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...

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 ...

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2023 issues ARA URUGUAY rescued the crew of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition in 1903.

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...

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

Netherland 2023 Tall Ships Den Helder 2023

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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

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Ferries are an essential part of Norway's transport network. There are around 130 ferry services carrying 20 million cars and 40 million passengers each year. When MF Ampere was built in 2014, it was the world’s first, large-size, battery-powered ferry. It can carry up to 120 cars and 360 passengers...

On 20 may 1988 Franch Polynesia issued three stamps featuring the work of the Swedish artist Paul Engdahl on tapa cloth. Tapa is a cloth made out of the beaten bark of the breadfruit tree, or the banyan tree, or the paper mulberry tree and because of its texture, is considered to be very difficult t...

For the 150th Anniversary arrival of the Missionaries in Wallis & Futuna the island issued on 8 November1987 a stamp of 250 Fr. To commemorate the arrival at Wallis in November 1837 on board of the American vessel EUROPA. When the new appointed Vicar Apostolic of Western Oceania, Monsignor Jean ...