MADONNA OF HYDRA
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 8:02 pm
MADONNA OF HYDRA on the stamp is given PANAGIA TIS YDRAS, after trying to find anything on this vessel with not much luck, at least I found a painting of the ship depict on the stamp but not much more as what is given below.
At that time around 1800 the isle of Hydra in Greece had many ship-owners and around 120 ships which were sailing in the Mediterranean and some were crossing the Atlantic to America. During the Greek War of Independence (1821-1832) many ships of Hydra were used as warships.
The stamp shows us a three-masted wooden cargo vessel, lateen rigged.
In 1804 three ships from Hydra sailed with a cargo of wine to Montevideo and returned with pelts.
Greece 1978 5d sg1444, scott?
At that time around 1800 the isle of Hydra in Greece had many ship-owners and around 120 ships which were sailing in the Mediterranean and some were crossing the Atlantic to America. During the Greek War of Independence (1821-1832) many ships of Hydra were used as warships.
The stamp shows us a three-masted wooden cargo vessel, lateen rigged.
In 1804 three ships from Hydra sailed with a cargo of wine to Montevideo and returned with pelts.
Greece 1978 5d sg1444, scott?