SHIP OF STATE on Poland 1925 stamp.

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aukepalmhof
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SHIP OF STATE on Poland 1925 stamp.

Post by aukepalmhof » Wed Jan 08, 2025 9:55 pm

I was interested if I could find the identity of the sailing vessel depict on the stamp of Poland 1925 sg247 and 251. With the help of Google translate I found the URL given below, Stanley Gibbons give she is a galleon ?
Colnect and some sides on E Bay give “ship of state”.
I think it is more a stylized vessel, the LWOW has a clipper bow, and not the round bow on the stamp, also she carries a spritsail which disappears during the 19th century.

“Description of the drawing: "Sailing ship DAR POMORZ arouses my ardent opposition. In May 1925, the idea of ​​buying DAR POMORZA had not even been born.
The role of "Cradle of Navigators" was then played by the first of our training sailing ships - the barque LWOW, purchased by the Polish Government in July 1920.

Its successor was acquired by the Pomeranian Committee of the National Fleet only in 1929 as a gift to the state. The ship was initially called POMORZE. The name DAR POMORZA was given to it in the first months of 1930 during the renovation and reconstruction in the Danish shipyard in Nakskov. The ceremonial raising of the flag took place on July 30, 1930 in Gdynia.”

More info on the bark LWOW you can find on: viewtopic.php?p=7150&hilit=lwow#p7150

https://www.naszbaltyk.com/morskie-kadr ... aczek.html
Poland 1925 20 gr. sg 247 and 251, Scott?
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