Vostok

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SG53

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SG65

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SG1648

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SG3202

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SG3788

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Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and his sloop Vostok are depicted on the 20c. stamp, which I notice gives his name as "Admiral T. Bellingshausen". Incidentally he is named "Thaddeus" on stamps of British Antarctic Territory issued in 1973 and if there is an explanation for the change of name, I am, not aware of it. He was a Russian Navy officer born in 1779, joining his country's navy in 1797 and taking part in a voyage around the world in 1803, when he was 24. In 1819 he was placed in command of a Russian expedition to explore the Antarctic. He had under his command two sloops of war, the Vostok and Mirny, with 190 men. His first objective was to complete a survey of South Georgia, which was begun by Captain Cook. The Vostok was the flagship of the expedition. She was 129 ft. 10 in. in length, with a beam of 32 ft. 8 in. and draft of 9 ft. 7 in., built at the Okhta Dockyard, St. Petersburg, by Stoke, in 1818. Like other Russian ships of the period she was built of unseasoned pinewood with only the usual strengthening. The underwater part of the ship had been reinforced and it was protected by copper sheathing on the outside. She was a sister ship to the Kamchatka which under Capt. Colovnin sailed round the world in 1817.
Info EW Argyle SB8/77.
Gilbert Islands SG53, Brit Ant SG65 Kiribati SG260 Russia SG1648 3202 3788

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The £3 stamp features Fabian von Bellingshausen leader of the Russian Naval Expedition and the expedition vessel VOSTOK. The expedition had two vessels, the sloop VOSTOK and the transport MIRNYY and the objective was to sail as close to the South Pole as possible. They reached South Georgia in 1819 on their way to Antarctica and surveyed the south coast to complement Cook’s survey of the northern coast. The South Sandwich Islands were also visited and more islands discovered. Bellingshausen then proceeded to circumnavigate Antarctica and is credited with making the first sighting of mainland Antarctica. The expedition is remembered in a number of Russian place names in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

Source: South Georgia Post.


Kiribati 1986 55c sg260, scott?. 2002 25c sg?, scott?
Mongolia 2012 800f sg?, scott?
Russia 2001 2.00R sg?, scott? (VOSTOCK and MIRNIY)
South Georgia & Sandwich Islands 2015 £3.00 sg?, scott?

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Vostok

Estonia, 2003, S.G.?, Scott; 463.

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Russian navigator FF Bellingsgausen (1778-1852) Russia1950;40к;SG1647; 1978; 4k.Postcard.