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Maritime Topics on Stamps
January 2025
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South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands, a sheet with a stamp.
250 years ago, James Cook sailed with his "Resolution" into Possession Bay, South Georgia.
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BAT, a sheet and two stamps from the wreck of the "Endurance".
The expedition ship of the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton,
was crushed by ice floes off the coast of Antarctica in the autumn of 1915 and sank.
In 2022, the wreck was discovered in relatively good condition at a depth of over 3000m.
Similar stamps from South Georgia can be seen on our December 2024 stamp page.
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BAT, a set of 6 stamps, Operation Tabarin. The HMS "William Scoresby" and
the SS "Fitzroy".
Operation Tabarin was a small British expedition in the Second World War,
which began in 1943 to establish permanently manned British stations in the
Antarctic.
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The "Bee-Post" comes from Finland, Estonia and Lithuania.
It commemorates the 30th anniversary of the sinking of the ferry "Estonia".
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The "Estonia" was a RoPax Baltic Sea ferry that sank on September 28, 1994 on its way from
Tallinn to Stockholm in a heavy storm off the Finnish island of Utö.
852 people died in the sinking.
According to the official investigation report, the cause of the accident is
suspected to be the bow hatch that was torn off in the storm.
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Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises (TAAF), a sheet "The Island of the East
throughout time", District de Crozet.
On the right, the stamp with the shipwreck enlarged.
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Terres Australes et Antarctiques Francaises (TAAF), above are ice pilots.
On the left is the Japanese boat "La Japonaise".
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Uruguay, Olympic Games Paris 2024 with water sports.
Guatemala, a sheet with four America UPAEP stamps, including this tourism stamp.
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China, above a beautiful letter with a dragon boat.
On the left a submarine, from a set
with three stamps on the topic of "nuclear use".
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153 / 5.000
Israel, a stamp with a police boat.
Isle of Man, a sheet with four stamps, connections to China.
This stamp also features a motor yacht.
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Bonaire, a se-tenant of 10 stamps, including the Willemstoren lighthouse
On the right the USA with a compass rose.
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Peru, a sheet with the "BAP Union".
She is a sail training ship of the Peruvian Navy.
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Peru, a letter on 35 years of the Antarctic Treaty.
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Canada, in a set "From Far and Wide"
this lighthouse.
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Netherlands, an individual stamp,
Donaghadee Ireland.
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Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a stamp with the trawler "Jan Maria".
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Peru,
an addendum from 2023,
letter on 50 years of ADEX,
an association of exporters.
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Netherlands, above 4 lighthouse stam,ps with 2 Noordertoren, Zuidertoren (old water tower)
and Kobbe Duine Baken.
Left Noord Hinder lightship.
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Llanddwyn Island, a tidal island off Wales.
A stamp and the
first day cover with the lighthouse there.
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Ukraine, an individual sheet of seven stamps, Jules Verne.
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Djibouti, two sheets with aircraft carriers.
The carriers USS "Gerald R. Ford" and USS "Dwight D. Eisyenhower" are depicted on both
sheets.
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Djibouti, two sheets to commemorate 95 years of Roald Amundsen.
In 1928, Amundsen went missing during a rescue flight for Umberto Nobile.
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Djibouti, three sheets on the topic of tall ships and windjammers.
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Djibouti, four sheets commemorating 70 years of the launch of USS Nautilus.
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Djibouti, two sheets to mark 20 years of commissioning of the "Queen Mary 2".
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Djibouti, a stamp sheet on the theme of humor; Mickey Mouse as Steamboat Willie.
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