Seahorses on stamps

[agung]

Our Sea, Our Legacy

The diversity of marine life and coral reefs is an interesting and unique ocean treasures that must be preserved and protected to be shared by future generations. It is a chain of marine ecosystems are interdependent on each other and the destruction of one of the chain will cause a deterioration in the ecosystem chain system. "Our Sea, Common Heritage"

Sea Horse / Hippocampus sp / Date of Issue: 11/10/2001

[kacyds]

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[Dorincard]

Maximum card/maxicard from Romania.
The short-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus), is a species of seahorse in the family Syngnathidae.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus_hippocampus

[Dorincard]

Back side, to better see the pictorial postmark.

[kannik]

I just got a beautiful souvenir sheet from the
Cook Islands with stylized seahorses on them.
Here it is:

[MikeC99]

I have a few Barbados stamps depicting the monarch seated on a chariot with a trident in hand being drawn by two seahorses.
The first stamp is Scott # 70 that was issued between 1892 and 1903.
Mike

[MikeC99]

The second stamp is Scott # 116 issued in 1912.

[MikeC99]

The third Barbados stamp is Scott # 128 issued between 1916 and 1918.

[MikeC99]

My fourth Barbados stamp is Scott # 209 with a surcharge in black that was issued April 21, 1947.

[ChickasawStampMan]

I have been looking for seahorses while snorkeling for years and have yet to see one in the wild. This is still on my bucket list, along with a penny black, 3 large US zephlins (sp), etc....

[kannik]

Yes, I have a few of those Barbados ones, too,
and I think their subtle colours are absolutely
wonderful! The ones most seahorse (and British!)
collectors want to get, but they are very
expensive, are some that look very like the
Barbados ones but are twice as wide. I have
one stamp that I originally thought was one of
those, (and I got all excited!) but then realized
that it is a "stamp-on-stamp" only showing one
of those expensive ones!

[kannik]

I just realized that, although I started this thread, I was having a lot of
trouble posting photos. I seem to have resolved part of that problem now,
so I will use the next few postings to show you what I`ve collected in
seahorses. Dorincard, I just love your Romanian maximum (post)card so much
that I copied it and will look for a copy for my own! I don`t care if it`s
a maximum card or not! Here is a picture of my "stamp-on-stamp" British
"Horses in the sea" stamp.  Just click on the photo to make it bigger!

[kannik]

And here are my George V Barbados seahorse
stamps. There are better photos of the stamps`
details above, but this shows off their lovely
subtle colours, which I appreciate so much. The
notation at the top, which is a little fuzzy,
and hard on the eyes, says, "When I Googled
"Seahorses on Stamps" the first time, horses
that happened to be in the sea came up!"

[kannik]

The next few stamps are from the bottom left side
of my Vario sheet that shows more seahorse stamps
but with no particular rhyme or reason except that
they are seahorses!

[kannik]

And another one from the bottom right side
of my Vario page (side 1!)

[kathyoung]

("Irish Free State 1922")

[Admin Bear]

Great pictures!!! you are on a roll...

Mar 11, 2014 16:51:03 GMT -5 kathyoung said:

("Irish Free State 1922")

Great to see you again!! its been a while..

[kannik]

Here is a set of four World Wildlife Foundation
seahorse stamps from Malta:
Now i`m being told: "Javascript:void". I don`t
know what that means!

[kannik]

O.K. Here are the four WWF ones:

[kannik]

And the last one - my beautiful cover!