The Royal Mail has issued a set of 10 stamps promoting sustainable fishing of marine species. A wonderful collaborative initiative designed by Kate Stephens, utilising the painting skills of David Millar in tandem with consultancy input from Callum Roberts, Professor of Marine Conservation, University of York, the stamps will make a unique contribution toward the discussion about marine conservation and the rehabilitation of sea fish stocks.
Divided into two sub groups “sustainable” and “threatened” featuring within the former red gurnard, pouting, herring, Cornish sardine, dab and the latter common skate, spurdog, wolf fish, conger eel and sturgeon, the stamps can be ordered as a “Presentation Pack” or “First Day Covers” both sets of which include insights on the UK fishing industry and featured species summaries authoritatively written by Professor Callum Roberts.
To order the stamp sets online, click on: Royal Mail Marine Species Collection.
