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.

16 April 2012

Tokelau 2012 Snorkelers

Tokelau released a new set of definitive stamps with scenic theme on 11 April 2012. The 40-cent stamp features 3 snorkelers probably doing spearfishing, as one of them is shown standing up in water with a sling contraption for launching spears in his right hand.

29 January 2012

Uganda 2010 Boy Scouts of America - Aquatic Activities

This stamp features aquatic activities as one of the adventurous undertakings of the boy scouts of America. The stamp is one of the 3 found in a souvenir sheet released for Uganda in 2010 to celebrate the centenary scouting. The stamp features the silhouette of a skin diver.

23 December 2011

Guinea 2011 Seashells & Dugongs

A slew of souvenir sheets targeted at collectors have been issued for the Republic of Guinea on 2 December 2011, among them are 2 with scuba divers on the selvage. The first is on the subject of seashells featuring a cowrie, a mitre and the great nautilus; the second souvenir sheet is on the subject of dugongs.

17 November 2011

Papua New Guinea 2011 American B-17F “Black Jack” Underwater Wreck

Papua New Guinea released on 16 November 2011 a set of stamps featuring war relics which are remains of fierce fighting between the Japanese and Allied forces during World War II. The issue contains, among others, a souvenir sheet featuring the underwater wreck of an American B-17F "Black Jack", discovered perfectly intact in 1986 in Milne Bay Province. Nowadays this wreck is often explored by scuba divers from around the world.

04 November 2011

British Antarctic Territory (BAT) 2011 Antarctic Science

A November issue from the British Antarctic Territory, on the theme of Antarctic Science, comprising 2 souvenir sheets, each containing a setenant strip of 4 stamps, and a sheetlet containing 4 sets of dual setanant stamps. The stamps feature scientific research in the Antarctic, both in the past and in the present. It is in the sheetlet that we find the scuba divers, in the last stamp at the lower-right corner, aboard a rigid inflatable boat (RIB) preparing to enter water, at the Rothera Research Station

01 November 2011

X'mas Island 2011 Santa is coming to the beach!

The stamp shown here, released for Christmas Island on 31 October 2011, is the second one in a set of 2. The stamp features Santa literally coming to the beach from the sea, carrying his fins in his left hand, with his snorkel and mask pushed up to his forehead, wading in the shallow waters towards a host of local inhabitants: The fauna of Christmmas Island.