Animal Stamp of Surinam

Republic of Suriname is the young country which was located in the east side of South America Venezuela, and the middle in Guiana Mikuni, and became independent of the Netherlands in 1975. It is a Creole system black man and the India system to have a large number most of residents, and, subsequently it has many Java (Indonesia) systems and China systems.
Five kinds of normal stamps and three kinds of air mail stamps which was pictured fish producted specially in South America were issued every year in succession for two years of 1978, 1977 by this Suriname.

Republic of Suriname
1977.6.8 Fish Stamp
Candy Basslet
Liopropoma carmabi
(Serranidae)
Queen Angelfish (Child)
Holacanthus ciliaris
(Pomacanthidae)
Yellow-headed Jawfish
Opistognathus aurifrons
(Opistognathidae)
Porkfish
Anisotremus virginicus
(Haemulidae)
Royal Gramma
Gramma loreto
(Grammatidae)
Banded Butterflyfish
Chaetodon striatus
(Chaetodontidae)
Cuban Hogfish
Bodianus pulchellus
(Labridae)
Cherub Angelfish
Centropyge argi
(Pomacanthidae)


1978.6.21 Fish Stamp
Golden Dwarf Cichlid
Nannacara anomala
(Cichlidae)
Black Banded Leporinus
Leporinus fasciatus
(Anostomidae)
Priscilla Tetra
Pristella riddlei
(Characidae)
Golden Pencilfish
Nannostomus beckfordi
(Characidae)
Agila-Bachling
Rivulus agilae
(Rivulidae)
Sabalo Tetra
Astyanax species
(Characidae)
Spotted Corydoras
Corydoras wotroi
(Callichthyidae)
Common Hatchetfish
Gasteropelecus sternicla
(Gasteropelecidae)


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