Showing posts with label Republic of Guinea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republic of Guinea. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Republic of Guinea) Part.4

  1. Aphyosemion bivittatum (twostripe lyretail, two-banded killi, red lyretail) is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the Nothobranchiidae family. It is found in rivers in southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon.
  2. The golden trevally, Gnathanodon speciosus (also known as the golden kingfish, banded trevally and king trevally), is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack and horse mackerel family Carangidae, and the only member of the genus Gnathanodon. The golden trevally is widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, ranging from South Africa in the west to Central America in the east, extending to Japan in the north and Australia in the south.
  • Country: Republic of Guinea
  • Year: 1971.04.01
  • Subject: Fishes, Aquatic Animals
  • Estimated cost: 40, 100 GNF (at the rate of exchange 1971)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: GN 577A, 581A
  • Perf: comb 13 1/4

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Republic of Guinea) Part.3


  1. The African jewelfish (Hemichromis bimaculatus), also known as jewel cichlid or jewelfish, is from the family cichlidae.
  2. The Redbelly tilapia, Tilapia zillii, Tilapia melanopleura is a species of fish in the Cichlidae family. It is found widely in numerous African and Eurasian countries, both as aquarium fish and food fish.
  3. Hemichromis fasciatus, also called the banded jewelfish and five-spot cichlid, is a species of fish in the cichlid family. It is distributed throughout West Africa. It can also be found in the Nile Basin, Lake Chad, and the upper Zambezi.
  • Country: Republic of Guinea
  • Year: 1971.04.01
  • Subject: Fishes, Aquatic Animals
  • Estimated cost: 25, 200, 45 GNF (at the rate of exchange 1971)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: GN 575A, 582A, 578A
  • Perf: comb 13 1/4

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Republic of Guinea) Part.2

  1. The Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus) is a species of fish in the African tetra family. It is found in the central Congo River Basin in Africa.
  2. The redtail notho (Nothobranchius guentheri) is a species of fish in the Aplocheilidae family. It is endemic to Tanzania. Its natural habitats are intermittent rivers and intermittent freshwater marshes.
  3. Kribensis refers to a number of West African fish of the genus Pelvicachromis, most commonly Pelvicachromis pulcher, Pelvicachromis subocellatus and Pelvicachromis taeniatus.

  • Country: Republic of Guinea
  • Year: 1971.04.01
  • Subject: Fishes, Aquatic Animals
  • Estimated cost: 5, 50, 30 GNF (at the rate of exchange 1971)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: GN 571A, 579A, 576A
  • Perf: comb 13 1/4

Friday, February 6, 2015

Set of postage stamps "Fishes" (Republic of Guinea) Part.1

  1. The freshwater butterflyfish or African butterflyfish, Pantodon buchholzi, is the only species in the family Pantodontidae within the order Osteoglossiformes.
  2. The six-banded distichodus or sixbar distichodus (Distichodus sexfasciatus) is a species of fish in the Distichodontidae family.
  3. Golden Pheasant, Blue Gularis or Aphyosemion sjoestedti.
Postage stamps were printed in Republic of Guinea in 1971.
  • Country: Republic of Guinea
  • Year: 1971.04.01
  • Subject: Fishes, Aquatic Animals
  • Estimated cost: 10, 20, 75 GNF (at the rate of exchange 1971)
  • Number of catalogue Michel: GN 572A, 574A, 580A
  • Perf: comb 13 1/4