Sunday, January 21, 2018

X is for Xiphias gladius

These wonderful marine fauna stamps came from Eva in Morocco some time ago. Fortunately for me I haven't shown them before, so it gives me an 'X' in the Sunday Stamps A-Z journey, since the scientific name for the swordfish is Xiphias gladius.


The only downside to these lovely stamps is their tiny size - they are even smaller than the machine UK definitives, and so the details are hard to see without magnification.

Here is the full set (click to enlarge):


To see what others came up with for X as a stamp-related topic, head over to the links at Sunday Stamps.

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18 comments:

  1. Mail AdventuresJanuary 21, 2018 at 6:12 AM

    I didn't find any X stamps for today. So I'm glad that I have contributed to Sunday Stamps, at least, with this! :)

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    1. FinnBadgerJanuary 30, 2018 at 2:19 PM

      You are often very helpful with Sunday Stamps!

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  2. HeleenJanuary 21, 2018 at 8:30 AM

    Beautiful stamps, and great finding! Thanks to your blog the pictures magnify 'automatically'! :-)

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  3. violet sJanuary 21, 2018 at 9:07 AM

    What a shame they are so small. Fish have so many little details making them beautiful.

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    1. FinnBadgerJanuary 30, 2018 at 2:19 PM

      Yes, it is a pity. Thankfully the scanner enlarges them quite a bit.

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  4. JoyJanuary 21, 2018 at 9:54 AM

    I'm not a fan of small stamps but on the plus side one could get quite a seascape of these on an envelope.

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    1. FinnBadgerJanuary 30, 2018 at 2:19 PM

      I did think of this envelope as a mini seascape :)

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  5. Mail AdventuresJanuary 21, 2018 at 12:52 PM

    Sel-adhesive stamps in Morocco tend to be this size. Me too, I find them too small, almost lost on the envelopes I sent!

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    1. FinnBadgerJanuary 30, 2018 at 2:20 PM

      A bit too small for my old eyes - I could hardly read the text!

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  6. fafaJanuary 22, 2018 at 2:03 PM

    Jolis timbres ,c'est plus agréable que les têtes couronnées !

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  7. Bob ScotneyJanuary 25, 2018 at 11:49 AM

    Glad you showed us this swordfish for 'X' as it all gave us the chance to see the rest of the stamps on a fabulous sheet.

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    1. FinnBadgerJanuary 30, 2018 at 2:21 PM

      Definitely one of the more interesting Moroccan issues.

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  8. agiJanuary 26, 2018 at 6:38 AM

    what a wonderful set of stamps! and well spotted for the 'x'-theme :)

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