Maritime Topics on Stamps December stamps 2011
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South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, a set with eight stamps Antarctic.
The "Discovery Expedition" 1901 till 1904.
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The Nimrod Expedition 1907 till 1909.
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The Aurora Expedition 1911 till 1914.
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The Endurance Expedition 1914 till 1916.
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South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, a set with 12 stamps, Ernest H. Shackleton.
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Ross Dependency, a first day cover "Race to the Pole".
The stamps and the souvenir sheet we have shown on our last stamp page.
There are Roald Amundsen, Amundsen at the Southpole, Robert Scott, Scott's last Camp
and the flags of England and Norway.
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Aruba, a set with six stamps "Classic Ships"
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The 225c stamp shows the "Star of India", on the 250c stamp top the "Unicorn" and on the
275c stamp the "Sea Cloud" is depicted.
Up to now the ships on the other stamps are not identified.
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Cuba, a souvenir sheet with four stamps, 50 anniversary diplomatic connections to China.
Among them one ship stamp.
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Bermuda, a set with four stamps "Casemates".
Among them these two stamps with ships.
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Canada, a souvenir sheet with two stamps, racing boats, "Miss Supertest III".
From 1959 to 1961 this boat won many races with a speed of 290 km/h.
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Antigua & Barbuda, a souvenir sheet with four stamps, "50th anniversary of the first person in space".
Among them the "Kosmonaut Yuriy Gagarin", "Gagarin tracking ship".
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Japan, a souvenir sheet with five stamps, 60 years local governments.
Among them these two stamps.
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Mocambique, a souvenir sheet with four stamps, warships in WW2.
We see the HMS "Hood", the HMAS "Sydney", the German "Bismarck" and the Japanese "Yamato".
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Mocambique, a souvenir sheet with one stamp, warships in WW2.
The German "Admiral Graf Spee" is depicted.
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Latvia, a set with three stamps, 100 anniversary of the Republic of Latvia.
Among them this stamp with three ships in the background.
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Monaco, a single stamp, 100 anniversary of the Oceanographic Institute Paris.
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Saint Pierre et Miquelon, another motive about shipping. Stamp or postcard?
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Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a preview to 2012 with two stamps.
Left the "Beothuk", right the "Le Ravenel".
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Marshall Islands, a set with five stamps, Culture IX. Among them these two boat stamps.
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Cuba, a set with four stamps, lighthouses. We see the towers of Cayo Cruz del Padre, Matanzas;
Cayo Jutia, Pinar del Rio; Cayo Lucrecia, Holguin and Morro de Santiago de Cuba.
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| Jamaica, a set with four stamps, lighthouses.
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We see the towers of Negril, Morant Point, Lovers Leap and Galina.
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| Netherlands, again some personalized stamps about shipping.
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Germany, many new personalized stamps about merchant ships.
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Germany, personalized stamps with old German warships.
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Marshall Islands, a set with six stamps, Flat Rate.
Among them these local crafts.
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