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Maritime Topics on Stamps
January Stamps 2017
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Greenland, the Post will issue a series with a total of 10 stamps, Greenland during World War II.
The series is to be completed in 2020.
The first three stamps have already been published on 17th October 2016.
Among them this maritime stamp "new goods", in the background the "Gertrud Rask" (Auke Palmhof).
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On the 23rd January 2017 the adjacent stamp will appear under the title "Kryolith".
The ship "Hans Egede" is depicted in the background.
She brought goods from the USA to Greenland.
These goods were "paid" by the Greenlanders with cryolite from their mine.
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Tristan da Cunha, a set with four stamps, Peter Green and the wreck of the "Emily".
Among them two stamps with ships. On the other two stamps Mr. Green and his house are
depicted. Peter Green stranded with the "Emily" in 1836 on the south coast of Tristan da Cunha.
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New Caledonia, a single stamp with the paquebot "Caledonien" (1952 - 1977).
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Latvia, a single stamp with the sailing ship "Andreas Weide".
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North Korea, a sheet with one stamp,
150 years of sinking the USS "General Sherman".
The drama can be read at Wikipedia.
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Portugal, a set with six stamps, canning industry in Portugal, fishing.
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Kyrgyzstan, a set with four stamps and a souvenir sheet with the same stamps, "Navigation on Lake Issyk-Kul".
Depicted are the schooner "Issyk-Kul", the motor-vessel "Progress of Kyrgyzstan",
the president-ship "Moscow" and a torpedoboat.
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Djibouti, a sheet with four stamps, World War I.
Among them this stamp with an American monument and lighthouse Pointe de Grave.
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Guinea, two sheets with together 5 stamps, great sailing ships.
Left the "Simon Bolivar", "Le Renard", "Etoile de France" and the "Krusenstern".
Right on the stamp the "Elissa", on the sheet the "Stad Amsterdam".
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Guinea, two sheets with together 5 stamps, Pearl Harbor.
Among them these two stamps with the USS "Oklahoma" and the USS "Arizona".
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Niger, two sheets with together 5 stamps, maritime painting.
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Solomon Islands, two sheets with together 5 stamps, Tall Ships.
Left the "Belem", "Elissa", "James Craig" and the "Europa".
Right the "Khersones" and the "Europa".
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Solomon Islands, two sheets with together 5 stamps, submarines.
Left the "Severodvinsk" class, "Dolphin" class, "Seawolf" class and the "Astute" class.
Right the "Astute" class and HMAS "Rankin".
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Solomon Islands, a souvenir sheet with four stamps, Special Transport.
Right top a "Wave Runner Jet Ski Police". And a "Responseboat" and a "Shannon" class lifeboat FCB2.
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Bangladesh, a souvenir sheet "Traditional Boats".
This beautiful sheet was issued already in December 2015.
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Thailand, a set with two stamps, "40th Anniversary of Thailand - Vietnam Diplomatic Relations".
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Mocambique, a sheet with four stamps, Special Transport.
From it this stamp with the offshore supply vessel "Siem Pilot".
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Tristan da Cunha, a set with four stamps, "Bicentenary of the British Garrison 1816 -2016".
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Montenegro, a single stamp, "Nautika Pomorska Navigaciona Skola u Perastu",
school for shipping at Perast.
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Montenegro, a Europe stamp, "Joy of Europe".
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Russia, a set with two stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are the towers of Tarhankut and Khersones.
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Ireland, a se-tenant of four stamps,
"Commissioners of Irish Lights".
We see on the stamps:
"Irish Lights staff working on a buoy; a helicopter near Fanad Head Lighthouse;
Irish Lights technology and the Irish Lights Vessel Granuaile".
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Niger, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are Point Clark Canada, Cay Sal Bahamas, Shabla Bulgaria, Laidunina Estonia
and right Point Au Pere Canada and Ostri Rat Croatia.
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Solomon Islands, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are Ile Vierge France, Genoa Italy, Baishamen China, Kampem Germany
and right Lang Nelle Belgium and Jeddah Saudi Arabia.
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Central Africa, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are Castillo del Morro Puerto Rico, Tour de Hercule Espana, Tannowa Ko Japan, Tour Litis Greek
and left Point Reyes USA and Ribjerg Knude Danmark.
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