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Maritime Topics on Stamps
May / June Stamps 2015
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St. Maarten, a single stamp with the cruise liner "Allure of the Seas". The stamp has the inscription "2015",
because it is a reprint from an issue of 2013.
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Germany, a singel stamp, 150th anniversary of the German Save and Rescue association.
The rescue cruiser "Wilhelm Kaisen" in rough seas is depicted.
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Israel, a single stamp, 50 years Port of Ashdod.
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Ireland, a set with two stamps, landfall at Gallipoli in 1915.
On this stamp we see the landing-vessel SS "River Clyde".
Gallipoli is located in Turkey and was the scene of fierce fighting between British and
ANZAC troops in 1915 against Turkish ones.
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Netherlands, a souvenir sheet with ten stamps, Volvo Ocean Race, Pitstop Den Haag 2015.
The route of the race goes around the world, the Netherlands are present with their Team Brunel.
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Australia, a se-tenant of four stamps, Tourism.
On one stamp this pleasure boat.
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Russia, a se-tenant with two stamps, submarine heroes.
Left Evgeni Osipov, right Alexander Marinesko.
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Isle Of Man, a set with 10 stamps, "The Millenium of Tynwald Tapestry".
Here the two stamps with maritime motifs.
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France, a single stamp, Chalon-Sur-Saone with two inland crafts.
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Spain, a single stamp, centenary of the submarine fleet.
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Pitcairn, a set with four stamps, paintings on canvas about Pitcairn.
Among them two stamps with maritime motifs.
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Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a single stamp with the stern-trawler "Le Victor Pleven".
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Turkey, a single stamp (?), centenary of World War 1. The minelayer "Nusrat" is depicted.
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Isle of Man, a set with four stamps and a sheet with these stamps, navy painter John Halsall,
Maritime History.
From left top are depicted "Ben My Chree III", "Lusitania" with the rescue boat "Wanderer"
in the foreground,
cutter "Master Frank RY95" and HMS "Ramsey", she sank 100 years before.
On the sheet left the schooner "Peggy".
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Solomon Islands, two sheets with together five stamps, Rescue Boats.
On the sheet left there are different "Rescue Boats" and "Lifeboats" and on the stamp of the
sheet bottom an "Italian lifeguard rescue rowboat".
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India, a single stamp, "A commemorative postage stamp on Indian Ocean and Rajendra Chola 1".
In March 2015 there was a conference about India and the Indian Ocean and an exhibition was openend
remembering the millenium of the coronation of Rajendra Chola 1.
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Chile, a souvenir sheet with six stamps "Talcahuano 1764 - 2014". Right top the monitor "R.H. Huascar",
left bottom the fisher village Tumbes and right the coast of Talcahuano.
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Liberia, two souvenir sheets with together five stamps, evacuation of Dunkirk
in the year 1940, World War 2.
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Denmark, a set with four stamps and a sheet with the same four stamps, Sailing Ships.
Depicted are the bark "København", the full rigger "Georg Stage",
the full rigger "Danmark" and the schooner "Fulton".
Issue date is 13th June 2015.
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Ecuador, a single stamp, Balsa Mantena.
Every year a „Festival de las Balsa Manteña“ take place at the beach of Salango in the
Nationalpark Machalilla in Ecuador. "Balsa" stands for rafts, presumable the rafts were build with
balsa wood.
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Tschad, a set with six stamps and a sheet with one stamp, submarines.
Depicted are from left top "Leonardo da Vinci", "Q192 Aurore", HMS "Sceptre",
"I-27", USS "Waboo", "D2-Narodovolets" and "U-99".
The nationality is depicted by the flags of the nations.
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Isle of Man, a stationery, 175th anniversary Cunard Line, a historical meeting of the three "new" Queens
in Liverpool, "Queen Mary 2", "Queen Elizabeth" and "Queen Victoria".
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Australia, a set with four stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are the towers of Cape Byron NSW, Cape Leeuwin WA, North Reef Old, Tasman Island TAS.
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Tunesie, a set with two stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are Taguermess and Sidi Bou Said.
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Guinea, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses of the world.
Depicted are Prompthep Cape Thailand, Copu Estland, Diamond Head Hawai, Yokohama Japan,
Djeddah Saudi Arabien.
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China, a postcard China Maritime Forum 2014 with a lighthouse stamp.
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Austria, five individual stamps about shipping.
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Norway, two individual stamps, Tall Ship Race 2015.
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Germany, three individual stamps with the sail training vessel
"Gorch Fock" and the navy frigate "Lübeck".
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