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- Fri Jul 26, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Tarawa USS
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Re: Tarawa USS
TARAWA was stricken from the naval registry on April 30, 2024. The newspaper Stars and Stripes reported that the ship would be used in a sinking exercise as part of Exercise RIMPAC 2024. On 19 July 2024, TARAWA was sunk off the coast of Hawaii during RIMPAC 2024 by a US Navy Super Hornet, a B-2 S...
- Fri Jul 26, 2024 2:18 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: THE LADJA MARATHON in CROATIA
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THE LADJA MARATHON in CROATIA
About EUROMED - Sports in Mediterranean Countries - The Ladja Marathon (C) The Ladja Marathon is an amateur sports competition involving races of ladjas, traditional indigenous vessels in the Neretva River valley. The first marathon took place on 13 September 1998, as part of the commemoration of th...
- Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:25 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Viribus Unitas
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Re: Viribus Unitas
Croatia issued in 2024 a MS which shows us in the border a warship, she is the SMS VIRIBUS UNITIS of 1912. Croatian generals in World War I Despite peace and a peaceful life being a part of core human wishes and thinking, history is, in reality, marked by continuous warfare. Croatian history is not ...
- Sun Jul 21, 2024 9:25 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTIUTION 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
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THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTIUTION 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) Anniversary 200 year. The creation of a service dedicated to the saving of lives at sea was the vision of Sir William Hillary. In the early 19th Century there was an average of 1,800 shipwrecks a year around the coasts of the UK, a risk that was simply ...
- Fri Jul 19, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: ARIE VISSER CLASS LIFEBOAT
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ARIE VISSER CLASS LIFEBOAT
8) Arie Visser class The Arie Visser class is the largest lifeboat type in the world of the RIB type. This class has been in use by the KNRM since 1999. Photographer Arrie van Dijk (Image archive KNRM). https://www.postzegelblog.nl/2024/05/19/200-jaar-knrms-wel-en-wee/ ARIER VISSER: The Arie Visser ...
- Fri Jul 19, 2024 3:58 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: KASOS 200th YEAR BICENTENARY OF THE MASSACRES
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KASOS 200th YEAR BICENTENARY OF THE MASSACRES
Kasos is the southernmost island of the Dodecanese. It is a small, picturesque island, full of blue and white, like all the Greek islands . Picturesque and welcoming, it is bathed by the Carpathian Sea and the first thing the visitor sees is its small port in the island's capital, Fry. Like every...
- Wed Jul 17, 2024 9:09 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: CANOEING ON NAHANNI RIVER in CANADA
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CANOEING ON NAHANNI RIVER in CANADA
Canada used a MS ion 2024 in the series “Far and Wide”, only one stamp shows us a watercraft, two canoes paddling on nthe Nahanni River. Canada Post’s “From Far and Wide” series returns, captivating audiences with nine stunning images of Canada’s iconic destinations. Launched in 2018, this multi-yea...
- Wed Jul 17, 2024 4:07 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: NIKOLAAS CLASS LIFEBOAT
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NIKOLAAS CLASS LIFEBOAT
7) Volunteer rescuers Not only are the crew on the boats of the Nikolaas class (specially suited for use on inland waters) volunteer rescuers, but also on all other rescue boats. This class has been in use by the KNRM since 2009. Photographer Roel Ovinge (KNRM Image Archive). https://www.postzegelbl...
- Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: July 2024 new stamp page.
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- Views: 482
July 2024 new stamp page.
Good morning,
there is a new stamp page at Myron's internet site
https://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/ma ... en2404.htm
This will work better: https://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/ma ... n2404.html
Greetings Bjoern
there is a new stamp page at Myron's internet site
https://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/ma ... en2404.htm
This will work better: https://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/ma ... n2404.html
Greetings Bjoern
- Tue Jul 16, 2024 4:00 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: MEDITERRANEAN SPORTS PORTUGAL
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MEDITERRANEAN SPORTS PORTUGAL
CTT – Correios de Portugal launches this Thursday, July 11th,2024 a philatelic issue dedicated to Mediterranean sports , with distinction for two disciplines: Surfing and Sailing Class 470. The collection consists of two stamps with face values of €0.90 and €1.30 with a circulation of 70 thousand ...
- Mon Jul 15, 2024 8:57 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: MONACO OLYMPIC GAMES IN Paris 2024
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MONACO OLYMPIC GAMES IN Paris 2024
After London, Paris becomes the second city to celebrate the Summer Olympic Games for the third time (1900, 1924 and 2024). The history of the modern Games is closely linked to France. Olympism organized its rebirth there at the turn of the 20th century. The Paris 1924 Games were the first to featur...
- Sun Jul 14, 2024 11:21 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS 2024
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OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS 2024
Cyprus issued four stamps for the Olympic Games in Paris, only one stamp shows us a watercraft, a stylised sailyacht. "Our role is clear: to unite – not to deepen divisions. Therefore, we have an important responsibility – to stand together for the power of sport and to live up to our shared mi...
- Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: VALENTINE CLASS lifeboat
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VALENTINE CLASS lifeboat
6) Valentijn class The first convertible RIB from the Valentijn class is made entirely of aluminium. This class has been in use by the KNRM since 1990. Photographer Martijn Bustin (KNRM Image Archive). https://www.postzegelblog.nl/2024/05/19/200-jaar-knrms-wel-en-wee/ LIFEBOAT CLASS VALENTINE The cl...
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 4:58 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: MONOXILA dugout
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MONOXILA dugout
In the autumn of 2012, from the Prut River, near Măcăreşti Village (Măcăreşti Commune, Ungheni District), Moldova, a wooden boat was recovered. The boat has a length of 5 m, a width of 0,7 m and a height of 0,47 m. Inside of the boat three banquets are spared in the carved trunk. Now, the precise ch...
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 11:15 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: ATLANTIC CLASS lifeboat
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ATLANTIC CLASS lifeboat
5) Atlantic class The first rigid inflatable boat (RIB) from the Atlantic class is the rubber boat with a fixed bottom. This class has been in use by the KNRM since 1973. Photographer Cees van der Meulen (Netherlands Photo Museum Rotterdam). https://www.postzegelblog.nl/2024/05/19/200-jaar-knrms-wel...