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Humboldt

Posted: Sat Jan 22, 2011 2:47 pm
by john sefton
Featured on the 5Gs. stamp from Paraguay is the 3‑masted ship Humboldt, which was built in 1851 at Lubeck for the Hamburg shipping firm of Sloman, founded by William Sloman, a British seaman, in 1785. The stamp is taken from the painting by C. J. Fedeler, in the Morgenstem Museum, Bremerhaven.
Sea Breezes April 1977

Paraguay SG n/c

Re: Humboldt

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 2:51 am
by aukepalmhof
She was built by H.J.A. Meyer, Lubeck.
Tonnage 306 ton, dim. 47.73 x 9.78 x 6.58m.
1866 Was she lost.

Source: Navicula.