Maritime Topics on Stamps
December Stamps 2014
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Namibia, a souvenir sheet with two stamps, "Chinese Navy first visit to Namibia".
The port of Walvis Bay and the Chinese man of war "Luoyang" are depicted.
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Namibia, a set with two stamps, "Chinese Navy first visit to Namibia".
There are the war ships "Yancheng" and "Taihu".
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Indonesia, a se-tenant with 18 stamps, the Indonesian armed forces Navy,
Army and Air Force (here an excerpt).
On the maritime stamp we see the barquentine KRI "Dewaruci", she belongs to the Navy.
KRI - Kapal (Perang) di Republica Indonesia.
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Surinam, a se-tenant of six stamps, centenary of the Panamacanal.
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Peru, a singele stamp, 150 years of naval presence in the Amazon region and the establishment
Iquitos. The historic steamer is the BAP "America".
BAP - Buque Armada Peruana.
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Spain, a single stamp, world championships in sailing off Santander.
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Jersey,a set and a sheet with four stamps, "Pirates and Privateering".
You see the souvenir sheet at the end of this page.
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Tristan da Cunha, a set and a sheet with together five stamps, "Ships of the Volcano Period
1961 - 1963", Series 4.
From top left are depicted HMS "Puma", HMS "Jaguar", MV "Tristania", HMMV "Stirling Castle",
MV "Bornholm" and below SAS "Transvaal".
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New Caledonia, a singele stamp, 10th anniversary Sea-Rescue.
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Togo, two sheets with together five stamps, paddle steamer.
On the stamps there are no names of the ships.
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Cook Island, two se-tenants with together 24 stamps, Tourism.
Here only some maritime stamps.
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Pitcairn Island, a set with five stamps, 250th anniversary of the birth of Fletcher Christian,
who was the leader in the Mutiny on the Bounty.
Shown are film images with each performer of Fletcher Christian.
From top left Wilton Power, Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson.
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Malawi, a se-tenant of ten stamps, "Lake Malawi".
There are several maritime stamps of this great lake, which is also called Nyassa Lake.
Left above, the MV "Mtendere" is displayed.
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British Antarctic Territory, a set with six stamps,
"Centenary of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914 - 1916."
In the first two stamps, the "Endurance", in the middle below the famous lifeboat
"James Caird".
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Føroyar, an automaton stamp with a well known image of a cutter.
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Egypt, a small sheet. It shows a landscape from the Nile from the painter
Ahmed M. Sabry.
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Jersey, a set with six stamps, Oyster fishing.
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Greece, a set of three stamps, Tourism, visited Greece.
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Uruguay, a small sheet with one stamp, bicentenary of the battle at Buceo.
The frigate "Hercules" is detailed pictured.
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Greenland, a sheet with two stamps, Danmark Expedition 1906-1908.
The expedition came to a tragic end. The men pictured,
Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Jørgen Brønlund and Niels Peter Høeg-Hagen did not return from
an exploratory trip.
Pictured ship is the "Danmark".
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Estonia, two new stamps in the lighthouse series.
We see the towers of Soru Alumine and Soru Ulemine, so bottom and top fire Soru.
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Togo, two souvenir sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses.
The towers of Louisbourg/Canada, Trevose Head/GB, Rubjerg Knude/DK,
Cape Hatteras/USA, Kjeungsker/Norway and Kopu/Estonia are depicted.
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Sao Tome & Principe, two souvenir sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses.
There are the towers of Longstone/GB, Alexandria/Egypt, Cabeca/Portland, USA,
Bonaire/Dutch Antillen, Dolores/Greek and La Vie Ille/France.
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Netherlands, three individual stamps with lighthouses;
Nieuwe Sluis Breskens, Harlingen and Noordertoren Schiermonnikoog.
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Netherlands, two individual stamps about ships of the Holland America Line.
The TSS "Veendam" and the TSS "Volendam" are depicted.
TSS - Turbine Steam Ship
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Netherlands, two individual stamps with cruise liners.
A German AIDA liner and a British Cunard Liner (?).
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Netherlands, one individual stamp with a submarine.
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Germany, one individual stamp with a sea rescue craft.
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Germany, one individual stamp with the minesweeper "Sulzbach-Rosenberg".
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Germany, a set with 5 individual stamps about old sailing ships.
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