Swedish post Jointly with Canada issued a set of stamps featuring four marine animals. The Blue Whale – probably the biggest animal ever to live on Earth – is by far the largest of the animals depicted, and the Sea Otter the smallest. The other animals are a Ringed Seal and a Harbor Porpoise.
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One Planet One Ocean
May 16th, 2010 
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1,448 viewsThe United Nations Postal Administration issued six se-tenant mini-sheets of four stamps each (for a total of 24 commemorative stamps) on the theme “One Planet, One Ocean”, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the International Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
Marine Life: Sea Otter & Harbour Porpoise
May 13th, 2010 srmodh 1,612 viewsFrom the social and playful to the mysterious and elusive, Canada’s waterways are teeming with diverse, fascinating creatures that never fail to inspire awe and capture the imagination.
Cephalopods
April 6th, 2010 srmodh 1,650 viewsThe cephalopods, which include the squid, octopus and cuttlefish are exclusively marine animals that are found from shallow water to the deepest parts of the oceans. The cephalopods belong to the Phylum Mollusca, which also includes the mussels, limpets, slugs and snails. The name cephalopod means head-foot, which reflects the evolution of the muscular foot [...]
Long-finned Pilot Whale
February 21st, 2010 srmodh 1,082 viewsThe pilot whale (Globicephala melas) is an extremely gregarious animal that regularly swims along the Faroese coast on its migration within its habitat in the northern Atlantic Ocean. During the approximately 300 years for which we have statistics, somewhere between 800 and 1500 whales have been killed annually in the Faroes. It is estimated that [...]
The bottom of the sea
February 19th, 2010 srmodh 819 viewsFaroe Islands post will issue a set of postage stamps showing the natural beauty at the bottom of the sea. The Faroe Islands have many unique and beautiful submarine landscapes. Absolutely fantastic places where nobody has ever been. And many, many years will pass before even half of this exceptional, uncharted world at the bottom [...]
