Sometimes I wonder who (exactly) decides themes for stamps in each country. I do not know which theme I would choose if I had the chance of designing a stamp. But there are some themes which seem to appear in stamps from the whole world. For instance, fishes (?!). Suddenly I realised that I have received quite a lot stamps with fishes, and I wanted to show some of them here. Believe or not, I had my post ready before reading Viridian's suggestion for Sunday Stamps this week: Sea creatures.
This is not exactly a sea creature, but I considered it was a interesting stamp to show here. It is a hei matau: a bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a fish hook. It is typical of the Maori people of New Zealand, and represents strength, good luck and safe travel across water.
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| From China |
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| From Greece |
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| From Japan |
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| From Malaysia |
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| From New Zealand |
This is not exactly a sea creature, but I considered it was a interesting stamp to show here. It is a hei matau: a bone or greenstone carving in the shape of a fish hook. It is typical of the Maori people of New Zealand, and represents strength, good luck and safe travel across water.
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| From Philippines |
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| From Philippines |
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| From Poland |
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| From Taiwan |
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| From Taiwan |
What a fine collection, The Greek ray is superb and I like the Poland stamps but they look like fresh water fish to me - the one on the right is definitely a pike.
ReplyDeleteGreat selection, the Japanese stamp is fun.
ReplyDeleteI also have quite a collection and had a tough time choosing!
ReplyDeleteand I haven't got any of the ones you are showing.
great selection - thanks for showing more than one stamp. the NZ stamp is a beautiful graceful carving, isn't it? thank you for participating.
ReplyDeleteI am happy to see Philippine stamps with sea creatures on your page. :)
ReplyDeleteStamps from Philippines are wonderful! :D
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