Shellfish, Crustaceans & Mollusks On Stamps

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Nells250 - Thanks. I really like the design and engraving work on that Republic of China spiny lobster stamp.

Now for something shiny: Here is an image of a stamp depicting a species (Cassis nana) of sea snail commonly called helmet head, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Maldive Islands on January 25, 1975, Scott No. 533.

- nethryk

Croatian Crustacean cover



I can't quite make out the species of the first one: Pal?? elephas

Nethrops norvegicus

Astacus astacus

Bonus: 11-11-11 cancel, and QR code stamps (I don't think there is a topic for those yet... edit: https://goscf.com/t/15653) I don't know where the codes take you or what message they contain. I dumped my smart phone.

Thai Crabs (2nd series) 1994. I think these are freshwater crabs. Apologies for my failing eyesight: the lack of contrast in the text print means I can't make out the species.

The Croatian lobster = Lobster (Palinurus elephas Fabricius). Lobsters belong to the family Palinuridae or spiny lobsters (from the genus Palinurus – long-tailed or spiny lobsters).

Thanks 22crows - so this is the standard issue lobster that'd be served up in a restaurant?

In a Croatian restaurant I presume, as it is a European spiny lobster. We have our own very nice rock lobsters in Australia.

I am a bad New Englander... I don't eat lobster! My boyfriend does, though, and that means good ol' Atlantic Maine lobster.

Here we eat "land prawns". Thankfully there isn't a bug big enough to qualify as "land lobster".

Here are images of the two stamps in a sea shells set designed by the late French artist Huguette Sainson (1929-2011), printed by lithogravure (Edila), and issued by Djibouti on October 9, 1978, Scott Nos. 480 & 481.

Charonia nodifera


Charonia variegata

Banana prawns (Penaeus merguiensis), printed by lithogravure, and issued by Thailand on February 18, 1976, Scott No. 781.

- nethryk

Here are images of the four stamps in a mollusks set designed by Faroese textile and graphic artist, marine researcher and postage stamp designer Astrid Jóhanna Andreasen (1948- ), printed by lithogravure (Cartor Security Printing), and issued by Faroe Islands on February 11, 2002, Scott Nos. 409-412, Facit Nos. 417-420.

- nethryk

Atlantic Bobtail squid (Sepiola atlantica)


Northern Horse mussel (Modiolus modiolus)


Faroese sea slug (Polycera faeroensis)


Common whelk (Buccinum undatum)

Pink shrimps (Pandalus borealis), designed by F. Holm and Jens Christian Rosing, engraved by Arne Kühlmann, and issued by Greenland on April 1, 1982, Scott No. 126, Facit No. 123.

- nethryk

OK, not a stamp, but lots of clams!!

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