BRITISH VIRGIN ISLAND 1972 UNIFORMS

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The British Virgin Islands issued in 1972 four stamps which shows us uniforms worn by the Royal Navy personnel.
The background of the stamps shows us battle scenes from the Battle of Trafalgar and was taken from the book Trafalgar by Oliver Warner one of the famous “British Battles” series.

½c BELLEISLE viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10210&p=10642&hilit=belleisle#p10642 dismasted after the action, the background action is taken from a print issued on 12th August 1806, the other ship on the stamp is not identified.

10c The VICTORY viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8865 to leeward of the SANTISSIMA TRINIDAD viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7676&p=19263&hilit=SANTISSIMA+TRINIDAD#p19263 , taken from an aquatint by J. Jenkens, after T Whitecombe, 1806.

30c REDOUTABLE viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7651&p=7647&hilit=redoutable#p7647 and VICTORY viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8865, from a drawing done by a French officer for Capt. Lucas of the REDOUTABLE, now in the museum de La Marine, Paris.

60c VICTORY viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8865 of Trafalgar: In the van – from an original drawing and engraving by Robert Dodd.

Source Watercraft Philately 1972 page 21 R.J. Pollard.
British Virgin Island 1972 ½/60c sg 271/274, scott 237/240.