Stamp Title: Seafloor World – Coral Reef Ornamental Fish
Scott No: 2931
Serial number: 1998-29
Values in set: 8
(8-1), Pomocanthus imperator, 200 fen, 50*30mm
(8-2), Plectropomus maculatus, 200 fen, 50*30mm
(8-3), Chaetodon plebeius, 200 fen, 50*30mm
(8-4), Chaetodon chrysurus, 200 fen, 40*50mm
(8-5), Heniochus acuminatus, 200 fen, 40*50mm
(8-6), Lutjanus sebae, 200 fen, 50*30mm
(8-7), Balistoides conspicillum, 200 fen, 50*30mm
(8-8), Pygoplites diacanthus, 200 fen, 50*30mm
Sheetlet: 1
(1-1), Seafloor World – Coral Reef Ornamental Fish, 1600 fen, 190¡Á150 mm
Date of issue: December 22, 1998
Designers: Huang Li
Size of stamp:
40*50 mm for Value 4,5
50*30 mm for Value1,2,3,6,7,8
Size of Sheetlet: 190 * 150 mm
Perforation: 11.5
Printing process: gravure
Printing house: Beijing postage stamps printing works
This set of stamps is the second sheetlet following the first issued in 1997 as “Huangshan Mountain” that raises money for the 22nd UPU Congress and the world stamp exhibition. In the centre of the sheetlet lies the emblem of the 22nd UPU Congress.

In the vast and clear South China Sea, there are many precious fishes and abundant seabed resources. The eight kinds of ornamental fishes portrayed in the stamps live only in the South China Sea. They are colourful and striped, like fairies, like soldiers, like graceful girls, like fluttering butterflies. The ornamental corals and the swimming fish form an extremely beautiful picture.


1998年小全张《海底世界·珊瑚礁观赏鱼》
国家邮政局1998年12月22日发行《海底世界·珊瑚礁观赏鱼》小全张1枚。
(8-1)T 主刺盖鱼 200 分
(8-2)T 蓝斑鳃棘鲈 200 分
(8-3)T 蓝斑蝴蝶鱼 200 分
(8-4)T 桔尾蝴蝶鱼 200 分
(8-5)T 马夫鱼 200 分
(8-6)T 千年笛鲷 200 分
(8-7)T 圆斑拟鳞鲀 200 分
(8-8)T 甲尻鱼 200 分

志号名称:1998-29TM
版别:影写
全套面值:16元
齿孔度数:11.5度
发行量:3099.9万枚
邮票规格:50×30毫米、40×50毫米
小全张外形规格:190×150 毫米
设计者:黄里
印制机构:北京邮票厂

我国南海海域辽阔,鱼类资源丰富。西沙群岛海域附近,生长着各种珊瑚,构成一个生机勃勃的海洋世界。在这片珊瑚礁海域里,蕴藏着丰富的水产资源,尤其是连片的的各种珊瑚丛,为各类鱼、蟹、虾、贝等提供了良好的生态环境。邮票展示的是生长在这片海域中的八种观赏鱼及其珊瑚礁群。它们形态美丽,色彩斑斓,呈现出海底世界美妙的自然奇观。

1998年12月22日,为纪念第22届万国邮政联盟大会暨中国1999年世界集邮展览在北京举行,国家邮政局发行了《海底世界.珊瑚礁观赏鱼-第22届万国邮政联盟大会暨中国1999世界集邮展览》特种邮票,全套版张型8枚。