Polar Regions" but it is not part of this series.
• A number of autonomous republics have issued PPRG stamps: Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transnistria that I know of

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