A HISTORY OF OCEAN GOING VESSELS Sierra Leone 1996

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A HISTORY OF OCEAN GOING VESSELS Sierra Leone 1996

Post by aukepalmhof » Sun Jan 28, 2018 8:33 pm

This sheet issued by Sierra Leone issued in 1996 shows us the following ship types:
From left to right, top row.
The designs are taken from Churchman’s cigarettes cards

Greek war galley from 4th century BC. (trireme) see: http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... 049#p13049

Roman war galley 50 AD. The design is more a stylized design of a galley, with this bow and stern I can’t find any likeness with images on the net or in my books other than on this Churchman cigarette card.

Viking ship 9th century A.D. see: http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... oat#p10855

Flemish carrack, not a specific ships type for Flanders (Belgium) only that she was owned in Flanders. see: http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... ack#p11298
The Flemish painter W.A.(1470).Full name unknown, made a drawing of a Flemish carrack. This type of ship was used in the whole Mediterranean and northern countries.

Merchant man 16th century. A fluyt or carrack was in the 16th century a common ships type used in the merchant service.

Tudor warship in the 16th century, King Henry VIII of England did have a fleet of warships of which two are well known the MARY ROSE and GREAT HARRY both are on many stamps.

Elizabethan galleon in the 17th century: http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... leon#p7407

Dutch man of war 17th century, one of the most famous was the DE ZEVEN PROVINCIEN 1665-1694.
http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... ien#p11294

Maestrale (Mistral) Maltase galley 16th century.
http://www.shipstamps.co.uk/forum/viewt ... ley#p15663
Mistral see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistral_(wind)

Sierra Leone 1996 sg 2623/2631 scott 1923ª/1923i.
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