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by aukepalmhof
Sat Dec 16, 2023 8:04 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: NEW STAMPS OF DECMBER 2023
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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
Replies: 1
Views: 17632

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
Replies: 0
Views: 22875

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: 39026

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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Views: 38608

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: 26387

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
Replies: 0
Views: 38004

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...
by aukepalmhof
Thu Nov 16, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: DE RUYTER (F804)
Replies: 1
Views: 25054

Re: DE RUYTER (F804)

The warship in the border of the sheet is HRMS DE RUYTER F804.

Netherland 2023 Tall Ships Den Helder 2023
by aukepalmhof
Mon Nov 13, 2023 3:12 am
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: ANGVIK ferry 2004
Replies: 0
Views: 38298

ANGVIK ferry 2004

The town of Kristiansund is spread across five large islands and a number of smaller ones. In 1876, the first ferry of the Kristiansund steamboat association was put into service for the people of the town to get around its islands. The Sundbåten ferries have been operating ever since. They have car...
by aukepalmhof
Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: MEMPHIS USS 1906
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Views: 37850

MEMPHIS USS 1906

Built as an armed cruiser under yard 322 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia for the USA Navy. 01 July 1902 signed contract. 09 February 1903 awarded. 20 June 1903 laid down. 03 December 1904 launched as the USS TENNESSEE (ACR-10), christened by Miss Annie K. Frazier. She was one of the Tennes...
by aukepalmhof
Wed Nov 08, 2023 7:36 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: VÆROY ferry 2012
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Views: 35674

VÆROY ferry 2012

MF VÆRØY is a gas-fuelled ferry, built in 2012 for the Torghatten Nord shipping company. It serves the route Bodø-Røst- Værøy-Moskenes across Vestfjord and can carry 390 passengers and 120 cars. It is one of the four ferries serving the Lofoten islands. The ferry route from Bodø to Røst, Værøy and M...
by aukepalmhof
Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:25 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: Achilleus
Replies: 1
Views: 22907

Re: Achilleus passenger-cargo vessel 1953

Built as a passenger-cargo vessel under yard no 1475 by Ansaldo S.p.A. Leghorn, Italy as war compensation from Italy to the Greek Government. 23 May 1952 launched as the ACHILLEUS. Tonnage 5509 grt, 1574 dwt, dim. 126.9 x 16.82 x 5.73m. Powered by two Ansaldo Stab steam turbines 8,000 hp, speed 17 k...
by aukepalmhof
Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: LIHOU ISLAND rowboat service
Replies: 0
Views: 35586

LIHOU ISLAND rowboat service

Guernsey Europa issues 1988 “Commucation and Transport” depict one stamp the 16p which shows us the wooden rowboat LIHOU ISLAND which once a day travels between Lihou Island and the Guernsey mainland accross the treacharous narrow channel which diveded both islands. One of its principal purposes is ...
by aukepalmhof
Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:57 am
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: SVELVIK ferry 2021
Replies: 0
Views: 35479

SVELVIK ferry 2021

The hybrid ferry MF SVELVIK took over the route between Svelvik and Verket in 2022 after MF SVELVIKSUND was retired from service after 43 years. The crossing over the 184 metre wide strait in Drammensfjord takes roughly 5 minutes, making this the shortest ferry crossing in Norway. https://www.wopa-p...
by aukepalmhof
Tue Oct 31, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
Topic: La Normande
Replies: 2
Views: 22723

Re: La Normande

2023 Still owned by the Skeleton Coast Trawling Pty. Ltd, Namibia under the name KARAS.

Scott 486.