Showing posts with label Jacques Cousteau. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jacques Cousteau. Show all posts

01 August 2015

Maldives 2015 105th Birth Anniversary of Jacques-Yves Cousteau


As a mark of participation in MonacoPhil, Maldives released on 1 July 2015, 2 souvenir sheets celebrating the 105th birth anniversary of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, who was born on 11 June 1910.

04 July 2015

Togo 15 June 2015 Monaco Oceanographic Museum 105th Anniversary


Two souvenir sheets were released by Togo on 15 June 2015 to mark the 105th anniversary of the Monaco Museum of Oceanography. Both souvenir sheets feature Jacques-Yves Cousteau as one of the subject matters. One of them with 4 stamps in it also feature an early day diving suit.

28 May 2012

Ivory Coast 2012 Jacques Yves Cousteau

Ivory Coast is supposed to have released this souvenir sheet in 2012 on the theme of marine fauna and oceanographers, containing a triangular stamp featuring Jacques Yves Cousteau and the Hector's dolphin (Cephalorhynchus hectori); certainly a strange choice of marine mammal, as this dolphin is found only in New Zealand waters, 2 oceans away from the ivorian waters. The sheet selvage shows an underwater scene filled with corals, reef fishes, a turtle and other tropical marine fauna.

20 April 2012

Guinea 2010 100th Anniversary of Birth of Jacques Cousteau

The Republic of Guinea issued 2 souvenir sheets on 12 July 2010 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth Jacques-Yves Cousteau, inventor of SCUBA. The stamps in the first souvenir sheet also feature Émile Gagnan, co-inventor of SCUBA, and Jean-Michel Cousteau, the eldest son.

14 April 2011

Togo 2010 Cousteau's Birth Centenary

A commercial issue from the Togolese Republic celebrating the birth centenary of Jacques Yves Cousteau. The issue comprises 2 souvenir sheets, one with 4 stamps and one with a single stamp. The Alcyone, the expedition ship with the experimental turbo-sail, is featured in both sheets.

17 January 2011

Macedonia 2010 Birth Centenary of Jacques Cousteau

Macedonia Post celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Jacques Cousteau with this stamp on 20 October 2010. The stamp features Jacques Cousteau, who invented the modern scuba equipment, wearing his patent red woolen cap, and a couple of orcas or killer whales.