Belgium 2008 Smurf Duostamp

This is from a set of Belgium Duostamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Smurf or Schtroumpf as known in francophone countries, in 2008 (issue date: 18 May). This one shows Gargamel, the evil sorcerer, in snorkelling gear, trying to catch a Smurf in water; with him is his equally evil cat, Azrael. The actual stamp is the reddish perforated label on the right, the left label is for the illustration - the basis of the Duostamp in Belgium.

North Korea 2009 Turtle sheetlet of 4

The scuba diver is found on the right border of the sheetlet. The stamp is part of a 4-stamp issue on reptiles, the other 3 stamps feature a chameleon, a crocodile and a cobra. The stamps are released in sheetlets of 4 stamps, and only the turtle sheetlet has a scuba diver on the border. The 4 stamps were also issued in a stamp booklet format, but no diving theme there.

Aland 2009 Wreck Diving

The Åland Post issued this stamp on wreck diving on 8 May 2009. I could not garner much info about the stamp design except that it is an artist's impression, and the artist's name is on the stamp: Anette Gustafsson. There are 2 divers here, one finning over the wreck, the other wielding a bright torch, starting to descend to the wreck. Perhaps this is an impression of a salvage work in progress, since the wreck seems to be in the shallows and looks relatively new, with most of the ropes intact.

Israel 2009 Maritime Archeology

The Israeli Post released this set of stamps with tags on 26 November 2009. The first features retrieval of pottery, urns and amphorae, the second features statuettes and figurines, the third weapons and armour, and the last, anchors.

Indonesia 2009 World Ocean Conference

The Indonesian Post released on 11 May 2009 this block of 4 to commemorate World Ocean Conferece and the Coral Triangle Summit. The lower right stamp of the block features a scuba diver with a camera approaching a coral mount covered with soft corals and staghorn corals. This issue also comes with a souvenir sheet, displaying a hawksbill turtle resting on a coral mount.

PNG 2009 Coral Triangle

Papua New Guinea released a sheetlet containing 4 triangular stamps on 22 May 2009, to commemorate a meeting on the Coral Triangle that includes peninsular nations and other archipelagoes: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Philippines, East Timor, Indonesia and Malaysia. The issue also comprises a souvenir sheet and 4 other triangular stamps. This sheetlet features a variety of pelagic and benthic fauna, and in the left-most stamp just under the dolphin is the scuba diver!

French Polynesia 2009 Scuba diving

Issued on 11 September 2009, the miniature sheet shows 2 scuba divers: One, near the bottom of the sheet, handling a camera in an underwater housing; the other seemingly caressing an overhead napoleon wrasse. I think the image of the diver caressing the wrasse was photoshopped, since I can't imagine any diver putting a hand near the mouth of such a big fish. There are 3 stamps in the sheet, one repeating the scene on the miniature sheet, the second shows baby turtles and the third a whale.