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EBRO

Post by shipstamps » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:03 pm


The three-masted wooden barque EBER was built in 1870 at Trieste for the Peljesas Maritime Association, Orebic.
Tonnage 775 tons.

She was under command of Capt. Mrcevic.
1885 Was she sold in Constantinople to Greek ownership.
Fate unknown.

The stamp is designed after a painting made by Captain B. Ivankovic and the painting is now in the Dubrovnik Maritime Museum, Croatia.

She seen on the painting; sailing over her port bow under full sail. Her hull is painted black with a white edge along her bulwark.
She carries a white figurehead representing a human figure and an ornament, identical to the one on the stern.

From her foremast is she flying the flag of Peljesac Maritime Association, bearing the initials AMS.
At the mainmast is she flying a red banner with the name of the vessel EBER.
At the mizzen mast is a large flag of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as well as four signals flags.

The composition is extremely dynamic, the colours subdued. In the background of the painting are five large sailing vessels of which on one we can discern the flags of the Peljesac Maritime Association.

Yugoslavia 1969 50p sg 1378, scott 979.

Source: http://mdc.hr/dubrovnik/eng/pomorski/predmet-16.html

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