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Maritime Topics on Stamps
March Stamps 2017
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Argentina, a single stamp with a Greek schooner (flag at the stern).
Greek seafarers who fought for national independence are being conceived.
Greek Revolution (1821-1829).
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Cuba, a set with six stamps and a small sheet with one stamp, "Barcos Modernos".
The names of the ships are good visible on the stamps.
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TAAF, a single stamp with the discoverer Willem de Vlamingh.
He was pretty busy in research and exploration of the Southwest of Australia.
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Cuba, a set with two stamps, 60th anniversary of the motor yacht "Granma".
This ship was used to transport 82 fighters of the Cuban Revolution from Mexico to Cuba in November
1956.
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Uruguay, a se-tenant of four stamps, Cruise Liners.
Depicted are "Crystal Serenity", "Crown Princess", "Fram" and "Prinsendam".
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Cayman Islands, a set with four stamps, local crafts.
A se-tenant already was issued last year.
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China, a set with six stamps, the maritime "Silk-Street".
Among them these three stamps.
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Åland, a set with two stamps, sailing ships.
Depicted are the fullrigger "Mermerus" and the bark "Mariehamn".
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Penrhyn, Cook Islands, a sheet with four stamps. 200th anniversary first contact with the
discoverers. Depicted are Otto on Kotzebue and the brig "Rurick".
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Cayman Islands, a sheet with one stamp. Depicted are HMS "Dragon" and RMS "Atlantis".
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Grenada, a se-tenant of four stamps, Pearl Harbor.
Depicted are USS "Arizona", USS "Utah", USS "Oklahoma", USS "Nevada".
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Sri Lanka, a set and one sheet with three stamps, World Post Day.
On the right stamp we see "Mail by Clipper 1850". Why they depict a wreck?
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Mocambique, two sheets with together five stamps, great sailingships.
Depicted are "Star Flyer", "Stad Amsterdam", "Denis Sullivan", "Pallada" and "Cisne Branco".
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Djibouti, two sheets with together five stamps, submarines.
Depicted are the Type 035, the "Typhoon" class, an A26 boat, the HMS "Triumph" and the
USS "Scorpion".
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Cuba, a set with four stamps, National Park Desembarco del Granma.
Among them this stamp with the lighthouse Cabo Cruz.
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Djibouti, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are the towers of Petit Minou, France / Hornby Australia / Stote Faerder Norway /
Point Betsie USA / La Vieille France.
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Djibouti, two sheets with together five stamps, warshps.
Depicted are the carrier "San Marco", a hovercraft, USS "Coronado", BSF "Azov" and BF
"Minsk". Right the USS "Essex", FS "Normandie" and USS "America".
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Isle of Man, a se-tenant of six stamps, "heart of the islands, landscapes".
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Montserrat, a sheet with four stamps, Transportation used in Montserrat.
Among them this stamp
with the ferry "Sea Access".
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Sierra Leone, two sheets with together five stamps, icebreakers.
Depicted are the "Fram", "Yermak", "Oden", "Yamal" and the US Coast Guard Cutter "Healy".
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Sierra Leone, two sheets with together five stamps, Steamboats.
Depicted are "Queen of Seattle", "Natchez", "Delta Queen", "Stadt Rapperswil" and
"Spirit of Peoria".
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Sierra Leone, two sheets with together five stamps, "The Great Tea Race".
Depicted are "Ariel", "Fiery Cross", "Taitsing", "Teaping" and "Ariel" and "Teaping"
together.
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Togo, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are Europe Point, Torre de Hércules, Petit Minou, Vieille and Tourlitis.
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Central Africa, two sheets with together five stamps, lighthouses.
Depicted are Lindau, Wexford, Sandy Hook, Kullen, Tour d'Hercule and Fastnet.
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Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a set with two stamps.
Left the trawler "Dauphin" and right explosion on the French "Mont Blanc" in December 2017.
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Netherlands, four individual stamps with maritime motifs.
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