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Maritime Topics on Stamps
February stamps 2023
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TAAF, a souvenir sheet with a stamp. In 1722 the island of Tromelin (near Madagascar) was discovered
by the French ship "Diane" and first referred as "Ile des Sables" - sand island.
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Alderney,a set of six stamps "Around the World in 80 Days", Jules Verne.
With this maritime stamp "Leaving Yokohama on the steamer, The General Grant".
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Spain, two stamps for the "60th Exfilna 2022".
Left 500 years of Magellan / El Cano. On the right a fishing trawler.
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Monaco,a sheet with 2 stamps. On March 1st, 1815, Napoleon returned from his first
banishment back to Elba.
Several local boats under sail can be seen in the background.
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Romania, a set of two stamps. 75th anniversary of the death of the biologist Emil Racovita (1868 - 1947).
He took part in the Antarctic expedition with the "Belgica" (1897-99).
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Polynesia Francaise, 2 stamps / 2 sheets to 200 years circumnavigation of d'Urville with the "La Coquille",
which was renamed "Astrolabe" (1826 - 1829).
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Note the different designations on the sheet and the stamp. Besides these two
identical editions of the sheet and the stamp have appeared in the illustrations.
The sheet is inscribed like on the above stamp (200 ans ...), the stamp has the inscription as on
the sheet above (Centenaire ...).
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Kazakhstan, a stamp for 30 years in the military (?).
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Macau/China, a sheet and a set with four stamps.
120 years of "Banco Nacional Ultramarino".
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Ascension Island, a set of four stamps "Centenary of the Civilian Rule 1922 - 2022".
Including a maritime stamp with the HMS "Zanobia".
Probably the HMS "Zenobia" is meant, "claiming of Ascension Island for Great Britain in 1815".
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TAAF, left a stamp with the RHM "Centaure" in front of Amsterdam, Indian Ocean.
RHM - remorqueur de haute mer - deep-sea tugboat
On the right a stamp with a seaplane of the ship "Bougainville" in front of the Kerguelen.
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Djibouti, left a sheet to the Battle of Port Arthur, Russia - Japan war 1904 to 1905.
Pictures the Russian cruiser "Peresvet" and the Japanese cruiser "Yashima".
Right a sheet dedicated to the International Year of Fisheries and Aquaculture Crafts.
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Djibouti, left a sheet to 25 years death of Jacques Cousteau.
On the right, the bottom stamp with the submersible "Denise" is shown enlarged.
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Djibouti, a sheet to 80 years Battle of Guadalcanal.
The cruiser "Haruna", USS "George F. Elliot" and the aircraft carrier "Ryujo" are shown.
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The Gambia, a sheet to 125 years of the Spanish-American War. Pictured are from left
"Sinking of USS Maine", "Remember Maine", "USS Iowa", below
"Battle of Manila Bay", "Battle of Santiago de Cuba" and Treaty of Paris 1898.
Right Guinee, a sheet to 80 years Guadalcanal, here the only maritime stamp with the
USS New Orleans.
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Guine-Bissau, one sheet to 110 years Titanic.
Right a sheet to 100 years of Shackleton's death. There are shown the
ships "Endurance", "Nimrod" and the boat "James Caird".
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Liberia, a sheet with "Tall Ships". Pictured are the "Gorch Fock", "Statsraad Lehmkuhl and "Ideal".
In the lower row the ships again.
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Liberia, one sheet to the naval battle off Casablanca.
Shown are USS "Santee", USS "Indiana" and HMS "Seraph".
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Sierra Leone, a sheet to 80 years of Guadalcanal. Pictured are the submarines USS "S-44" and IJN "Kako".
On the right a sheet with aircraft carriers. Pictured are USS "George H. Bush", HMS "Queen Elizabeth",
China "Liaoning", French "Charles de Gaulle", INS "Vikramaditya", Italian "Cavour".
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Sierra Leone, a sheet with "Cruise Ships".
Depicted are "Resilent Lady", "Seven Seas Splendor", "Seabourne Odyssey" and "Norwegian Prima".
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Sierra Leone, a sheet wirh submarines.
Depictedc are the Akula-Class, USS "Virginia", Type-094 and Kilo Class.
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Tchad, a sheet to 110 years Titanic.
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Tchad, a sheet with submarines.
Depicted are th Vanguard Class, Delta Class, Ohio Class and right the Oscar Class.
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Central Africa, a sheet to 130 years Roald Amundsen.
Depicted are the "Belgica" (two times) and the "Maud".
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Central Africa, a sheet to 110 years Titanic.
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Central Africa, a sheet with icebreakers.
Shown are the RV "Araon", NoCGV "Svalbard", CCGS "Henry Larsen" and the Japanese "Shirase".
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Central Africa, a sheet to 510 years Amerigo Vespucci.
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Central Africa, a sheet with aircraft carriers.
Shown are CNS "Liaoning", HMS "Prince of Wales", HMS "Queen Elizabeth" and
USS "Dwight D Eisenhower".
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Central Africa, a sheet to 530 years of Columbus discovering the Bahamas.
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Netherlands, four individual stamps.
Shown are trawlers, the MS "Amera" and MS "Rotterdam".
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TAAF, a souvenir sheet with five stamps depicting Adelieland (Antarctica).
Adélieland was discovered on January 20, 1840 by the Frenchman Jules Dumont d'Urville,
who named it after his wife Adèlie.
Since 1955 it has been part of the territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
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