Anyone Collect Fishing On Stamps?

Singapore 2018 Good Evening Singapore miniature sheet

Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting Kiribati tuna fishing operations, designed by G. Drummond, printed by lithography, and issued by Kiribati on November 19, 1981, Scott Nos. 380-83.

- nethryk

Bonriki Fish Farm - tuna bait breeding center


Fishing for tuna


Cold storage of tuna at Betio


Government tuna fishing vessel - Nei Manganibuka

On January 12, 2017 Ireland released a set of 8 computer-vended stamps from its 9th definitive series "A History of Ireland in 100 objects". One of these stamps features a Late Mesolithic Period fish trap found in a bog in Clowanstown. This relic now can be seen at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin.

From the 100objects.ie website, "It does not look like much: some small, smooth interwoven sticks embedded in the turf from a bog at Clowanstown in Co. Meath. The bog, however, was once a lake, and the woven sticks are an astonishing survival: part of a conical trap used by early Irish people to scoop fish from the lake or catch them in a weir. Radiocarbon tests date it to between 5210 and 4970 B.C. The Irish trap could be called a classic design: similar items continue to be used around the world."

In fact, to see a similar fish trap which isn't 7000 years old, go back to page 7 of this thread and you will find a modern one from Togo.

On January 2, 1999 Norway issued a stamp booklet of eight (one pane) featuring these two stamps (Facit #s 1348-9). One stamp shows a salmon and a hand-tied fly. On the other stamp, a cod and a spinner are depicted. Stamps were printed by comb halftone recess and offset (Facit).

I am too new to have a fish stamp collection, but as a fishing aficionado, I think I might just need to start! Nora.

An interesting ice-fishing stamp with a touching story. Wan Xiang (Ad.180-268) is a famous political figure in the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties. When he was a kid, his step-mother was very cruel to him. But he doesn't hate her, instead, when she was ill , he went on fishing in extremely cold weather and helped her mother recover. His many filial deeds moved many people, and later he became a very successful political figure.

Here is Norway's sport fishing set of three (Facit #s 934-6) from April 10, 1984. They show lake fishing (2.50 kr.), salmon fishing (3.00 kr.), and deep sea fishing (3.50 kr.).

And, here is Finland's "Fishing" booklet (Facit #H15) of March 20, 1991.

Norway's June 2, 2000 "Fish and Fishing Tackle" booklet of 8 (2 different designs, Facit #s 1394-5) shows a herring and a mackerel in nets.

I believe it is a repeat from 2014 post - but here is my find.

Singapore 2019 Parks. Fishing showed at the lower left corner of miniature sheet.

On October 25, 1988 Samoa issued a set of six stamps promoting the country's "National Program to Conserve Nature and Environment". The 60 sene value (SG #811) of this set is themed "Conserve Marine Resources". It shows a man in a boat using a bamboo fishing rod, and a wading man spearfishing.

Fishing is the theme of New Zealand's August 6, 1980 set of three Health stamps (SG #s 1225-7). Stamps were printed as sheets (14c +2c values printed se-tenant fashion) and as a souvenir sheet (SG MS1228) as shown here.

14c + 2c surf fishing
14c + 2c wharf fishing
17c + 2c spear fishing

Howard Richoux has an outstanding website of fish and game stamps of the US States.

Here is the link for the fishing stamps, many of which have fish as part of the design:

http://www.ducks2k.com/duckcat/FISH/FISH.HTM

That is a deep rabbit hole to dive into for those who just have to have all fish stamps!!!

Canada issued in 2005 a set of four Fishing Flies stamps.
One version a water activated souvenir sheet (Scott 2087) and
a self-adhesive booklet of 8.(Scott 2088)

Scott 2088 a-d