Scuba Divers On Stamps

Has anyone done scuba divers yet?

Here's another one I found, but it is very beat up!

Scuba divers as the printer's colour markers on the selvedge (margin) of the new $10 Canada whale stamp (available now at your local Post Office, comes as a single stamp or in a mini-sheet of 2 stamps).


Photo courtesy of eBay seller Saskconnection http://myworld.ebay.com/saskconnect...=p4340.l2559

And on each stamp when viewed under Ultraviolet (UV) light with a special long-wave UV lamp for stamp collectors.

Puzzler,

That is a really beautiful stamp. I'll have to see about adding that one to my son's collection.

Aimee

I just happened across this posting and thought I would provide links to the Scuba stamps and cards in my collection. It is very extensive. I have scanned them to my facebook page. I am constantly adding scans. If you hover your mouse over any of the images, it should give you the information about the stamps. Most will give you the Scott catalog number and year of issue. Have fun. Here are the album links:

Cards- http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...l=5dc6fc5621

stamps album 1- http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...l=de906d1833

stamps album 2- http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...l=e3c1878ec5

stamps album 3- http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...l=7e8a1fc5a6

I never knew that about the whale stamp! :-)

Wow, Glen!! You have a beautiful collection.

Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

Here is an image of a Red Cross semi-postal stamp depicting a scuba diver attempting to rescue the occupants of submerged car, designed by Finnish artist Olavi Vepsäläinen (1927–1993), printed by lithogravure, and issued by Finland on May 7, 1966, Scott No. B177, Facit No. 614.

- nethryk

Here are images of the two stamps in a set depicting a scuba diver with a harpoon gun, printed by lithogravure, and issued by Chile on September 1, 1971 to publicize the 10th World Underwater Fishing Championships, Scott Nos. 403 & 404. Thunderball time!

- nethryk

Bulgaria : Circa 1972

Scuba diver and bathyscaphe, viewed through porthole, designed and engraved by Jacques Combet, and issued by France on March 6, 1971 to publicize the Ocean Exposition held in Bordeaux, Scott No. 1300, Y&T No. 1666.

- nethryk

Ikaite is the mineral name for the hexahydrate of calcium carbonate, CaCO3·6H2O. It is only found in a metastable state, and decomposes rapidly once removed from near-freezing water. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a scuba diver viewing ikaite towers in Ikka Fjord, designed by Danish graphic artist Morten Stürup, engraved by Lars Sjööblom, and issued by Greenland on June 20, 2005, Scott No. 457, Facit No. 433.

- nethryk

ATM stamp FDC from Israel on the theme of coral conservation.

This souvenir sheet is part of a Guyana 2012 release for UNEP World Environment Day. It has a very beautiful design depicting earth represented by a blue sphere surrounded, as well as filled, with silhouettes of all sorts of creatures - swimming, crawling and flying; and then there are also human being doing various activities like sailing, cycling and scuba diving!

Scuba diver, designed by I. Levin, printed by photogravure, and issued by Russia (USSR) on October 28, 1959 as one of a set of four stamps honoring voluntary aides of the Soviet Army, Scott No. 2263, Zagorski No. 2287.

- nethryk

Mali 2013 Corals SS1 - with silhouette of scuba diver on upper left of selvage.