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The Boussole of La Perouse, the third ship of the name since 1691. She was originally a store ship name Portefaix, built in 1783, and converted into a frigate in 1785. She was lost with the Astrolabe of La Perouse in 1788 at Vanikoro Island.
France SG739 New Caledonia SG823 835 Norfolk Is SG78 434 Solomon Islands SG201 820 Wallis and Fortuna SG221 530

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La Boussole

Wallis & Futuna Islands 1988

New Caledonia 1988 45f sg835 and MSsg? and 36f sg823

De Wallis & Futuna stamp issued in 1988 70Fr. sg 530 was designed after a drawing by Josep-François Duché de Vancy and shows us La BOUSSOLE and L’ASTROLABE at anchor at Port des Francaes in Lituya Bay, Alaska in July 1786. La BOUSSOLE is on the right and the L’ASTROLABE on the left.

Source: Watercraft Philately 1988 page 26 Ch Gaden