Αψίδα

Fish of the Mediterranean

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Title

Fish of the Mediterranean

Description

For the third year running member states of the Postal Union for the Mediterranean “Euromed” are issuing a single stamp. This year’s common theme is “Fish of the Mediterranean”.
The Mediterranean sea is home to more than 1.700 species of fish and long before the Agricultural Revolution fishing villages might have appeared along the coastlines.
Archaeologists excavating 30.000 year old human sites have found only seashells from the Mediterranean but we can surmise that fish have been a staple diet of humans from times immemorial.
The €1,88 stamp depicts a montage of give species, namely: The Painted Comber, the Parrot Fish, the Peacock Wrasse, the Annular Sea Bream and the Snapper as symbols of the sea wealth.

Source

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία

Publisher

Library of Cyprus University of Technology

Date

Contributor

Designer: Maximos Christou

Rights

Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού.

Relation

www.cypruspost.gov.cy

Format

jpg

Language

en

Type

Identifier

2016CS325

Coverage

35.160417, 33.346556

Files

Citation

Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Fish of the Mediterranean,” Αψίδα, accessed December 25, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44287.