Marine Life - Fish issue, Tanzania, 1967
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1967
Issuing entity
TanzaniaThe Marine Life - Fish issue comprises 16 postage stamps released by Tanzania on 9 December 1967. The StampWorld catalogue lists 16 stamps in the issue (StampWorld numbers 19–34), printed in 16 design types.
Values and colours recorded for the issue: 5C multicoloured; 10C multicoloured; 15C multicoloured; 20C multicoloured; 30C multicoloured; 40C multicoloured; 50C multicoloured; 65C multicoloured; 70C multicoloured; 1Sh multicoloured; 1´30Sh´P multicoloured; 1´50Sh´P multicoloured; 2´50Sh´P multicoloured; 5Sh multicoloured; 10Sh multicoloured; 20Sh multicoloured. Catalogue notes on individual values: 5C: Apogon nigripes; 10C: Periophthalmus sobrinus; 15C: Arothron hispidus; 20C: Hippocampus hystrix; 30C: Platax pinnatus; 40C: Gaterin gaterinus; 50C: Gomphosus coeruleus; 65C: Chaetodon bennetti; 70C: Epinephelus fasciatus; 1Sh: Pterois volitans; 1´30Sh´P: Acanthurus leucosternon; 1´50Sh´P: Caesio xanthonotus.
Design: Rena Fennessy. Engraving: Rena Fennessy. Perforation: 14½. No watermark is recorded. The photographs come from Wikimedia Commons and show stamps of this issue; each is credited individually. Identification note: compare the value, colour and perforation together; shades, perforation varieties and later printings are not separated in this entry. Details follow the StampWorld catalogue page; they have not been checked against the issuing postal administration's records.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 2
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 1
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Watermark
- None recorded
- Perforation
- 14½
Design
- Design
- Rena Fennessy
- Engraving
- Rena Fennessy
- Values and colours
- 5C multicoloured · 10C multicoloured · 15C multicoloured · 20C multicoloured · 30C multicoloured · 40C multicoloured · 50C multicoloured · 65C multicoloured · 70C multicoloured · 1Sh multicoloured · 1´30Sh´P multicoloured · 1´50Sh´P multicoloured · 2´50Sh´P multicoloured · 5Sh multicoloured · 10Sh multicoloured · 20Sh multicoloured
Identification
- Issue date
- 9 December 1967
- Distinguishing features
- Value, colour and perforation together
- Design types (StampWorld)
- Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, AA, AB
- Catalogue numbers to match
- StampWorld 19–34
Catalogue references
- StampWorld19–34
Research required
- Confirm values, perforations and printings against Stanley Gibbons, Scott or Michel.