Animal Stamp of Kingdom of DenmarkAnimal Stamp of Kingdom of DenmarkFaroe Islands is located mostly right in the middle, is in the north in Britain, and the middle in Iceland and Norway, is Islands in which a Viking's posterity lives, and is the colony of Denmark. The cliff of the coastline made of rocks or the basalt which towers highly is suitable for nest building of a sea bird, and has also become the treasury of a sea bird.
The fish stamp which drew four kinds of fish from these Faroe Islands was issued in 1983.
The stamp which drew ten kinds of deep-sea fish was issued in 2006.
Faroe Islands
1983.9.19 Fish Stamp
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| Tusk Brosme brosme (Gadidae) |
Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Gadidae) |
Atlantic Halibut Hippoglossus hippoglossus (Pleuronectidae) |
Atlantic Wolffish Anarhichas lupus (Anarhichadidae) |
2006.2.13 Deep Sea Fish Stamp
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| Atlantic Football Angelfish Himantolophus groenlandicus (Himantolophidae) |
Elongated Bristlemouth Gonostoma elongatum (Gonostomatidae) |
Deepwater Redfish Sebastes mentella (Scorpaenidae) |
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| Blue Ray Neoraja caerulea (Rajidae) |
Straightnose Rabbitfish Broadnose chimaera (Rhinochimaeridae) |
Deep Sea Anglerfish Linophryne lucifer (Linophrynidae) |
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| Deep Sea Anglerfish Ceratias holboelli (Ceratiidae) |
Moonfish Lampris guttatus (Lampridae) |
Hatchet Fish Argyropelecus olfersii (Sternoptychidae) |
Anglerfish Lophius piscatorius (Lophiidae) |
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