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The traditional Icelandic fishing season commences on 02 January and ends traditionally on 15 May, each year.
To commemorate this Icelandic Post issued four stamps in a booklet in 2005.
All the fishing vessels depicted on the stamps were built in Iceland, each in its own distinctive style. They all date back to the mid-20th century.

VÖRDUR

Built 1947 in Reykjavik, Iceland of treated oak for a fisherman in Grenivik, Iceland.
Tonnage 67 gross ton.
Powered by one 185 hp. Allen diesel engine.
Originally she fished out of Grenivik in the north of Iceland.
The boat has been deemed unseaworthy, and was removed from the official ships registry on 13 May 1976.

KÄRI

She was built of oak in 1944 at Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland.
Tonnage 63 gross tons.
One 150 hp. Fairbanks Morse diesel engine.
The boat was deemed unseaworthy after having caught fire.
It was removed from the Ships Registry on 04 November 1965.

SÆDIS (IS 67)

She was built of oak and beach in 1938 in Isafirói, Iceland for account of a fisherman from Isafjördur.
Tonnage 15 ton gross.
One 45hp. June Munktell engine.
She fished for decades out of Isafirór, but was last registered in Bolungarvik in 1988.

GUDBJÖRG (NK 74)

She was built of oak in 1948 at Neskaupsstaöur, Iceland for a fisherman in Vestmannaeyar, Iceland.
Tonnage 39 ton gross.
One 160 hp. Delta diesel engine.
1973 A 340hp. GM diesel engine was installed.
1988 Still registered in Vestmannaeyjar.

Icelandic 2005 70 Kr and 95 Kr. Sg?, scott?

Source: Icelandic Post, copied from Watercraft Philately Vol. 53 page 5/6