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Maritime Topics on Stamps
March stamps 2013
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Sultanate Oman, a set with three stamps "Oman Dry Dock Company" for the "42th National Day".
The docks of the shipyard were shown in three views.
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Estonia, a single stamp for the annual lighthouse serial. The tower of
Kiipsaare Tuletorn is depicted. His position is in the Northwest of the island Oesel.
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Turkey, a se-tenant of two stamps. Two pomposity boats of the sultan are depicted.
On the stamps they are named "Saltanat Kayigi", which really means barge.
It is the third edition with magnificent boats.
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Antigua & Barbuda, two souvenir sheets with seven stamps "The War of 1812".
1812 the British-American War started, also called 2nd Revolutionary War.
On the upper sheet the bombardment of Fort McHenry 1814 is depicted.
On the sheet in the upper left corner the HMS "Shannon" brought her prize, the American frigate
"Chesapeake" to the Port of Halifax. Besides the USS "Constitution" fought against the HMS
"Guierre".
Right below a painting of the battle on the Lake Erie.
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Netherlands, two maritime stamps of a sheet with ten stamps. The theme is
125th anniversary of KNHM und Arcadis. KNHM means Koninklijke Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij,
it relates to the moorland in the Netherlands.
On the stamp left we see a cruise liner, right a pleasure boat.
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Cook Islands, a sheet with seven stamps "Cook Islands South Pacific Conference, 43rd Pacific
Islands Forum". On two stamps there are local canoes.
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Ghana, a souvenir sheet with one stamp, "Aircraft Carriers". The carrier HMS "Ark Royal"
is depicted.
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Grenada, two sheets with total 5 stamps, centenary of the sinking of the "Titanic".
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Cayman Islands, a set with five stamps about rescue installations. Among them this stamp with
two patrol boats.
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Mauritius, a set with four stamps, Customs Department. Among them this stamp with a
custom boat.
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Mexico, a set with three stamps "Travesa Sagrada", a holy voyage of the Mayas.
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Ross Dependence, a souvenir sheet with two stamps, an addendum to the set "Race to the Pole".
We see left Robert Falcon Scott, beside his grave in the Antarctic and on the sheet below
his expedition vessel "Terra Nova".
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Mocambique, a souvenir sheet with six stamps about the painter Edouard Manet.
The two maritime stamps are right enlarged. Top the Port of Calais, below a joyride.
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TAAF, a souvenir sheet with one stamp. The islands of Amsterdam and Saint Paul are depicted.
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TAAF, two single stamps. We see left the captain Chevalier de Tromelin and right the cutter
"Le Mischief".
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Solomon Ialands, two sheets with 5 stamps, WW II, Guadalcanal Campaign.
Here, these two stamps with two heroes with their ships and their Medal of Honor.
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Singapore, a sheet with 3 stamps, 45th Anniversary of Currency Interchangeability, between
Brunei and Singapore. On the stamps local crafts are visible.
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Central-Africa, a set with ten stamps, space mission Shezon 9. On two stamps we see the destroyer
"Aegis" and the aircraft carrier "Varyag".
After the stamp inscription both belong to the Chinese Navy.
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Tristan da Cunha, a souvenir sheet with four stamps, ships crests. From top we see
HMS "Portland", HMS "Edinburgh", HMS "Clyde" and HMS "Montrose". Below on the sheet there is the
HMS "Southampton".
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St. Helena, a set with five stamps, 30th Anniversary of the RMS St. Helena's Commission for the Falkland
War. We see the vessel in four acts of war and her crew.
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Åland, a single stamp with the ferry SS "Alandsfarjan".
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Austria, a beautiful individual stamp with the German lighthouse of Buesum and a trawler.
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Germany, a set with two stamps about the author and painter Janosch.
Thereby this funny boat.
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Germany, some individual stamps. There are the icebreaker "Stettin",
the sail training vessel "Gorch Fock", the Kiel Week emblem 2013 and the research vessels
"Atair", "Komet", "A. von Humboldt" and "Polarstern".
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