Maritime Topics on Stamps
February Stamps 2021
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Bermuda, a set of 4 stamps, 150 years floating dock. On June 24, 1869, HM Floating Dock Bermuda began its
3,985-mile journey to the island, eventually arriving on July 27.
This set was published in 2019. But it was only discovered by chance by Seemotive.
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Canada, a single stamp, a fun Viking boat.
Inscription: L'Anse aux Meadows about 1000 CE.
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Monaco, twosin gle stamps.
Left a stamp for 100 years of the International Hydrographic Organization.
The International Hydrographic Organization was founded in 1921 by 19 states.
At the invitation of Prince Albert I, the seat was established in Monaco.
The stamp on the right is reminiscent of the Kiel Week 1914.
Pictured are Prince Albert I of Monaco and the German Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Albert I, defender of peace, took part in the Kiel races from 1898 onwards.
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Tristan da Cunha, a set of two stamps, "Sword of Peace".
The Sword-of-Peace prize donated the British razor blade manufacturer Wilkinson Sword.
The ships on the stamps are SAS Simon Van Der Stel and RFA Ennerdale.
They were awarded with this prize.
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Portugal, two stamps for rescue on sea. Left by the navy and right by the
Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR).
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Russia, a single stamp for 250 years of Admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern
(1770-1846). He was a German-Baltic admiral in the Russian fleet and led the
First Russian circumnavigation of the world on the commercial frigate "Nadeschda" (left in the background).
"Kruzenshtern" in Russian.
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Sweden, a set of five machine stamps.
Among them these two maritime motifs. A passenger ship and the loading of containers.
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Turkey, a single stamp with a map of the Marmara Sea and the Bosphorus.
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Hongkong, a sheet with four stamps with the Hongkong harbor Victoria.
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Dominican Republic, a sheet of three stamps, 100 years of recognition by the Dominican Republic
Argentina. Pictured is the Argentine cruiser ARA Nueve de Julio and the Argentine President J.H. Yrigoyen.
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Uruguay, a sheet with two stamps, 50 years of the Tsakos Group, a Greek shipping company.
As you can see, the shipping company also has industrial plants in Uruguay.
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Liberia, a stamp for 50 years of Tsakos Group.
The picture shows the LNG tanker "Maria Energy". The ship sails under the flag of Liberia.
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USA, a stamp with the "Mayflower". 400 years ago the ship reached Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts.
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Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises,
a single stamp with a "ship in a bottle". The ship in the bottle is supposed to
French research and supply ship "Marion Dufresne".
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TAAF, a brand with the Aviso "La Meurthe" off the Crozet Islands.
Aviso was a fast, small warship for communication.
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Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a single stamp with the cutter Saint-Yves.
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Tonga, a set of 20 stamps, tourism.
Among them these two maritime stamps.
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Netherlands, 5 individual stamps with cruise ships.
Depicted are MS Rotterdam, MS Amsterdam, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary and an advertising poster.
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Russia, two stamps with lighthouses from the Crimean peninsula.
Depicted are the towers of Yeni-Kale and Meganom.
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Ukraine, a sheet of 6 stamps, lighthouses of Ukraine.
Pictured are
Yevpatoriiskyi, Byriuchyi, Illinskyi, Stanislav-Adzhyholskyi rear lighthouse,
Mehanomskyi, Zmiinyi.
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Liberia, two sheets with lighthouses.
Depicted are left Lindesnes / Norway, Grotta / Iceland, Portofino / Italy, Lista / Norway and
right Peggy Point / Canada, Cape Blanco / USA, Kjeungs Kjaer / Norway.
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Maldives, two sheets with lighthouses.
Pictured are on the left
Portland Head / USA, Tranöy / Norway, Kjeungs Kjaer / Norway, Fanad Head / Ireland and
right East Quoddy / Canada, Lindau / Germany, Choptank River / USA.
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Sao Tome & Principe, two sheets with lighthouses.
Pictured are on the left Gjaes Lingan, Dyna, Portland Head, Utsira and
right Terningen, Lindesnes.
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Liberia, two sheets to 75 years of the Battle of Okinawa.
Here from the first sheet the maritime stamp with the USS Idaho. On the right sheet there are the
USS Chilton and the Japanese Yamato pictured.
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Sierra Leone, two sheets to Jacques Cousteau.
On the left sheet you can see the Alcyone and Denise. On the right sheet his Calypso
and the Anorep1.
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Sierra Leone, two sheets to Jacques Cousteau.
On the left sheet you can see the Alcyone and Denise. On the right sheet his Calypso
and the Anorep1.
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Sierra Leone, two sheets with submarines.
Left the Vanguard Class, Type212, HMS "M2", Yasen Class and right USS Robalo, Gato Class.
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Sierra Leone, two sheeets with icebreakers.
Left USCGC Polar Sea, CCGS Louis S. St. Laurent, RV Polarstern, NS 50 Let Pobedy and right
USCGC Mackinaw.
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Sierra Leone, two sheets, 500 years ago Magellan reached the Pacific.
Pictured is the Victoria, which finished the circumnavigation.
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Sao Tome e Principe, two sheets about the Titanic.
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Togo, two sheets with aircraft carrier.
Left USS Lexington, HMS Ark Royal, Bearn, HMS Indomitable and right Ryujo, HMS Pretoria Castle.
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Togo, two sheets with icebrfeakers. Left the Murmansk, NS 50 Let Üobedy, RV Araon, Kapitan Khlebnikov
and right Ivan Kruzenshtern.
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Tajikistan, three sheets to 75 years of the victory in the Pacific. Among them these maritime motifs
with the USS Missouri and the USS West Virginia.
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