Animal Stamp of Kingdom of Denmark

Faroe 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
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
Atlantic Football Angelfish
Himantolophus groenlandicus
(Himantolophidae)
Elongated Bristlemouth
Gonostoma elongatum
(Gonostomatidae)
Deepwater Redfish
Sebastes mentella
(Scorpaenidae)
Blue Ray
Neoraja caerulea
(Rajidae)
Straightnose Rabbitfish
Broadnose chimaera
(Rhinochimaeridae)
Deep Sea Anglerfish
Linophryne lucifer
(Linophrynidae)
Deep Sea Anglerfish
Ceratias holboelli
(Ceratiidae)
Moonfish
Lampris guttatus
(Lampridae)
Hatchet Fish
Argyropelecus olfersii
(Sternoptychidae)
Anglerfish
Lophius piscatorius
(Lophiidae)


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