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This collection of links is not meant to be comprehensive or anything
other than interesting to me. I have used these and others to research
information about ships found on stamps as well as general philatelic
purposes. There are many other possible sites so if you find a site that
you think would be a general benefit, let me know and I will consider
adding it. To be considered for inclusion, a site must be somewhat general,not
associated with one ship (some exceptions). Collections of links to museums,
nautical or stamp topics are best. Also let me know if any of these links
have stopped working.
Stamp Collecting
Navicula Our ship
stamp collector counterparts in Germany
Philatelie Marine A site in both French and English with some good small exhibits on various ship stamp topics
Ship Stamp Society Our ship stamp collector counterparts in the United Kingdon
Ship Stamps Forum in the UK. A site similar to our Ships on Stamps Discussion List but with a more elegant interface.
Ships on Stamps Gallery A
site with some nice images and stories. Hasn't been updated in a long time. May be dormant.
Ships on Stamps web site of the Maritime Stamp Society in Scandinavia
My Watercraft Philately
A blog from India with good information and news. NOT connected in any
way with the Ships on Stamps Unit publication Watercraft Philately
Fabio's Stamp Resources is another
collection of philatelic links. It is well organized and easy to use.
American
Topical Association is the leading stamp topical organization
in the world
American Philatelic Society is the
largest, nonprofit society in the world for stamp collectors
Maritime Postmark Society Never heard of a "paquebot" cover? Go here to find out that and much more
Universal Ship Cancellation Society Ship covers of all types but especially naval covers
Lighthouse Stamp Society
Where would ships be without lighthouses? On the rocks, so check out this
lighthouse page
Fila-home Stamps is a general site about stamp collecting with a good all-around description of newer issues
Stamp-Links is a collection of links that cover many themes and countries. "Best stamp collecting websites on the internet"
Maritime Sites
These are only a few of the many maritime sites on the WWW. These are
only meant to show the breadth of material available. Some of these have
many links that will lead you elsewhere. I have made no attempt to classify
these in any other than a general manner. To find more links, just select
any of those below or use a search engine to look for tall ships, sailing
ships, merchant marine, and so forth. To find maritime and nautical artwork
is a little more work but well worth the time.
Captain's
Maritime,Merchant Marine,Ships and Nautical Links
Nautical links of several types
Nautical
and maritime history on Google
Nautical
and maritime history on Yahoo
A guide to doing maritime
history research on the Internet. You must see to believe
This site is a list of ships appearing
in the index or table of contents of books. This is a great place to find
a book that references a particular ship.
Panama Canal Ships
require many canals to carry commerce from one sea to another. There
are many canals but the Panama Canal is one of the most famous. You can
read much information about the building and operation of the Panama
Canal at this link. At the bottom of this linked page, you will find
links to other canals of the world.
Maritime art Great
art to illustrate your collection
National Maritime Historical Society
World's
Lighthouses, Lightships Lifesaving Stations
The
Maritime History Virtual Archives
Nautical Research Guild
Seaways Infonaut
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Navy History
Books
These are only a VERY few of the many places to find reference information
Used and out-of-print books
Bookfinder is one of several
places to look for used and out-of-print books of all types
ABE books is another place to
look for out-of-print books
Alibris has a nicely organized site
for rare, used and out-of-print book
Amazon is one of the original sites for books on the Web
General reference material
Reference Shelf
An interesting collection of reference books
The Internet Public Library
The place to start looking for thematic collections
of links
Nautical fiction and non-fiction
books and series including Hazard, O'Brian, Hornblower, McCargo and
many others
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