Maritime Topics on Stamps
November Stamps 2015
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Canada, a set with three stamps and a souvenir sheet, "The Franklin Expedition" with HMS "Erebus".
The expedition started in 1845 and failed. 2014 the wreck of the "Erebus" was discovered.
The two left stamps have a relief structure.
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Guyana, a sheet with 16 stamps, "Royal Navy Ships of World War I".
Below the single stamps are shown enlarged.
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Depicted are the ships HMAS "Sydney", HMS "Achilles", "Africa", "Albemarle", "Caesar",
"Bee", SS "Empress", HMS "Cumberland", "Bramble", "Argonaut", "Delhi", "Attentive",
"Ambrose", SS "Lepanto", "Knight Templar", HMS "Suffolk" and "Canopus".
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This is already the second sheet on the same topic.
The first sheet we have shown on the last stamp page, see:
September Stamps.
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Cyprus, a single stamp, Boats of the Mediterranean.
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Palestine, a single stamp, Boats of the Mediterranean.
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Tunisia, a single stamp, Boats of the Mediterranean.
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Sri Lanka, a single stamp with a container vessel, World Maritime Day 2015, the date was 22. to 24.
September at the IMO.
The topic was “Maritime education and training”. Japan had a parallel event.
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France, a single stamp, conquest of Mauritius 300 years ago.
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Monaco, a single stamp, 25th anniversary Monaco Yacht Show.
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Niger, two sheets, great sailing ships.
Depicted are the "Spirit of New Zealand", "Statsraad Lehmkuhl", "Bounty" and "Sagres II".
Worth to collect?
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Norfolk Islands, three se-tenants, the wreck of the HMS "Sirius".
1787 the "Sirius" was the flagship of the "First Fleet" from GB to Australia.
1790 off Norfolk Iceland she ran on a reef and was smashed by huge waves.
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North Korea, a single stamp, fishery.
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Russia, a set with four stamps, weapons of World War 1.
Among this stamp with the destroyer "Novik".
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Italy, a single stamp, 150th anniversary of the coast guard.
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Honduras, a single stamp, frigate "Niobe".
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Grenada, two sheets, Sailboats in Fine Arts.
Among them paintings of van Gogh, Monet, Heade, Redon, Sorolla, Renoir and Eakins.
At the lower sheet the border is not shown here.
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Sierra Leone, a sheet "Special Transport".
Below the stamps there is the Chinese Red Cross / hospital-vessel DAISHANDAO 866 - PEACE ARK.
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Benin, two sheets, submarines in World War II.
Depicted are the "Leninist", USS "Barb", "U-995", HMS "Trasher" and "U-60".
Worth to collect ?
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Netherlands, a sheet with ten stamps, ship models in the
"Maritiem Museum Rotterdam".
Here the sheet is cut in three pictures to show enlarged pictures.
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Construction vessel "Aegir" 2014, a coaster 1861, the clipper "Trio" 1880,
passenger vessel "Sindoro" 1900.
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Tanker "Sultan von Koetei", offshore-anchor tug "Fairmount Expedition".
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Freighter "Mataromodel" of
1425, today this model is in very good condition (!), war ship "Assahan",
container ship "Nedlloyd Houtman", VOC ship "Padmos" / "Blijdorp".
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Russia, a sheet with four stamps, oil in the Arctic.
Depicted are the platform PIRAZLOMNAYA and the tanker "Mikhail Ulyanov".
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Sierra Leone, two sheets with submarines. Right we see the "Auguste Piccard".
The sheets I found in the Internet, the names of the other subs I will deliver in addition.
Worth to collect ?
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Aland Islands, a stamp to 50th anniversary "Sea Rescue Society".
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BAT, a set with four stamps, "Britains Longest Reigning Monarch".
Among them a stamp with the Queen and RRS "James Clark Ross".
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Great Britain, 6 stamps "Post and Go", among them these three stamps with maritime topics.
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Central Africa, a sheet with three stamps about fire brigades, among them this stamp
with a "Moose Boat, Marine 5".
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From here You see lighthouses :
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Portugal, a set with three stamps and a sheet,
500th anniversary of the tower of Belem at Lisbon, in past he was a lighthouse.
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Iceland, a set with two stamps, lighthouses.
Left the tower of Aedeyjarviti and right of Ellidaeyjarviti.
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Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a single stamp with the lighthouse Pointe aux Canons at St.-Pierre.
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Latvija, a single stamp with the lighthouse Salacgrivas Baka.
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Macau / China, a set and a sheet, 150th anniversary lighthouse Guia.
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Caledonia, a single stamp and a sheet, 150th anniversary lighthouse Amedee.
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Malta, a single stamp 400 years the painter Salvator Rosa. On one of his paintings there is a
lighthouse.
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Guinea, two sheets with many lighthouses.
Worth to collect ???
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Solomon Islands, two sheets with many lighthouses.
Worth to collect ???
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Central Africa, two sheets with many lighthouses.
Worth to collect ???
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From here some individual stamps :
Netherlands, three individual stamps with ships.
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Austria, two individual stamps. Left the "Viribus Inutas".
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Germany, two individual stamps, left the "Hedvig Sofia" and right the "Nydam Boat".
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Addendum :
Denmark, three stamps to the fair SILFI.
Depicted are the pleasure boats "Hjejlen", "Hejren" and "Rylen".
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