Real Pearls Are Attached to Pearl Diving Sheetlet

Actual pearls are attached to this Pearl Diving Tools sheetlet issued by the United Arab Emirates in January 2007. Fascinating photographs show native pearl divers using traditional primitive diving implements to retrieve pearls from the ocean floor. You'll want to add this very unusual and unique issue to your collection. This month's featured item at County Stamp Center, the price is just $51.72 and shipping is free. Click the post title to order.

Before the 20th century, the only way of obtaining pearls was to dive to the bottom of the ocean floor and manually open the oysters found there. Diving without benefit of wetsuits or oxygen tanks, free divers risked their lives to collect the precious pearls. Divers might have to dive 40 to 125 feet on a single breath to search for rare pearls, braving sharks, jelly fish and other underwater perils.

Unlike native divers, you needn't risk your life diving for pearls. You'll find actual pearls attached to the Pearl Diving Tools sheetlet when you purchase it from County Stamp Center. Visit our website to find more interesting and unusual stamps. Come to County Stamp Center for all your philatelic needs.