Europa 2024 – Underwater Fauna & Flora- FDCs of Estonia

The theme of the EUROPA stamp series for 2024 is underwater fauna and flora. Estonia issued two stamps on Fishes on 08 May 2024 each with face value 2.60 Euro. The zander is a species of predatory fish from the order Perciformes. In Estonia, the zander lives in Lake Võrtsjärv, Lake Peipus, in the lakes of South-Eastern and Southern Estonia, River Emajõgi, and in the desalinated bays of the Baltic Sea. The zander has been chosen as the fish of the year 2024. The Baltic flounder is a fish that belongs to the Pleuronectidae family and the Platichthys genus. It is characterised by a wide and flat body. The flounder is a bottom-dwelling sea fish that prefers to live in shallow seas and highly desalinated places near river mouths. The bladder wrack is the biggest algae in Estonia. It can grow to a length of up to 75 cm.