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Mosquito Nets & Fishing Nets

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Posted 11/28/2022   1:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tomonakaazu to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Initially I thought those fishermen are St. Andrew and St. Peter - from other stamps from in the set, they must be religious or mythical... but the SG catalogue doesn't mention those names.

Switzerland
1 June 1965 / Pro Patria. For Swiss Abroad and Art Research, Fishermen / design & engrave: H. Heusser

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Edited by tomonakaazu - 11/28/2022 2:02 pm
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Posted 11/28/2022   2:08 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tomonakaazu to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Similar composition to above, two fishermen working together.

Suriname
12 May 1955 / Cccasion Seal / design: Mevr. A. d'Audretsch-De Zwaan

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United States
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Posted 11/28/2022   7:22 pm  Show Profile Check revenuecollector's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add revenuecollector to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
No nets, but plenty of mosquitos...

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Posted 09/14/2023   12:16 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KuoLC5310 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
French Polynesia
Airmail - Pearl Industry of French Polynesia
September 30, 1970
Set of five, the 2F stamp depicts a net for collecting clams.
Engraver: Cécile Guillame
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Posted 09/14/2023   12:25 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add KuoLC5310 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Crab Fishing
March 13, 2010
The stamp shows netting of crabs.
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Brazil
697 Posts
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El Salvador

1983

Fishing 2v

The 25c stamp shows a fisher with his net - 'the future is in the fishing'


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United States
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Algeria
Traditional Crafts
September 4, 2022
Set of two, one stamp shows fishing net making.
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Wallis and Futuna
Daily Life
May 26, 1998
The stamp depicts net fishing in a lagoon.
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