Animal Stamp of GrenadaAnimal Stamp of GrenadaAs for Grenada, there are Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados in the outskirts on an island floating in the Caribbean Sea which is near to Venezuela of the South America. It was discovered in 1498 by Columbus, and the system continued even if it became the U.K. territory in 1783 and entered in the 20th century. It was 1967 that it got autonomy and became independent as a constitutional monarchy in the Commonwealth of Nations in 1974.
Eight kinds of stamps on which it drew fish of the game fishing on the ocean in 1975 year were issued by Grenada.
Grenada
1975.2.3 Fish Stamp
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| Atlantic Sailfish Istiophorus albicans (Istiophoridae) |
White Marlin Tetropturus albidus (Istiophoridae) |
Atlantic Blue Marlin Makaira nigricans (Istiophoridae) |
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| Yellowfin Tuna Thunnus albacares (Scombridae) |
Wahoo Acanthocybium solandri (Scombridae) |
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| Dolphinfish Coryphaene hippurus (Istiophoridae) |
Giant Grouper Epinephelus lanceolatus (Serranidae) |
Great Barracuda Sphyraena barracuda (Sphyraenidae) |
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