Water On Stamps

Today is World Oceans Day.

A calm ocean is the only feature on the stamp commemorating Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Elisabeth was an internationally recognized expert on maritime law and policy and the protection of the environment. She worked with the Club of Rome, published and lectured for ocean protection.

For World Oceans Day: "We must save the oceans if we are to save ourselves."

Argentina
Water Protection
June 7, 2009
The stamp emphasizes the scarcity of freshwater resources.

Tlaloc, "He Who Makes Things Sprout," is the Aztec god of rain, lightning and thunder, and a fertility god responsible for both floods and droughts. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a detail from a monumental stone sculpture of Tlaloc completed in 1935 under the direction of Mexican sculptor Federico Canessi (1905-1977) nearby the Nezahualcóyotl Dam in Chiapas, designed by H. Rodriguez, printed by photogravure, and issued by Mexico on January 9, 1976 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of irrigation projects in Mexico, Scott No. 1144, plus an image of a photograph of the Tlaloc sculpture.

- nethryk

In 1997, Singapore issued a set of 4 stamps honoring the 25th anniversary of the Ministry of Environment. The 60 cent value (S.G. #905) featured a stylized fish and river for the theme "clean waters".

Bolivia
Environment Protection - Water
October 14, 2013
October: Water and Life

Macedonia
Environment Protection
June 5, 2008
The stamp promotes the protection of water resources.

France
EUROPA - Water
May 9, 2001
Water, Natural Wealth

France 2014. Water conservation.

This personalized charity stamp from Germany indicates that in addition to 55 cents postage, 45 cents was contributed to Mount Kenya Project to develop water resources in East Africa.

A great blue wave dwarfs the small boats trying to survive the power of the water. A painting by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) was used for the French stamp of 2015 and for letter writing week in Japan, 1963.

Slovenia
World Water Day
March 22, 2019
The minisheet depicts teh role of water in human life.
(Designer: Edi Berk)

Thermal springs, Námaskarð, designed by Þröstur Magnússon, printed by photogravure on granite paper and issued by Iceland on September 20, 1989 as one of a set of two stamps promoting tourism, Scott No. 679, Facit No. 742.

- nethryk

The sheet from Togo illustrates the attempt to clean up after the ocean has been made black by an oil spill. Today is World Oceans Day.

Twenty years ago Kiribati issued a set of stamps which shows how climate change and rising sea levels will affect the islands: the greenhouse effect. Now, two decades later the population has already begun to leave. The islands don't have many years left before they disappear. And that is not a hoax!