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On the AREA of the SMALL SHEET(MS) depicted fluyte of Brandenburg-"Derflinger" 1675.
Fluyte - a type of Dutch ships, which for 16-18 centuries. occupied a dominant position in all the seas. The first fluyte was built in 1595 in Horne, the center of shipbuilding Holland, in the Gulf of Zeyder-Se. The length of these ships in 4-6 or more times greater than their width, allowing them to sail quite close to the wind. The increased width and reduced sediment explained shallow Dutch ports. The Dutch built their ships by carefully verified calculations and drawings. At the time, they certainly kept the leadership in designing and building ships. A small country the Netherlands had the most numerous in the world merchant fleet. Masts higher than the length of the vessel, and the yards are short, which allowed the use of small narrow sails, easy to use. First used in rigging the flute invented in 1570 topmasts. In addition, it is the Dutch flutes first appeared inseparable accessory of any modern vessel - steering wheel. Another innovation - very skinny and round up the side of food. All that was required for maximum capacity, maximum draft and a good seaworthy. Sail fore-and main-masts consisted of foresail and mainsail, and the corresponding topsails, and later (at large flute) and top gallant sails . On the mizzen-mast above the usual oblique sails raised Mizzen topsail square sail. On the bowsprit raised rectangular sail Shritsail course, sometimes Shritsail topsail. The fluyte of Brandenburg "Derflinger" had ordinary the yards and had the approximately dimensions: length of the vessel about 40 meters, width - 8,0 m, draft 4,5 m, displacement 760 tons Crew - 86 people. Due to the high speed and large capacity are used primarily as a military transport ships. For self-defense they installed 12 - 23f guns.

Republique Democratique du Congo 2006 600FG SG?
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The STAMP 600FG depicts copy of the painting Geoff Hunt: Nina and Pinta racing home Feb/1493. To look at the article: Nina and Pinta .

The German Ship on Stamp Society NAVICULA has identified this ship on the 2 Z stamp of Poland as the DERFLINGER, and gives that the stamp is designed after a engraving made by Wenzel Hollar. Which shows a Dutch type fluyt. The image of the stamp looks almost the same as the model of the DERFLINGER in the Navy Museum in Gdansk.

On a shipsmodel site I found:
Fluyt DERFFLINGER was built in 1675 for the Elector of Germany Friedrich Wilhelm. Prior to 1684, DERFFLINGER was named WOLKENSAULE (cloudcolom) .
It was purchased in Danzig in January 1681 by Benjamin Raule and was used during the war against Spain (May 1681) declared by Prince William Frederick. It was 110 feet long and 23 feet wide; it was armed with 3 – 16 cannons and crewed with about twenty men.
Later on the ship was named in honour of cavalry general Georg von Derfflinger, who in 1675 won a Brandenburg victory in the battle of Fehrbellin against the Swedish. He is depicted on the stern of the ship wearing black breast plate armour, a navy uniform lined with red and leather trousers, a red scarf and a black hat containing red and white feathers. The background was blue and the whole picture was surrounded by deep red cloth and fringed with gold. The flag at the stern shows the Kurbrandenburg red eagle with hat, scepter, sword and breast shield.
The FRIEDRICH WILHELM ZU PFERDE had been its escort as well as the HOFFUNG during the trips up the Western Africa coast and up to the Shetland Islands. By the end of the 17th century the fluyt DERFFLINGER belonged to the fleet of Kurfuerstentum Brandenburg.
From 1686 – 1693 the fluyt sailed the Western Africa and India routes In the "triangle trade" of that time she transported rum and other cargo to Africa, to buy slaves, who were then exchanged in the West Indies for sugar, which was then brought to Europe. Later she and other Brandenburg ships were used in the War of the Spanish Succession.

http://www.shipmodell.com/index_files/S ... LINGER.htm
Poland 1964 2Z sg1462, scott?