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Articles From Past Issues of Watercraft Philately
and
Pages From Ships on Stamps Exhibits
Watercraft
Philately has been published for 56 years. In that time, there have
been many interesting articles about ships and their histories that
should be of interest to current collectors. This section of the web
site is intended to become an archive of such articles. Stories will be
added as time allows so check back at least occasionally.
Included here are also some pages from exhibits that feature ships on
stamps. You can get an idea as to how to exhibit your stamps, either at
home or at a stamp show.
World War II has been
widely commemorated on stamps. There have been many ships shown on
stamps that participated in WWII. The series, Naval Events of World War
II, ran from 1991-1996 while Ships Lost in WWII and Liners That
Served as Troop Ships were featured in 1958. As you might expect, many
new stamps have been issued since but these will be an excellent start
on a checklist or a story on the subject of this great war. (zipped
file)
As long as there are wars and natural disasters, there have
been hospital ships. These have been either conversion from
existing ships or purpose built. Hospital ships are
well-represented on stamps. You may be surprised at which ships have
been pressed into service as floating hospitals. This checklist was published in Watercraft Philately in 2005.
Dhows are another
popular ship type found on stamps. This is an introduction to this
ship type that may easily lead into a more in-depth study. This was
producted in the early days of the Ships on Stamps Unit in 1961.
The many islands of the Pacific Ocean have a long tradition of
sea travel that predates European arrival. Many of these craft are shown
on the stamps of the island nations. The Canoes of the
Pacific Islands is a story written during 1956-1960.
The America's Cup is a popular
topic with collectors of yachts on stamps. These three links will take
you to several of these articles. For some reason, these articles load
very slowly. Please be patient while they load and we try to speed up
the loading process.
America's Cup 1 1851 to 1920 (8 pages)
America's Cup 2 1930 to 1987 (9 pages)
America's Cup 3 2000 to 2003 (4 pages)
Under the menu item 'Ship Topic Pages' on the left you will also find another story featuring the
America's Cup.
Waterways the world over are maintained by
dredges. Without them, modern waterborne commerce would be very different.
Norma Nielson her Lloyd's of London exhibit. The pages shown here are those from the National Topical Stamp show in Clackamas, Oregon, which won the show Reserve Grand Award and also a Gold award. The exhibit, " From Coffee to Commerce: The Story of Lloyds" is shown here in five frames of 16 pages each.
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Jim
Hanna has had two exhibits on exploration voyages. The first is an
older exhibit on exploration in general and is in two parts:
Part 1
Part 2
The second is an exhibit titled 'Explorers, Navigators, Adventurers and
the Exploration of the Pacific'. This won a silver at Melbourne in
2010. There is a total of 90 pages in the entire exhibit of which 23
pages are shown here in four parts to make viewing easier.
This exhibit shows the various aspects of
ship stamp collecting. It was developed in order to show stamp show attendees what this facinating hobby is all about.
In looking through older issues of Watercraft Philately, there is no
shortage of articles on ship classification, arranging your collection
and different ways of collection and showcasing your collection. This
is one such article on Types
of Sailing Ships from 1959 by an experienced seaman.
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