CARAVEL REDONDA

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aukepalmhof
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CARAVEL REDONDA

Post by aukepalmhof » Fri Feb 19, 2016 8:12 pm

Denmark has used many stamps with a caravel design, a little awkward design, it shows us a caravel redonda under sail.
The caravel was known in Denmark around 1430, there is a tile from the St Marienkirche at Helsingør which shows a four-mast caravel around that time, the tile is now in the museum of Helsingør.
The design on the stamp shows a three-masted caravel redonda, the foremast it looks carried a furled lateen sail, the mainmast is square rigged while the mizzen mast carried a furled lateen sail.
The square sails are set on a strange angle sideways, the vessel will sail sideways and not ahead in this way, and also the bottom, keel and rudder of the ship touch hardly the water.

Denmark 1927 15/40 ore sg246/51 scott?, 1933 15/40 ore sg 277b/282b scott? 1934 4 on 20 ore and 10 on 30 ore sg285/86, scott? 1940 15/40 ore sg319a/21, scott?
Faroe Islands 2015 franking labels http://wopa-stamps.com/index.php?contro ... e&id=20195
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