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by ibiscus1
Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:52 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1967)
Replies: 2
Views: 15397

Re: QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1967)

The inscription showing the wrong date for the launch of QE2 is on the 47p sheet of 10 stamps not on the miniature sheet

Stewart Wilson
by ibiscus1
Sun Oct 10, 2021 8:02 am
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: Chad issues 2021 cruise vessels
Replies: 1
Views: 666

Re: Chad issues 2021 cruise vessels

The flag on the sheet showing QM2 is wrong. The ship is since late 2011 registered in Hamilton Bermuda but the flag shown is the flag of The Bahamas. At least the stamp names the ship correctly RMS Queen Mary 2 although she no longer carries mail. She was given the RMS designation in 2004 in honour ...
by ibiscus1
Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vistafjord
Replies: 0
Views: 26866

Vistafjord

I was quite wrong to suggest that Vistafjord appeared on the St Lucia Aerogram of 1992.

Cunard Countess does and Daphne once part of Cunard’s port line fleet as Port Sydney is also shown along with other ships which are identified in the stamp index.

Stewart Wilson
by ibiscus1
Sat Feb 03, 2018 5:17 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: UNITED NATIONS TRANSPORTATION
Replies: 1
Views: 1907

Re: UNITED NATIONS TRANSPORTATION

I did contact the United Nations in 1997 to get information on the designs and received the Press Release for the issue which reads "The 32-cent se-tenant strip of five stamps illustrate watercraft. Starting on the left, the first stamp depicts a clipper ship, a fast, sail powered, ocean crossi...
by ibiscus1
Sun May 01, 2016 9:46 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: Carmania 1905 (Cunard Line)
Replies: 2
Views: 3266

Re: Carmania 1905 (Cunard Line)

I think the stamp shown is RMS Caronia not her sister ship. The inscription on the stamp is SS Caronia
by ibiscus1
Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:27 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: CLEVELAND USS (LPD-7)
Replies: 1
Views: 2115

Re: CLEVELAND USS (LPD-7)

I suggest that the Carnival ship shown on the sheet might be Carnival Legend or Carnival Spirit. Both sail to Tonga from Sydney.

W S Wilson
by ibiscus1
Sat Sep 28, 2013 7:10 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: Carpathia (Cunard Line)
Replies: 7
Views: 5326

Re: Carpathia (Cunard Line)

Hungary issued the commemorative stamp in memory of the Titanic and Dr Arpad Lengyel ship's doctor on the Carpathis the ship which hurried to the aid of the Titanic The main motif on the stamp is Titanic heading towards the iceberg, while the stamp shows parts of the liner, with in the top right cor...
by ibiscus1
Sat Sep 28, 2013 4:42 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: Carpathia (Cunard Line)
Replies: 7
Views: 5326

Re: Carpathia (Cunard Line)

The man shown on the stamp is the American impressionist painter Colin Campbell Cooper (1856 - 1937). He and his wife Emma were passengers on board RMS Carpathia when the transatlantic steamship arrived on the scene of the sunken RMS Titanic. Cooper and Emma assisted in the rescue of the survivors. ...
by ibiscus1
Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:13 am
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: CALEDONIA 1840
Replies: 2
Views: 2910

Re: CALEDONIA 1840

Until recently I have gone along with the fate of the Caledonia and Hibernia two ships belonging to Cunard and sold early in 1850 to the Spanish Navy for £35,000 but the new book on Cunard Line by Peter Newall has a different version and I am inclined to go along with that. Here are the extracts fro...
by ibiscus1
Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:39 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: Civetta 1829
Replies: 2
Views: 1919

Re: Civetta 1829

Slovenia in 2002 issued a stamp SG 567 showing Ressell's propellor with a ship in the top corner which may well be a representation of the Civetta of 1829.
by ibiscus1
Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:09 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: Queen Elizabeth 2010
Replies: 5
Views: 5739

Re: Queen Elizabeth 2010

I have to correct the entry. The ship shown on the stamp is of course Queen Elizabeth 2 and not the 2010 Queen Elizabeth. However there is an interesting connection with the 2010 Queen Elizabeth. When the Queen launched the ship in October 2010 she unveiled a portrait of herself commissioned by Cuna...
by ibiscus1
Mon Mar 18, 2013 5:09 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: Lusitania
Replies: 5
Views: 4577

Re: Lusitania

As well as the stamp from Turks and Caicos 1996 SG 1392there is also the stamp also from Turks and Caicos from 1995 SG1361 which shows diving on the Lusitania in a Peress armoured diving suit in 1935.

Stewart Wilson
by ibiscus1
Fri Dec 14, 2012 4:35 pm
Forum: Unidentified ships on stamps
Topic: Central African Republic and QE2
Replies: 1
Views: 14716

Re: Central African Republic and QE2

At long last I have obtained the 1997 stamp from Central African Republic which in the ATA booklet 156 suggests that the stamp depicts the liner QE2. In fact it does not - the ship shown is the royal yacht Britannia! A disppointment for me as I collect Cunard ships on stamps. However I am still look...
by ibiscus1
Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:33 pm
Forum: For Sale / Wanted
Topic: Malta 2012 Port Chalmers
Replies: 2
Views: 18247

Re: Malta 2012 Port Chalmers

I was successful in obtaining from the Malta Philatelic Bureau the sheet of 8 stamps one of which depicted Port Chalmers - a ship of Port Line and managed by Cunard. In 1916 Cunard Line took over Commonwealth & Dominion Line (Port Line). Port Line ships were given the Cunard funnel colours but o...
by ibiscus1
Sun Oct 07, 2012 9:08 am
Forum: For Sale / Wanted
Topic: Malta 2012 Port Chalmers
Replies: 2
Views: 18247

Malta 2012 Port Chalmers

If any member who has bought the complete set of the ships from Malta and has no need for the one showing the ship Port Chalmers I would love to hear from them with a view to purchase.

Stewart Wilson