Barge used in the inland waters of Mauritius
Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2019 12:40 am
Mauritius issued in 1998 four stamps which show us “inland Transport” of which the 10RS shows a wooden clinker-built barge.
Less known to the public, wooden-hulled sailing barges were used until 1950 for the transport of sugar from factories to Port-Louis but disappeared because, with the advent of diesel lorries, they became too expensive. A Rs.10 stamp, issued in 1998, commemorates this activity, with a stamp showing a coastal barge unloading sugar at the Coaster’s Wharf in Port-Louis in the 1940s.
https://stampsofmauritius.org/category/ ... transport/
Mauritius 1998 10 Rs sg 981 scott?
Less known to the public, wooden-hulled sailing barges were used until 1950 for the transport of sugar from factories to Port-Louis but disappeared because, with the advent of diesel lorries, they became too expensive. A Rs.10 stamp, issued in 1998, commemorates this activity, with a stamp showing a coastal barge unloading sugar at the Coaster’s Wharf in Port-Louis in the 1940s.
https://stampsofmauritius.org/category/ ... transport/
Mauritius 1998 10 Rs sg 981 scott?