25 March 2011

Israel 2011 Eilat

The Israeli postal authority is issuing a set of 3 stamps on the theme of tourism in April 2011. One of the stamp features Eilat, a famous Red Sea dive destination. This stamp simply shows a clownfish, but the top edge of the whole sheet for it shows the photo of a scuba diver approaching a coral reef.

04 March 2011

Canada 2010 Blue Whale Under UV

It has come to light that the Canadian 2010 Blue Whale $10 stamp has security features that include the silhouette of a scuba diver suspended above the whale itself, which is revealed only when shone under short-wave ultra-violet light!