South Georgia sperm whale stamp

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Ros’ Haruo

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Aug 12, 2016, 12:33:01 AM8/12/16
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_Georgia_1963-2d.jpg

I found this in the Russian Wikipedia, which has a much more thorough article on the philately of South Georgia than the English Wikipedia has. https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/История_почты_и_почтовых_марок_Южной_Георгии_и_Южных_Сандвичевых_Островов#Выделение_БАТ

Leland Bryant Ross aka Ros' Haruo (呂須春男)
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Phil Walsh

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Aug 12, 2016, 10:30:25 AM8/12/16
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An odd image, yes? The whale appears to me to be smiling--mabye they always are?--even though it's being attacked by a squid.

And just for fun, another stamp with the same theme:

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      result for the whale and the squid
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