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First Day Cover | 50th Fish Conservation Week |
Stamp 1: The Last Stand by Jaylord G. Agliway (University of Mindanao), Green Sea Turtle with Giant Manta Ray & Hammerhead Shark. The first stamp features a painting of a Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas) with a Giant Manta Ray (Manta birostris) and silhouettes of four Scalloped Hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna lewini) behind it. One of the five marine turtles found in the Philippines, Green Sea Turtle or pawikan swims in sub-tropical and tropical seas. Like sea turtles, giant manta ray or pagi inhabits warm waters globally and the scalloped hammerhead sharks also live in warm waters but because of overfishing and high demands for their fins as an expensive delicacy their population decreased over time.
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First Day Cover | 50th Fish Conservation Week |
Stamp 2: Small Things are Big, Jon Carlos A. Tabios (St. Louis University), Dwarf pygmy goby (Tabios). The second stamp is inspired by the painting of a Dwarf Pygmy Goby (Pandaka pygmaea). Tabios or bia in vernacular tongue, Dwarf Pygmy Goby is the smallest fish in the world by mass and are endemic in the Philippines. However its population vanished or became extinct due to heavy pollution and land reclamation projects.
Stamp 3: Deep Blue Sea by Bernardino V. Vergara Jr. (Caraga State University), Whale Shark (Butanding). The third stamp employs the painting depicting the largest fish in the world known as Whale Shark or “butanding.” The Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) is a migratory filter feeder that lives in all tropical and warm-temperate seas. Despite its huge form, whale shark is a peaceful species and do not show any significant threats to humans, it even let divers to swim alongside thus making it a big asset in ecotourism such as that at Donsol, Sorsogon. However, due to frequent seizures and illegal trades its population depleted and now considered vulnerable and endangered (PHLPOST Official Website).
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