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Here are images of the eight stamps in a colorful fishes set designed by S. Zarimba, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Romania on May 10, 1964, Scott Nos. 1635-42. - nethryk Black scorpionfish ( Scorpaena porcus)  Peacock blenny ( Salaria pavo, aka Blennius pavo Risso)  Mediterranean scad or horse mackerel ( Trachurus mediterraneus)  Russian sturgeon ( Acipenser gueldenstaedtii)  Short-snouted seahorse ( Hippocampus hippocampus)  Tub gurnard ( Trigla lucerna)  Beluga sturgeon ( Huso huso)  Common stingray ( Dasyatis pastinaca, aka Trygon pastinaca)  |
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Hammerhead shark, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued for use in Comoro Islands on December 20, 1965, Scott No. 64. - nethryk  |
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Here are images of the four stamps in a fishes set, designed and engraved by Gilbert Aufschneider, and issued by Dahomey on September 20, 1965, Scott Nos. 205-08. - nethryk West African Spanish mackerel ( Cybium tritor)  Pink Dentex ( Dentex filosus, aka Dentex gibbosus)  Atlantic sailfish ( Istiophorus americanus, aka Istiophorus albicans)  Atlantic Tripletail ( Lobotes surinamensis)  |
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Nells250 - Thanks! Here is an image of an inverted triangle stamp depicting a tuna, engraved and printed by American Bank Note Company, and issued by Costa Rica on December 15, 1937 as one of five stamps in a set publicizing the National Exposition, held in December, Scott No. 186. - nethryk  |
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My "fish" collection is rather specialized, but I don't take it too seriously -- I collect just for the halibut.  |
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Nells250 - Thanks! Here is an image of a stamp depicting a rose fish ( Sebastes norvegicus), also known as the ocean perch, designed by Icelandic artist Þröstur Magnússon, engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by Iceland on October 16, 1980, Scott No. 534, Facit No. 595. - nethryk  |
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Bonefish ( Albula vulpes) and fisherman, engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., and issued for use in Turks and Caicos Islands on November 25, 1957, Scott No. 122. - nethryk  |
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Asian yellowtail ( Seriola lalandi aureovitta), designed by D. Okumura, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on February 10, 1967, Scott No. 868. - nethryk  |
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