The Dutch Post issued in 2015 a sheet of 10 stamps, which shows us various yachts which took part in the Volvo Ocean Race, The Dutch Post gives by the stamp:
Volvo Ocean Race Pit Stop The Hague 2015
The Volvo Ocean Race will be calling at the Netherlands again this year with a short stopover in The Hague from 18-20 June 2015. PostNL is focusing on this with a special stamp sheet to be issued on 26 May 2015; a sheetlet of ten stamps, each with a Nederland 1 value denomination. The stamps contain various action shots taken in previous legs of this international yacht race as well as international maritime signal flags for competition sailors. The stamp sheet was designed by Jan van Mechelen and Laurens van der Pool from ZEE strategie & ontwerp. “To imply the feeling of movement”, said Jan van Mechelen, “we placed all graphic elements diagonally on the stamp sheet. What’s more, the four lines also come together in a vanishing point that lies above the sheet - where the mast would end. We were also able to place a message on the stamp sheet using maritime signal flags. After all, each signal flag stands for a letter. What’s in the message? Everyone is welcome to work that out for themselves. It’s really quite easy.” The Volvo Ocean Race is held every three years. Seven teams are participating in this twelfth race, including the Dutch Team Brunel led by skipper Bouwe Bekking. Two other teams also have Dutch crew members.
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