Maritime Topics on Stamps

October Stamps 2016

BULGARIA



Guernsey
Guernsey, a set with six stamps, 500 years Postal History.
Among them this stamp with the paddlesteamer "Ariadne".



Liechtenstein, a set with three stamps, princely treasures, silver smithy.
Withal this stamp with a sailing ship. It is a drinking vessel on four wheels. The bow is provided with a drinking pipe.
Liechtenstein


Russia
Russia, a set of two stamps, "Coat of Arms".
Depicted here ist the emblem of Murmansk.


Russia, a single stamp, "St. Petersburg’s International Economic Forum."
This probably took place for the 20th time.
Russia


Tokelau
Tokelau
    Tokelau, a set with four stamps of the freighter MV "Mataliki".


Uganda
Uganda, a souvenir sheet with three stamps, "Ships".

Depicted are the "Masirah", "Santa Rosa" and the "Kweilin".


South Georgia
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,
a set with four stamps.
"25th Anniversary of the Internatioanal Association of the Antarctica Tour Operators" (IAATO)".

The name of the vessel is "Lindblad Explorer".

South Georgia


Iceland
Iceland, a sheet with one stamp.
80 years since the sinking of the French research vessel "Pourquoi-Pas" (Why not) off Iceland.
The commander was the famous French researcher Dr. Jean B. Charcot.
On this 16th September 1936, 40 people died, including Charcot, only one survived.


Malta, a sheet with one stamp.
Maritime Malta, HMS "Hastings",
30th November 1838.
The figure comes from a painting by Charles von Brockorff, circa 1838.
It shows the entrance of Queen widow Adelaide aboard the HMS Hastings in the Valletta Grand Harbor.
Malta


Cuba
Cuba, a single stamp, 55 years East Army.


Uruguay, a miniature sheet with three stamps, the first Antarctic Expedition with the INSTITUTO DE PESCA No 1 under command of Lieutenant Ruperto Elichiribehety (1888-1929) which portrait is also shown on the sheet.
Malta


Monaco
Monaco, a single stamp to "World Rowing Coastal Championship".


Cuba, a set with four stamps, postal services.
Among them this stamp with the captain of a pilot ship around 1777.
Cuba


Mauritius
Mauritius, a single stamp, first landing of the French 300 years ago (1715 - 2015).


Argentina, a stamp "100 years naval aviator".
Actually no ship stamp, but a marine ship is recognizable in the background.
Argentina


Central Africa, a sheet with four stamps, special transport.
Depicted are sea rescue boats and ships.
C.Africa


Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, a souvenir sheet with six stamps, "The Great War - 100 Years, Part 3, Battles".
The maritime motif is shown at the top right. It should remember to the battle of the Skagerrak.


Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, a set with four stamps, "Traditional Boats of Bangladesh".
Depicted are "Kunda, Ghasi, Saudagari, Dingi"(?).


Malaysia
Malaysia
Malaysia, a set with three stamps and a sheet with one stamp, "River Transportation in Sarawak".
Depicted are a Perahu Panjang Longboat, an Express Boat, a Perahu Tambang Ferry Boat and a raft.
Sarawak is the Malaysian part of the island of Borneo.


NL
NL
Netherlands, a sheet with six stamps, knowledge NL-Australia.
Above the replica of the VOC vessel "Duyfken", 1606 off the coast of Australia.
NL
NL
On the left stamp the "Zuiderkruis" emigrant ship at the Sydney Harbor Bridge. On the right the 100,000th emigrant family on 29.9.1958.


Norway, a set with two stamps, lighthouses.

Depicted are the towers of Sandvigodden and Sklinna.

Norge
Norge


Jamaika
Jamaika
Jamaika, , a set with four stamps, lighthouses.

Depicted are the towers of Folly Lighthouse, Plumb Point, Rosehall and Portland Point.


Sao Tome
Sao Tome
Sao Tome & Principe, two sheets with together 5 stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are the towers of Donzela, Allainville, El Morro, Point Cabrillo and Cap Tainaron.


Togo
Togo
Togo, two sheets with together 5 stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are the towers of Olbia, Marblehead, Barra, Heceta Head and Split Rock.

There are other stamps and sheets of Guinea Bissau, Mocambique (4), Solomon Islands and Sierra Leone.
No serious philatelist would buy these "quick and dirty" stamps. That's why they are not shown here.


NL
NL
NL
NL
NL
Netherlands, five individual stamps.


Germany
Germany
Germany, two individual stamps. Depicted are the navy vessel "Donau" and the brig "Roald Amundsen".



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