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- Fri Aug 30, 2024 9:30 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: TARAI-BUNE
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TARAI-BUNE
The Japanse post issued a sheet in 2024 with 10 stamps of which one has a maritime theme The stamp issues is given as “Culture to leave for future generations.” The maritime stamps shows two “tarai-bune” sculled by ladies, Of the tarai-bune is given by Aak to Zumbra. Tarai-bune used in Japan is a wo...
- Thu Aug 29, 2024 9:37 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: PEEL, TRADITIONAL BOATS
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PEEL, TRADITIONAL BOATS
Isle of Man Post Office is delighted to present six stamps to commemorate the Island’s hosting of the Peel Traditional Boat weekends. Spread over about twenty-five years, these joyous occasions have inspired mariners from all corners of the Irish Sea and beyond to share their love and dedication for...
- Wed Aug 28, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: COAT OF ARMS of TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
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COAT OF ARMS of TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Trinidad and Tobago, a small country off the coast of Venezuela, has decided to change its national coat of arms. The three ships that explorer Christopher Columbus sailed to the 'New World' in the late fifteenth century will be removed from the coat of arms. The coat of arms of Trinidad and Tobago ...
- Wed Aug 28, 2024 3:21 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: FATEH AL-KHAIR (GHANJAH)
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FATEH AL-KHAIR (GHANJAH)
For the first shipment of LNG in 2000 the Omani issued this MS which shows a LNG tanker, not a name is given, and search on the internet gives a few names but they are not the same as on the stamp. The other stamp shows a dhow with the name FATEH AL-KHAIR a museum ship in Oman. Built in Sur 70 years...
- Thu Aug 22, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: AL ZUBARAH LNG tanker
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AL ZUBARAH LNG tanker
Inauguration of the Ras Laffan natural gas terminal in 1997, LNG tanker. LNG tanker:..... for more than 30 years, liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been transported on special tankers. From 1959 to 1960, LNG transport was organised between Lake Charles (Louisiana) and the island of Canvey (Thames estu...
- Sun Aug 18, 2024 11:46 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: NEPTUNE (20) HMS 1934
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NEPTUNE (20) HMS 1934
2016 marked 75 years of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN), and we celebrated with a commemorative stamp issue that reflects the essential role that the RNZN plays. The stamp shows not a ship but two crewmembers from New Zealand which served on the ship and werw killed by the loss of the vessel. Issu...
- Thu Aug 15, 2024 11:12 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: ARGUS sailship 1824
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ARGUS sailship 1824
Brazil issued in 2024 a stamp for the Bicentenary of the arrival of the first immigrants from Germany in Brazil on board of the ARGUS. The stamp shows a silhouette of a three mast ship. I believe there is not a drawing of painting of the ARGUS. Not much I could find on the ARGUS only that she was an...
- Wed Aug 14, 2024 11:05 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: La COMBATTANTE destroyer 1942
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La COMBATTANTE destroyer 1942
Built as a destroyer under yard No 695 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Glasgow for the Royal Navy; 16 January 1942 laid down as HMS HALDON. 27 April 1942 launched as HMS HALDON (L19). One of the Hunt III Class. Displacement 1,060 tons standard, 1,435 tons full load, dim. 85.3 x ...
- Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:04 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: REINOYFISK trawler
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REINOYFISK trawler
While looking for information for the HOLBERG, I by chance discovered the possible identity of the fishing boat depicted on several stamps from Namibia. Back in the early 90's, Norway sold several fishing boats to Namibia, two of which fit the bill when comparing pictures and the stamp. However, one...
- Fri Aug 09, 2024 11:01 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Medusa
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Re: Meduse
The correct name of the ships was MEDUSE About Theodore Gericault 1791-1824 The sinking of the colonial frigate MEDUSE off the coast of present-day Mauritania on July 2, 1816 shook Restoration France. Of the approximately 150 passengers and crew members who took refuge on a makeshift raft, towed by ...
- Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:09 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: JOCK AND ANNIE SLATER 13-01 lifeboat
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JOCK AND ANNIE SLATER 13-01 lifeboat
£2.00 - Shannon Class, 2013 - The RNLI's first Shannon class lifeboat was named Jock and Annie Slater, after a former RNLI Chairman, Sir Jock Slater, and his wife, Lady Annie Slater. The Shannon class is the first modern RNLI all-weather lifeboat to be powered by waterjets instead of propellers, mak...
- Thu Aug 08, 2024 4:40 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Kars
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Re: Kars
Built as a cargo vessel of the C1-M-AV1 design under yard No 61 by Kaiser Cargo Inc., Richmond, California for the United States Maritime Commission. 18 April 1944 keel laid down 17 July 1944 launched under the name ANTRIM (AK 159) Tonnage 3.805 gross, 2.123 net, 5.032 dwt., dim. 103.2 x 15.2 x 8.85...
- Tue Aug 06, 2024 4:51 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: SIR WILLIAM HILLARY lifeboat 1930
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SIR WILLIAM HILLARY lifeboat 1930
£1.30 - First Motor Lifeboat, 1930 - The first fast motor lifeboat was designed to reach casualties rapidly. SIR WILLIAM HILLARY, named after the RNLI's founder, was developed in response to an increasing number of aircraft flying over the Channel, and coming down at sea. The new lifeboat, powered b...
- Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:21 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: KAITI
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Re: KAITI
This design depicts, in the left panel, a fishing trawler and in the right a mass of fish on the vessel's deck. The fishing industry had its origins early in New Zealand history with the whaling industry. In 1844 whale oil and other products fetched £50,000 on the London markets. Following Europea...
- Sun Aug 04, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND lifeboat
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DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND lifeboat
85p - First Steam Lifeboat, 1890 - The RNLI's early pulling and sailing lifeboats struggled in heavy seas. Steam had transformed Britain's industrial landscape but tending a coal-fired boiler in a boat that is pitching and rolling in heavy seas would not be straightforward. Sixty years after the ide...