Scuba Diving Postage Stamps from Around the World
If you enjoy collecting stamps or just simply miss the day when they were cheaper, join us as we honor 17 scuba diving postage stamps from around the world.
Ranging from a 1959 Russian scuba diver stamp to a 2005 "The Little Mermaid" stamp in the USA, these nostalgic stamps of scuba diving, reefs and fish will let you dive into the past — not literally, but it's pretty close.
And if you can't get enough of the stamps above, check out this list of postage stamp facts:
- Before 1883, advertising was present on the back of 3-cent stamps in the United States.
- Bhutan, located in Asia, issed stamps in 1973 that were phonograph records and could be played on a record player.
- Astronauts on the 1969 Apollo 11 moon flight created the moon's first stamp.
- As the first country to issue stamps, Great Britain is the only country without its name on them.
- When stamps were first issued, mailers sometimes sewed them to letters.
*Courtesy: The American Philatelic Society*
Igor Golovniov/shutterstock.comAcropora coral, Vietnam, circa 1987
vvoe/shutterstock.comAngelfish, Vietnam, circa 1980
rook76/shutterstock.comAriel and Flounder, USA, circa 2005
rook76/shutterstock.comCoral, Djibouti, circa 1989
rook76/shutterstock.comCorals, Canada, circa 2002
Neftali/shutterstock.comEmperor Angelfish, USA, circa 2004
Sergey Goryachev/shutterstock.comMola mola, Cuba, circa 1981
Neftali/shutterstock.comRed pencil sea urchin, Cook Islands, circa 1998
Shutterstock.comScuba diver, Russia, circa 1959
Neftali/shutterstock.comShortfin mako shark, Cuba, circa 1981
Neftali/shutterstock.comLachnolaimus plumatus, Colombia, circa 1970
Yang Chao/shutterstock.comSpiny dogfish, Russia, circa 1991
Igor Golovniov/shutterstock.comSpiny lobster, Bermuda, circa 1978
Yang Chao/shutterstock.comTomato clownfish, Korea, circa 1991
Neftali/shutterstock.comFish of the sea, USA, circa 1999
boris15/shutterstock.comBlacktail damselfish, Australia, circa 1966
rook76/shutterstock.comGreen sea turtle, Malawi, circa 2012
If you enjoy collecting stamps or just simply miss the day when they were cheaper, join us as we honor 17 scuba diving postage stamps from around the world.
Ranging from a 1959 Russian scuba diver stamp to a 2005 "The Little Mermaid" stamp in the USA, these nostalgic stamps of scuba diving, reefs and fish will let you dive into the past — not literally, but it's pretty close.
And if you can't get enough of the stamps above, check out this list of postage stamp facts:
- Before 1883, advertising was present on the back of 3-cent stamps in the United States.
- Bhutan, located in Asia, issed stamps in 1973 that were phonograph records and could be played on a record player.
- Astronauts on the 1969 Apollo 11 moon flight created the moon's first stamp.
- As the first country to issue stamps, Great Britain is the only country without its name on them.
- When stamps were first issued, mailers sometimes sewed them to letters.
*Courtesy: The American Philatelic Society*
