Maritime Topics on Stamps
February Stamps 2016
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Uruguay, a se-tenant of four stamps, cruise liners 2015.
Depicted are the "Zaandam", the "MSC Splendida", the "Costa Favolosa" and the "Norwegian Sun".
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South Africa, a souvenir sheet with five stamps, "World Post Day 2015".
Among them this stamp "Mail Transport" with a "Mail Boat and Springbok Air Service".
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Mayreau, Grenadines of St. Vincent, two sheets with five stamps, "Sailboats at Sunset".
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Maroc, a single stamp "Euro Med Postal". Depicted is a "Schebecke", a three mast
coastal sailing ship of the Mediterranean.
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Cuba, a et with six stamps and a sheet with one stamp.
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Expo Mundial de Filatelia, Singapur 2015.
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Depicted are different types of ships; a coastal sailing boat,
a paddle steamer, a junk, a dwelling boat, a container vessel and a turtle boat.
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Cuba, a single stamp, "Anniversario 50 de la Corte Cubana de Arbitraje Comercial Internacional".
A container vessel is depicted.
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Brunei, a se-tenet of three stamps, "Royal Brunei Navy Golden Jubilee June 2015,
1965 - 2015 50 years".
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Italia, a single stamp about a Navy Symposium, October 2015 at Rome.
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United Arab Emirates, a se-tenant of four stamps, Future Projects.
Among them this stamp with the port of Khalifa.
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Greece, a sheet with one stamp, "Greek-China maritime cooperation 2015".
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Great Britain, a set with 8 stamps, Shackleton and his "Endurance" 1914 - 1917.
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BAT, a set with six stamps.
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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
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Shackleton, "Endurance", "James Caird" and "Yelcho".
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Switzerland, a set with four stamps, "75 years of the Swiss merchant fleet".
Issue date 03.03.2016
Depicted are the container vessel "SCL BERN", bulk carrier "LUGANO",
container vessel "LAUSANNE" and the tanker "STOCKHORN".
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Djibouti, a stamp with the fire extinguisher boat "Excellence".
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SPM, a sheet with four stamps, the French police in North America.
Among them this police boat.
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South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands, a se-tenant of four stamps, "Britains Longest Reigning
Monarch", the Queen Elizabeth.
Here the stamp with the cruise liner "Queen Elizabeth 2". In 1982 during the Falkland War she
was duty as a hospital ship.
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SPM, a stamp with the admiral Gauchet.
Dominique-Marie Gauchet (1853 - 1931) was a French admiral during World War I.
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TAAF, a set with two stamps and a sheet with the same stamps.
Overflights of the islands of Kerguelen, rescue the expedition
Banzare with seaplane "Gipsy Moth" and transfer aboard "Discovery".
BANZARE - "British-Australian-New Zealandian Antarctic Research Expedition", 1929-1931.
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TAAF, a stamp with the Goelette "Reve".
In the Mediterranean a schooner is called Goelette.
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TAAF, a single stamp, German Deepsea Expedition 1898 - 1899.
The research ship "Valdivia" is depicted.
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TAAF, a se-tenant of three stamps, tavern Green Cormorant.
The story revolves around an inn probably has much to do with whaling.
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Congo, a sheet with four stamps, fire brigade.
Among them this stamp with the fire extinguisher boat "Flying Phantom".
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Monaco, MonacoPhil 2015, Prinz Albert I.
The prince spent much of his time as an explorer at sea,
he ruled the principality primarily via radio.
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Guinea, two sheets with five stamps, great sailing ships.
On the left sheet right top the "Grossherzogin Elisabeth", on the right sheet on the stamp
the "Mircea".
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Mocambique, two sheets with five stamps, great sailing ships.
Depicted are the Stavros S. Niarchos, Tenacious, Tocorime Pamatojari, Tre Kronor,
Star Clipper and HMS Victory.
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Åland, a set with two stamps, sailing ships.
Depicted are the "Altai" and the "Pehr Brahe".
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Mocambique, a sheet with four stamps, fire brigade.
Among them this stamp with a fire extinguisher boat.
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Different states now want to make cash from the lighthouse collectors. Their stamps
and sheets are outrageously expensive!
Niger, two sheets with five stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are the towers of Iles Farne, Marken, Petit Minou, Fastnet and Fisgard. (???)
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Italia, a single stamp, "Parco Nazionale dell Asinara".
To this pleasure grounds belongs the lighthouse in the distance.
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Curacao, a single stamp with Klein Curacao lighthouse.
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Mocambique, two sheets with five stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are Recife, Permaquid Point, Lindesnes, Cabrillo, Sambro and Choptank. (???)
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Tunisia, a se-tenant of five stamps, lighthouses.
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Central Africa, two sheets with five stamps, lighthouses.
Here the stamps are shown out of the sheets, because only around other marine animals can be seen.
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Netherlands, two sheets with a total of 6 stamps, replica of the "Batavia".
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VOC - Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie,
United Dutch East India Company, 1602 - 1795.
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Netherlands, some individual stamps about "Titanic", Shackleton and cruise liners.
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