Not any date is given on the stamp of Tanzania issued in 1999, but I believe the vessel depict is the American INDIANA built in 1876.
Built as a wooden ship rigged cargo vessel by E & A Sewall, Bath, Maine for the builders own account
Mr. Hogan in Log Book mentioned an other American vessel with the name INDIANA but built much earlier.
The book American Merchant Ships by Frederick C. Matthews where all this info comes from, has not a photo of the ship, but the vessel on the stamp is ship rigged, the same as given in the book.
31 October 1876 launched under the name INDIANA.
Tonnage 1,488 gross, dim. 208.9 x 40 x 23.9ft.
Ship rigged.
On her maiden voyage towed down the Delaware River, bound for San Francisco, the pilot on board got sick with apoplexy, and was taken on board of the towing tug MARY SHAW. The tug was sent back with the sick pilot to Baltimore, and Captain Shaw of the tug took over the pilot duties on board the INDIANA.
When the tug returned she could not find the vessel, the INDIANA having been compelled to put to sea on account of a heavy blow coming on. There was not any opportunity for Captain Shaw to leave the vessel, and he was an involuntary passenger all the way to San Francisco. Not living in the time that you can send easily an e-mail or phone-call from every part of the ocean, his family must have been very worried, the first news of him arrived after the ship berthed at San Francisco.
The INDIANA was not a speedy sailer, most of his fourteen voyages from the Atlantic were to Acapulco, San Francisco or Portland, Oregon, an took around 140 to 160 days, his fastest voyage was 125 days in a westbound voyage, her fastest eastbound voyage was in 1885 in 106 days from San Francisco to Queenstown. Her average in the grain trade was 130 days. But she was a workhorse and profitable to her owners.
Also she did not have much mishap during her lifetime.
Her only mishap was due to sabotage supposed to have been done by deserted crew. She was loading a full cargo of sugar at Hilo for New York in May 1895 and had already taken on board 1,500 tons, when a large hole was found bored in the bow, the water poured in and the ships-pumps could not cope with this inflow of water in the ship. A large steam-pump had to be installed to keep the hold clear of water until the hole was plugged by a diver.
1898 Sold by the builders to Alaska Packers Association at San Francisco, thereafter operated in the connection with the salmon canneries in Alaska.
1925 Sold to shipbreakers, but resold to Mille motion picture interests, she was used in the film Splendid Road and was during the filming renamed in COLONIAL DAME.
Also she and the ship BOHEMIA appear in the picture The Yankee Clipper.
She grounded at Long Beach, California and was burned to celebrate Harbor Day the same year (not a year given.)
Tanzania 1999 400/ sg?, scott?
Source: American Merchant Ships 1850-1900 by Frederick C. Matthews.