Maritime Topics on Stamps
June stamps 2013
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Mongolia, a souvenir sheet with two stamps, the fleet of Kublai Khan.
Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, was from 1260 - 1294 a Mongol ruler and
Emperor of China.
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Jersey, a sheet with one stamp with the hospital ship "Vega".
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Monaco, a se-tenant of two stamps friendly environmentally transport.
With it this stamp with a solar-boat.
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New Zealand, a set with six stamps ANZAC 2013, "New Zealanders Serving Abroad".
On this stamp "Antarctica" we see the frigate F77, "Te Kaha".
ANZAC - Australian and New Zealand Army Corps.
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Guine, a se-tenant of four stamps, cruise liners.
Shown from top left the "Carnival Dream", the "Celebrity Solstice", the "Norwegian Sun"
and the "Majesty of the Seas".
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Saint Pierre et Miqueleon", a single stamp of a trawler. She is the "Finlande", built 1973 and
renamed 1988 in "Ocean Victory III".
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Pitcairn Islands, a set with four stamps, cruise liners. Shown from top left
the "Marina", "Costa Neo Romantica", "Pacific Princess" and the "Arcadia".
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Russia, a set with four stamps "Weapon of Victory. The Ships". We see the
trawler "Mine", the war ship "Blizzard", the boat BKA-75 and the boat "Usyskin".
The terms Trawler, War Ship and Boat are description of an Russian announcement.
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France, a folder "collectors", title "Entre Seine et Mer",
between the Seine and the sea.
We see the schooner "Etoile" and "Belle Poule".
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South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, a set with four stamps "Star Trails". Among them this stamp
with the wrecks of two old whaling boats, the "Albatros" and the "Dias" on the shore of
Grytviken.
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Guine, two sheets with four stamps together, ships of the world. Shown from left top
the man of war "Le Colbert", the tug "Smit Rotterdam", the "Pinta" of Columbus,
the "patrol torpedo boat PT-109" and the schooner "La Boudeuse".
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Guine, two sheets with four stamps together, ships of the world. Shown from left top the carrier
"Colossus", the "Titanic", the frigate "Duquesne" and on the lower sheet
the "Titanic" and the "Queen Victoria".
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TAAF, a single sheet with the Logos of TAAF aereas. All Logos are also issued on single stamps.
Right the ship stamp with the "Marion Dufresne".
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St. Maarten, two stamps with cruise liners.
There are the "Allure of the Seas" and the "Oasis of the Seas".
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Poland, four postal stationeries, waterways in Poland, the river Oder.
Here the stamps from the four cards.
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Malta, a set with three stamps, "European Maritime Day 2013".
The cruise liners "Riviera", "Costa Deliziosa" and "Ryndam" are depicted.
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Australia Islands, a se-tenant of ten stamps, "Australia's 225th Anniversary".
Among them two maritime stamps with the bow of a sailing vessel.
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USA, two stamps, "The Civil War: 1863".
The battles of Vicksburg and Gettysburg are depicted.
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USA, a set with five stamps, New England Coastal Lighthouses.
The following towers are shown: Portland Head (Cape Elizabeth, Maine), Portsmouth Harbor
(New Castle, New Hampshire), Point Judith, (Narragansett, Rhode Island),
New London Harbor (New London, Connecticut), Boston Harbor (Boston, Massachusetts).
This set will be issued 13th July.
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Algeria, a set with three stamps, lighthouses.
The towers of L'Ile de Srigina, Cap Bougaroun and Cap Ivi are depicted.
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Burundi, two sheets with five stamps, steam ships. Shown from left top
John Fitch and his boat, James Watt with his steam-machine, Robert Fulton with the "Clermont",
Henry Miller Shreve with his "Washington" and on the 2nd sheet John Fitch again.
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Burundi, two sheets with five stamps, navy ships. Shown from left top
"Prinz Eugen", "Bismarck", "Yamato" and "Georgy Pobedonosets". On the second sheet the
"Scharnhorst" and in the foreground again the "Prinz Eugen".
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Burundi, two sheets with five stamps, cargo transport. Shown in the top sheet the
feeder-vessel "Angeln" and in the foreground the "Irina Trader". From the second sheet
here only the ship stamp with the "Irina Trader". On the other stamps there is an aeroplane,
a train and trucks.
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Djibouti, a sheet with two stamps, submarines. On the stamps the German one-man-submarine "Biber"
and thee USS "Pollack" are depicted.
On top of the sheet we see the sub of the Russian K.A. Schilder, built 1834.
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Faroe Islands, a sheet with three stamps, Nordafar.
The Nordafar Føroyinghavn station in Greenland was an important supply base
and fishing port in the 50s and 60s.
This is a preview, the block will be issued on 9/23/13.
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Germany, 4 individual stamps with the lightships "Deutsche Bucht" and "Portsmouth", the ferry
"Pellworm" and the frigate "Brandenburg".
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Austria, 5 individual stamps, Philately-Day at Vienna.
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Netherlands, individual stamps.
A sheet with the well known painter Anton Pieck with maritime pictures and the lightship "Den Helder".
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Netherlands, 7 individual stamp, 140th anniversary of the Holland-America-Line.
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St. Vincent Canouan, the never-ending-story for the Titanic collectors.
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