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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 16, 2017 0:59:15 GMT
HMAS Australia
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 16, 2017 1:15:28 GMT
from the Marshall Islands  |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 16, 2017 1:17:06 GMT
Liberia  |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 16, 2017 1:20:07 GMT
From Tristan da Cunha  |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 17, 2017 20:07:31 GMT
RMS TitanicHere is one of my personal favorites for Ships on Stamps. This set was issued by Canada in 2012 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic. 
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Anping
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Post by Anping on Sept 17, 2017 20:39:44 GMT
RMS TitanicHere is one of my personal favorites for Ships on Stamps. This set was issued by Canada in 2012 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic. That's a very striking sheetlet. The viewpoint is key to arriving at an image like that for great impact. That's why I like the US airmail stamps that show the 'Clipper' head on. I was at first confused by the overall image, in that I wasn't aware that vessels of that era had thrusters at the bow. Then I realised what the designer had done: upper pair - bow; lower pair - stern. |
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Beryllium Guy
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Post by Beryllium Guy on Sept 17, 2017 20:46:34 GMT
RMS TitanicHere is one of my personal favorites for Ships on Stamps. This set was issued by Canada in 2012 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the Titanic. That's a very striking sheetlet. The viewpoint is key to arriving at an image like that for great impact. That's why I like the US airmail stamps that show the 'Clipper' head on. Thanks for your comments, Anping. I agree that the viewpoint / perspective is the key. By contrast, Canada also did a Titanic souvenir sheet, shown below, which is a much more conventional rendition of the image of the ship.  |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 17, 2017 23:12:26 GMT
Issued on February 28, 1967 was a set of 5 stamps depicting various ships from the Soviet fishing fleet along with various type of sea life. All are demoninated 6 ruble and are perforated 12 x 11½. They stamps were printed by lithography. This is one of my favourite sets of stamps. I like the image of the various fishing vessels with a depiction of the fish that they fish for. The top stamp depicts a trawler/factory ship. On these ships the catch is processed on board. The second stamp depicts a refrigeration ship. Where the catch would be stored but processed to the extent that a factory ship is capable. The thrird stamp in the set shows us a crab canning ship. This type of ship is similar to the factory ship but is specific to processing and canning a crab catch. The fourth ship is a trawler. On these ships the catch is preserved but processed at either a factory on shore or transfered to a factory ship. The last stamp in the set depicts a Black Sea seiner. A seiner is a ship that uses a seine (a net with weights on one end floats an the other). As of 2002 the Russian fishing fleet was composed of 2,500 fishing vessels, 366 transport and 46 factory ships with a length overall greater than 24 metres (78' 9"). As of 2005 there were an additional 2,491 fishing vessels smaller than this. The fleet is quite old and not equipped to modern standards in terms of fishing and safety. Sources: Scott 2009 Catalogue Wikipedia |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 17, 2017 23:26:30 GMT
The MV GreenpeaceOriginally built as an Ocean going salvage tug, the MV Greenpeace began her sea going career as the Elbe in 1959. She was acquired by Greenpeace in 1977 and entered service with them in 1986 after being refit and modernized. MV Greenpeace took over from the Rainbow Warrior which was sunk by French commandos in 1985. In her 15 years with Greenpeace, the Black Pig as she was referred as by her crew sailed around the world several times. While protesting submarine launched trident missiles in 1989 she was rammed by US Naval ships.
In 1993 activists aboard the Greenpeace exposed Russia’s dumping of 900 tonnes of radioactive waste into the Sea of Japan. In 1995 while protesting against French nuclear tests in French Polynesia she was boarded and her crew detained while in international waters. In 2001 the MV Greenpeace was replaced by the MV Esperanza and converted back to her original form and is now a museum ship. These stamps were issued by Romania on March 6, 1997. They are perforated 13.5 on all sides. MV Greenpeace Technical Specifications: Tonnage: 1,176 BRT Length: 58.06 m Beam: 11.22 m Draught: 5.2 m Propulsion: Two main Diesel, Smit M.A.N. RB 666/7 Speed: 13.5 knots Boats and landing craft carried: 1 Avon Searider SR 7.4 m.; 3 Avon D465 RIB Capacity: 38 References en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Greenpeacearchive.greenpeace.org/marine/mvgp_gen.htmlarchive.greenpeace.org/marine/ships.html#MVGP |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 17, 2017 23:31:59 GMT
The RMS Empress of Ireland Another favourite issue of mine is Canada Post's issue commemorating the RMS Empress of Ireland. The Empress of Ireland was an ocean liner that sank in the St. Lawrence river after colliding with a Norwegian collier on May 29, 1914. 1012 of the 1477 people aboard her perished. The ship was commemorated by Canada Post in a May 2014 issue.    |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 19, 2017 0:38:23 GMT
The SS Normandie ![]() SS Normandie was an ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France, for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT). She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat; she is still the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built. Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, she was not a commercial success and relied partly on government subsidy to operate. During service as the flagship of the CGT, she made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings from her home port of Le Havre to New York. Normandie held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service career, during which RMS Queen Mary was her main rival. During World War II, Normandie was seized by US authorities at New York and renamed USS Lafayette. In 1942, the liner caught fire while being converted to a troopship, capsized onto her port side and came to rest on the mud of the Hudson River at Pier 88, the site of the current New York Passenger Ship Terminal. Although salvaged at great expense, restoration was deemed too costly and she was scrapped in October 1946. |
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Post by sgard on Sept 19, 2017 18:12:32 GMT
Vasco da Gama and San Gabriel  |
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Post by sgard on Sept 19, 2017 18:19:59 GMT
Does anyone know? Exist the stamps with the German battleship Gneisenau?
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 19, 2017 22:22:03 GMT
Does anyone know? Exist the stamps with the German battleship Gneisenau? I have searched the site shipstamps.co.uk and while the Gneisenau, is mentioned, it does not appear that there are any stamps issued of her. |
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Post by sgard on Sept 20, 2017 18:32:36 GMT
Does anyone know? Exist the stamps with the German battleship Gneisenau? I have searched the site shipstamps.co.uk and while the Gneisenau, is mentioned, it does not appear that there are any stamps issued of her. Thanks! |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 21, 2017 1:04:27 GMT
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Sept 21, 2017 1:07:17 GMT
A set of 4 submarines from the Marshall Islands  |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Sept 21, 2017 3:01:50 GMT
I always admire the Russian Ice Breaker stamps - I have the full set Here from the 1972 set 2k , Battleship Peter I, 1872 3k , Cruiser "Varyag", 1899 4k , Battleship "Potemkin" 6k , Cruiser Ochakov, 190210k , Mine layer Amur, 1907 Here's one.  |
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Post by Bas S Warwick on Sept 21, 2017 3:10:48 GMT
1970 STEAMSHIP GREAT BRITAIN RETURN COVER  |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Oct 15, 2017 19:27:55 GMT
 The SS Birge Jarl |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Oct 15, 2017 19:28:45 GMT
 The MS Skandia |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Oct 15, 2017 19:30:07 GMT
 The MS Sally Albatross |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Oct 15, 2017 19:33:21 GMT
 The MS Princess Anastasia |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Oct 15, 2017 19:34:14 GMT
 The INS Taragiri |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Oct 15, 2017 19:35:13 GMT
 MF Palinda Jaya |
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Post by jimjung on Oct 20, 2017 12:59:19 GMT
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salentin
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collecting Germany,where I live and about 20 more countries,half of them in Asia east of the Indus
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Post by salentin on May 8, 2018 16:48:47 GMT
 "Rita V",issued May 15th,1937,from the three values set for the kings silver-jubilee. |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on May 9, 2018 17:06:23 GMT
 Vitus Bering´s "Swiatoj Pietr" strnded on Bering-Island. Issued Nov.27th,1941,from a set of three in the same design. |
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Londonbus1
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What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on May 9, 2018 18:30:32 GMT
Christmas Island Mailboat.
Stamp shows Cocoanut Plantation schooner Isabel (Ysabel) May arriving on the Island.
First issued 1916.
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Post by Bombadil on May 10, 2018 0:26:31 GMT
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