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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: 450th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF St. FRANCIS
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450th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF St. FRANCIS
Our stamps depict many unusual forms of water transport, but surely none are more unusual than that shown on this stamp – a Saint’s cloak. This stamp, a 25 lire value, was issued by Italy in December 1957 to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the death of St.Francis of Paula, the patron saint of I...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:39 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: HONDURAS 1955
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Re: HONDURAS 1955
1984 Broken up in Corinto
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: PLUTA Romania timber raft.
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PLUTA Romania timber raft.
The pluta is a means of water transport for people or material goods, but especially for transporting the wood from which the pluta is made. The raft consists of several logs or tree trunks, fixed together, which float on the water without possessing, like the steamship , an autonomous means of loco...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:24 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: BRETTERFLOSS timber raft Austria.
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BRETTERFLOSS timber raft Austria.
This timber raft is known under the name of “Bretterfloss” in Austria/Germany. She are composed of sawn lumber that ran numerous rivers since at least the 16th century. Those on the Danube River composed of multiple units, each unit of 10-20 boards connected by special planks that enabled the units ...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: SERK skin raft of Albania
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SERK skin raft of Albania
Albania is the only country in Europe to employ rafts built of skins , and she is likewise the only country in Europe to show existing passengers-carrying rafts on one of her stamp issues. This raft seen on the left half of the U.P.U. commemorative set of three stamps issued in 1950. The three stamp...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:22 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bulgaria 1878-1953
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75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bulgaria 1878-1953
A raft being used for military purpose is shown on a Bulgarian stamp issued in 1953 to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Bulgarian 1878-1953. The temporary raft seen on this stamp is made of eight rowing boats. A platform of planks has been constructed across the boats and this i...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: 100th Anniversary of the Institute of Oceanography in Paris
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100th Anniversary of the Institute of Oceanography in Paris
For the 100th Anniversary of the Institute of Oceanography in Paris, Monaco issued in 2011 one stamp of 0.77 Euro to remember this. The Institute of Oceanography was founded in 1910 in the fifth arrondissement of Paris by Prince Albert of Monaco and inaugurated on 23rd January 1911. With Monaco’s Oc...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 7:47 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: NUESTRA SENORA DE LA LUZ 1752
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NUESTRA SENORA DE LA LUZ 1752
The Portuguese ship in the service of the Spanish crown that was shipwrecked called NUESTRA SENORA DE LA LUZ in 1752. Where and when built is unknown. On March 29, 1748, a limited liability company was established in Lisbon to carry out trade in the trade to and from the port of Santa María del Buen...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:05 am
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: Battle cruiser and aircraft carrier of the USA
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Battle cruiser and aircraft carrier of the USA
This MS of Guyana issued in 1995 shows us a battleship and aircraft carrier of the USA fleet.
The MS was issued for the 50th Anniversary of Peace in the Pacific,
Both ships have till so far identified, who can help?
Guyana 1995 300$ MSsg 4447, Scott?
The MS was issued for the 50th Anniversary of Peace in the Pacific,
Both ships have till so far identified, who can help?
Guyana 1995 300$ MSsg 4447, Scott?
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: ATLANTIC 85 inshore lifeboat
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ATLANTIC 85 inshore lifeboat
The two stamps issued by Ireland show a Atlantic 85 inshore lifeboat which is depict is not known. One shows us a rescue boat saving a person from drowning, while the other shows a lifeboat rescue survivors from a liferaft. On February 29, Ireland issue two stamps to honour the invaluable role playe...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: SANDOY SUBSEA TUNNEL, KING SVERRI and LONGSHIPS.
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SANDOY SUBSEA TUNNEL, KING SVERRI and LONGSHIPS.
The Sandoy Subsea Tunnel On 21st December 2023, the fourth underwater tunnel in the Faroe Islands opened: the Sandoy Tunnel. The tunnel connects central Streymoy, where Tórshavn is located, with the island of Sandoy, which has approximately 1300 residents. Skopunarfjørður, the waterway dividing Str...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 9:57 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: MARINE ENGINEER 12-12 lifeboat
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MARINE ENGINEER 12-12 lifeboat
The MARINE ENGINEER was stationed in Douglas, Isle of Man and she was one of the Mersey Class of which Wikipedia gives: The Mersey class built between 1987 and 1993. The MARINE ENGINEER 12–12 was built in 1990 as twelfth ship of this class. Displacement 14.3 ton, dim. 1162 x 4.0 x 1.02 M (draught) P...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:44 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: TWO SISTERS lifeboat 1868
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TWO SISTERS lifeboat 1868
Ramsey Lifeboat Station. The first station in Ramsey was established in 1829 but like that at Peel it was no longer serviceable by 1845.A new station was established in 1868 with the arrival of the 'TWO SISTERS' to a new boathouse on the south shore - the Rev George Paton was for 12 years secretary...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:19 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: La DIVES in the expedition to St Paul in 1874
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La DIVES in the expedition to St Paul in 1874
The Sailing vessel depict on the MS must be the L:a DIVES she was the vessel on which the expedition sailed to St Paul in 1874. ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES OF THE FRENCH SOUTHERN LANDS IN 1874 The year 1874 marks 150 years of the transit of Venus in front of the Sun and of the scientific expeditions ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: Ship Stamps Collection
- Topic: MARION DUFRESNE supply vessel 1995
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MARION DUFRESNE supply vessel 1995
The MS issued by TAAF in 2024 shows us on the stamp of “supply delivery” on the Kerguelen Island, in the foreground a container discharged from the supply vessel in the background. Comparing the stamp with a photo I believe she is the MARION DUFRESNE built in 1995, she is the main supply ship to Ker...