Ukraine, one stamp with the frigate "Hettman Sahaidachny".

Cayman Islands, a set with four stamps, "Historic Ships". Depicted are the "Kirk B", "Nunoca", "Rembro" and "Clara Scott".

New Caledonia, a single stamp with a Kanak sharp shooter, WW 1. At the stern of the vessel we see the French flag.

Slovenija, a single stamp, "The 200th Anniversary of the Founding of the Kingdom of Illyria", a coat of arms with a symbolic ship. Illyria was a name for a region in the west of the Balkan Peninsula, which today belongs to Mont Negro / Albania.

Taiwan, a set with four stamps, among them left below "Launching Tatara Canoe".

	Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a souvenir sheet with two stamps, "1816 - 2016, Return to France". Above the stamps are enlarged. The frigate "La Revanche" is depicted, built 1795.

Niuafo'ou, Tonga, two sheets with together eight stamps. "400th Anniversary of the Discovery of Northern Tonga by Jacob Le Maire & Willem Schouten between 10 - 14 May 1616". On the left sheet Jacob Le Maire, the "Eendracht" and her arrival at Cocos Islands, right Willem Schouten. On the right sheet again Le Maire and Schouten with the "Eendracht".

Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a single stamp, blocks and ropes. Pictured are a mooring line and a block of the running rigging on board. But seamanship looks a little different.

Croatia, a set with two stamps. Thereby this stamp with the engineer G.B. Luppis. 150 years ago he developped together with R. Whitehead the first propeller-driven torpedo (1865).

Croatia, Slovenija, two sheets, each with the same picture, Battle of Lissa. The Battle of Lissa (sometimes called Battle of Vis) took place on 20 July 1866 in the Adriatic Sea near the Dalmatian island of Lissa ("Vis" in Croatian) and was a decisive victory for an outnumbered Austrian Empire force over a numerically superior Italian force. It was the first major sea battle between ironclads and one of the last to involve deliberate ramming. (Wikipedia)

Bulgaria, a single stamp, 140th anniversary of the hijacking of the steamer "Radetzky" by Christo Botev at Kozloduy.

Bulgaria, a single stamp, 150th anniversary port of Ruse.

China, a sheet with one stamp, the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal is the longest man-made waterway in the world, 1800 km. He is a World Heritage Site.

Sierra Leone, two sheets with the "Sea Hunter, first unmanned Ship". The Sea Hunter is an autonomous unmanned surface vehicle (USV) launched in 2016 as part of the DARPA Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program, (Wikipedia).

Niger, two sheets with together 5 stamps, cruise liners. Depicted are the "Costa Pacifica", "Queen Mary 2", "Carnival Freedom", "Navigator of the Seas" and the "Prinsendam".

Australia Antarctic Territory, a sheet with five stamps, "Hurley's Journey 1914 - 1916". He was the photographer of the "Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition".

	Macau, a sheet and a setenant together with five stamps, Maritime Museum.

Sierra Leone, a sheet with four stamps, "Military Transport". Among them left top a "Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship" of the US Navy.

USA, a sheet with 16 stamps, "National Parks". Among them this stamp "San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park" with the Square Rigger "Balclutha".

Central Africa, two sheets with together five stamps, great sailing vessels. Depicted are above the "Sea Cloud", "Mary Celeste", "Jylland" and "Belem". Right the "Christian Radich" and the "Amerigo Vespucci".

	Central Africa, two sheets with together five stamps, cruiseliner. Depicted are above the "Norwegian Escape", "Crystal Symphony", "Seven Seas Mariner" and "Regatta". Left the "Norwegian Epic" and the "Allure of the Seas".

Libya, a single stamp with the lighthouse of Benghazi.

Jamaica, a set with four stamps, lighthouses.     Depicted are the towers of Negril, Morant Point, Lover's Leap and Galina.

Djibouti, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses. Depicted are the towers of Feu, Djeddah, Lindau and New London Ledge; right Cape Hatteras and Peggy's Point.

Guinea, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses. Depicted are left the towers of Fastnet, Toledo Ohio, Point Betsie and D'Herd Groyne; right Neist Point and Portland Head.

Japan, a sheet with eight stamps, G7 meeting 2016, Ise-Shima Summit. Among them these two stamps with lighthouses (?).

Niger, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses. Depicted are left the towers of Cape Cod, Doubling Point, Portland Head and Harbour Cape Cod; right Green Point Capetown and Cala Ratjada Majorra.

Austria, three individual stamps with paddle steamers, with the "Gisela" and the "Delta Queen".

	Germany, two individual stamps with the "Thor Heyerdahl" and a seismic ship and Private Mail 180th anniversary of the "Sächsische Dampfschiffahrt" (Saxon Steamship Company).

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