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by aukepalmhof
Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:54 am
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: JIGGER TYPE FISHING VESSEL Japanese
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JIGGER TYPE FISHING VESSEL Japanese

The stamp of 30p issued by the Falkland Islands shows us an unidentified Japanese Jigger Vessels: There are two main types of jigger vessels, large specialized Squid jigger vessels that work primarily in the southern hemisphere, and smaller vessels operating in northern waters. (The jigger depict is...
by aukepalmhof
Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:41 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: FAROE COSTAL FISHING BOATS 2024
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Views: 3326

FAROE COSTAL FISHING BOATS 2024

From the time of the earliest settlements in the Faroe Islands, coastal fishing has been integral to the survival of its population. The island’s agriculture couldn’t solely sustain its inhabitants, which prompted them to diversify their sustenance through seabird and whale hunting, and notably, dom...
by aukepalmhof
Sun Jan 07, 2024 5:28 am
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: La DAUPHINE corvette 1774
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Views: 4095

La DAUPHINE corvette 1774

This stamp depict Yves de Kerguelen-Trémarec and the three French ships he used during his second voyage to the Antarctic. She were the L’OISEAU, Le ROLAND and the La DAUPHINE, most probably the vessel on the right is the flagship Le ROLAND, while the two vessels on the left are the L’OISEAU and La ...
by aukepalmhof
Fri Dec 22, 2023 9:00 am
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: SVANEN (pontoon crane)
Replies: 3
Views: 24365

Re: SVANEN (pontoon crane)

DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2023– 359 Van Oord’s Svanen Gearing Up For Next-Gen Wind Projects With Major Upgrade The heavy-lift installation ship Svanen, owned by Van Oord,is about to undergo a significant renovation. With a 25-meter extension to its gantry crane, the ship will be e...
by aukepalmhof
Thu Dec 21, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: PRIPYAT project 570V pusher tug
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Views: 33847

PRIPYAT project 570V pusher tug

The “Water Transport issues of Belarus” in 2023 shows us a pusher tug which is also depict in the border of the MS, pushing a barge near a bridge. She is one of the project 570V which was built under yard 88 in 1989 in Gomel, Russia. She is a single deck pusher towing craft, with a deck superstructu...
by aukepalmhof
Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: ETIENNE PEAU french explorer.
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Views: 34106

ETIENNE PEAU french explorer.

The MS from TAAF issued in 2023 shows us I believe the Port of Jeanne d’Arc on Kerguelen Island with on the road some anchored vessels, I have tried to find the name of the vessel Étienne Peau arrived on the island but without success, and the vessels have not been identified. Wikipedia gives the fo...
by aukepalmhof
Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:05 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: BELAYA RUS inland cruise vessel
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Views: 36634

BELAYA RUS inland cruise vessel

Built as a inland river passenger vessel one of Project 1168 by RUE “Pinsk Order of the Badge of Honor shipbuilding and shiprepair plant” at Pinsk, Belarus for Dneprobugvodput. The double-decked ship “BELAYA RUS” is a large cruise ship in Belarus. Motor ship “BELAYA RUS” of project 1168 was built in...
by aukepalmhof
Sun Dec 17, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1967)
Replies: 2
Views: 25998

Re: QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1967)

The stamp recalls two events of the 1960s - Bobby Moore, the victorious England Captain, collecting the solid gold Jules Rimet World Cup trophy on July 30, 1966, and the launch of the liner QUEEN ELIZABETH on September 20, 1967. But in the margin of the block of 10 of the stamps is the wrong date fo...
by aukepalmhof
Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:04 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: NEW STAMPS OF DECMBER 2023
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Views: 36993

NEW STAMPS OF DECMBER 2023

Good evening,

I tried to make a new stamp page, see

https://www.shipsonstamps.org/Topics/ma ... n2308.html

Merry Christmas to all of you and to continued good cooperation in 2024. And so that these crazy wars will finally stop.

Gretings Bjoern
by aukepalmhof
Fri Dec 15, 2023 8:52 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: PAPUAN CHIEF (II) 1991
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Views: 24919

Re: PAPUAN CHIEF (II) 1991

2015 Renamed in MICRONESIAN CHIEF.
2018 Renamed in FORUM SAMOA4.
2018 Broken up at Alang, work began 01 August 2020 by Atam Manohar Ship Breaker.

https://www.miramarshipindex.nz/ship/8901705
by aukepalmhof
Mon Dec 11, 2023 7:52 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: ZHEN HUA 16 1982
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Views: 40203

ZHEN HUA 16 1982

For the 50th Anniversary of the King of Jordanian , the Jordanian Post issued a set of stamps in 2012, of which one shows us the “heavy lift vessel ZHEN HUA 16. She was built as a tanker under yard no 73 by Nippon Kokan Shipyard, Tsu (Yokohama), Japan, for Ruby Shipping Co., in Hong Kong., with the ...
by aukepalmhof
Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:19 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: NORTHERN LIGHT clipper 1851
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Views: 57297

NORTHERN LIGHT clipper 1851

The Central African Republic issued in 2023 two MS with tall ships which all have been depict on many stamps, except one in the border of the MS which shows us the American clipper NORTHERN LIGHT built in 1851. Built as a clipper vessel by the Briggs Brothers, South Boston, Mass. USA for James Hucki...
by aukepalmhof
Sat Nov 18, 2023 8:16 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: RESOLUTION HMS ANTARCTIC CIRCUMNAVIGATION 250 YAER AGO.
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RESOLUTION HMS ANTARCTIC CIRCUMNAVIGATION 250 YAER AGO.

British navigator and maritime explorer James Cook made three voyages to the Pacific in the latter part of the 18th century. This stamp issue concerns his second voyage (1772–75) to the Pacific, during which he circumnavigated the uncharted Antarctic continent. The second scientific voyage was made ...
by aukepalmhof
Sat Nov 18, 2023 1:58 am
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: Uruguay
Replies: 2
Views: 34861

Re: Uruguay

Argentina 2023 $680 sg?, Scott?

2023 issues ARA URUGUAY rescued the crew of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1903.
by aukepalmhof
Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:39 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: ABEL TASMAN party boat 1920
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Views: 55967

ABEL TASMAN party boat 1920

Sail Den Helder On 26 June 2023, PostNL will publish the Sail Den Helder stamp sheet. This year's maritime event will take place from 29 June to 2 July. Sail Den Helder is organised together with the 2023 Marinedagen (Navy days), marking the start of the Tall Ships Races 2023. The ten stamps feature...