Portugal Acores, a souvenir sheet with two stamps "Tourism 2012", depicted is MV "Funschal".

Finland, two stamps "Europe Tourism", here we can detect a pleasure boat.

Latvia, a stamp with the port of Ventspils.

Isle of Man, a souvenir sheet "Thames Diamond Jubilee". A naval parade on the River Thames to celebrate the 60th Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.

Australia, a set with 5 stamps "City Transport"; among them the ferry "Charlotte". This previously well known set is now published as "scratch stamps", see left. The dark must be rubbed off with your fingers. Today there are stamps of wood, steel, stamps with the smell of various plants and chocolate, gilding stamps, 3D and hologram stamps, now for scratching ... What is this? To make money, Philately is degraded by Post Authorities to an infant school.

	Guinea, two souvenir sheets with total four stamps, 5th centenary of Gerhard Merkator. Merkator developed the first practical nautical charts. These sheets were sold on the German market, sheets to forget?

	Guinea Bissau, a souvenir sheet with one stamp, we see the "Queen of Bermuda".

Norway, a set with two stamps lighthouses. The towers of Kavringen and Medfjordbaen are depicted.

Czechs, a set about memorials. Among them a stamp of the Bata Canal with a pleasure boat.

New Zealand, a set with six stamps "Maori Rock Art". Among them this stamp wit a local craft of the Maoris.

Monaco, a souvenir sheet with two stamps about the "Antarctic Giant Petrel", a common issue with TAAF. On the sheet the "Princess Alice II" is depicted.

	Netherlands, a souvenir sheet with ten stamps "miniature town Madurodam 60 years". Above a stamp with a vessel of the Netherlands East India Company, left the port of Rotterdam and right the new area at the Maasflakte.

Germany, two new stamps in the annual serial about lighthouses. We see the tower of Arkona and the "small lighthouse Borkum".

Gibraltar, a set with six stamps "Europe 2012, Visit Gibraltar", among them these two maritime motifs. Left the port with two cruise liners. On the inside of the mole is the ISLAND ESCAPE and on the outside is one of Fred Olsen’s former Royal Viking Line cruise ships, probably the BOUDICCA. (Peter Crichton) Right the Trinity Lighthouse at Europa Point.

Germany, two stamps of the private postal provider Nordbrief. Left the Windjammer Parade during the Kiel Week and right a dragon boat race.

Germany, two personalized stamps. Left the steamer "Ruestingen" with the lighthouse "Roter Sand" and right the lighthouse of Warnemuende are depicted.

	Germany, two stamps of the private postal provider Nordbrief. From left top we see the museum ship "Stadt Kiel", beside the lightvessel "Fehmarnbelt" und left a view on the shipbuilding and shipmuseum Rostock.

Germany, a set about the traffic museum at Dresden from the private postal provider Post Modern. Among them this stamp with a sea rescue boat of 1906.

You find two new Titanic sheets from Guinea on the Titanic page. The new TITANIC stamps and sheets are due to the number on a separate page. To see them click on this line. All new incoming TITANIC stamps in this year we will show on this site.

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