24 April 2013

50 Years of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Stamps - Scuba Dive with Turtle

Cocos (Keeling) Islands are celebrating 50 years of stamp use on 4 June 2013 with a set of 5 stamps. The 5-cent stamp, the lowest denomination, shows a scuba diver with a camera following a turtle.

Scuba Cachet for Xmas Island Fish Issue in May 2013

The FDC cachet of the Christmas Island Fishes issue, released on 21 May 2013 has a scuba diver as its central feature. Unfortunately, the scuba diver in the design does not seem to be wearing any buoyancy control device (BCD), which is important for safety as well as buoyancy control.
The fish featured in the stamps are the Cocos Angelfish, the Ladder Wrasse, the Redtooth Triggerfish, and the Red-striped Pigfish.

14 April 2013

Guinea 2011 Girl in diving mask holding big conch shells

This souvenir sheet on the theme of seashells has its release date as 10 May 2011. The sheet selvage features a girl in diving mask holding 2 big conch shells.

27 February 2013

Vanuatu 2012 Greetings underwater

Vanuatu Post issued on 5 December 2012 a set of of 4 stamps entitled Greetings From Vanuatu featuring what tourists can expect from the island. The second stamp denominated at 100 vatu features a snorkeler admiring corals under water.

15 February 2013

Solomon Islands 2013 Corals - Scuba divers

Solomon Islands released 15 March 2013 a set of souvenir sheets featuring indigenous corals, in the second souvenir sheet with a single $24-stamp, silhouettes of at least 3 divers are featured in mid-water of a beautiful coral reef.

14 January 2013

Malaysia 2013 Snorkelling among turtles on SetemKu stamp

Malaysia Pos released on 18 January the last of a series of 5 SetemKu, that can be translated literally as MyStamp, sheets with the theme based on a pair of home-produced animated characters, Upin & Ipin. The picture on the image label of one of the stamp-label pair in the SetemKu sheet features a snorkeller swimming underwater among turtles.

05 January 2013

Cayman Islands 2012 Marine life definitive with scuba diver

Cayman Islands released a new set of definitive stamps with marine life theme on 9 October 2012. The $2 stamp features a scuba diver hovering above a giant barrel sponge.