cursus
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What I collect: Catalan Cinderellas. Used Switzerland, UK, Scandinavia, Germany & Austria. Postal History of Barcelona & Estonia. Catalonia pictorial postmarks.
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Post by cursus on Feb 26, 2022 9:52:28 GMT
France 2007: Charcot's polar ship "pourquoi-pas?" ("why not?"
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Feb 26, 2022 13:24:54 GMT
Fire-tug in action Issued Nov.22nd,1977 (from a set of 5)
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Feb 27, 2022 8:55:18 GMT
Freighter "Boltenhagen" Issued June 13th,1978. (from a set of 4 "container transportation")
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Feb 28, 2022 9:18:56 GMT
Container-freighter "Meridian" and tug-boat Issued March 20th,1979.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 1, 2022 13:59:46 GMT
Ferries,issued June 26th,1979.
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hrdoktorx
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What I collect: France (and French territories), Africa, Canada, USA, Germany, Guatemala, stamps about science, flags, maps, stamps on stamps...
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Post by hrdoktorx on Mar 1, 2022 18:33:13 GMT
I've been on that ferry. It also carries a train that does the link between Malmö (Sweden) and Munich and Frankfurt in Germany.
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Mar 1, 2022 19:05:28 GMT
Another new arrival today, German Togo, MiNr. 16, the 1 Mark carmine red large format Hohenzollern:  |
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Post by iswscwebmaster on Mar 2, 2022 1:04:26 GMT
Bhutan SG 805 USS Arizona  The Arizona was the last of the Pennsylvania class super-dreadnought battleships built for the US Navy. She was sunk in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7, 1941. |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 2, 2022 8:51:17 GMT
Coxless Four,painting by Wilfried Falkenthal Stamp issued April 22nd,1980. (from a set of 3)
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 3, 2022 13:45:23 GMT
"Spinnaker",painting by Karl Raetsch (1930-2004) s.s. issued July 8th,1980.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 4, 2022 12:40:15 GMT
Inland water vessels Issued Oct.20th,1981
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 5, 2022 14:30:07 GMT
Sea-going ships Issued June 22nd,1982.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 6, 2022 8:49:37 GMT
Issued Feb.8th,1983. (from a set of 4)
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 7, 2022 9:40:32 GMT
Issued March 11th,1986. (from a set of 2)
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 8, 2022 13:07:27 GMT
Ships and space,issued March 25th,1986. (from a se-tenant set of 4)
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 9, 2022 13:04:53 GMT
Double-deck railway-ferry between Mukran,GDR and Klaipeda (Memel),Lithuania. Twin-issue with the Soviet-Union,issued Sept.23rd,1986.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 10, 2022 14:37:54 GMT
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 11, 2022 9:11:36 GMT
Issued May 3rd,1990. (from a set of 5)
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crisger
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What I collect: Japan 1890s -2012
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Post by crisger on Mar 11, 2022 16:54:03 GMT
What a great idea for a topic, ships are one of my life long interests and I know there have been some very good ship stamps, i remmeber that the Soviet Union had quite a number of really nice naval stamps. thanks to all for sharing. will come back later and go thru the pages when more time is available.
Chris
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 12, 2022 13:21:57 GMT
Großlinienschiff (battle-ship) "Friedrich der Große" Put into service in 1912,she was the flag ship of the german war-fleet till 1917. She took part in the battle of the Skagerag in 1916. On June 21st,1919 she was sinked by her crew at Scpa Flow/Orkney,when it became clear, that the enemy (Britain) was going to confiscate the ships of the german fleet.
Issued Sept.5th,1967.
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 13, 2022 9:08:53 GMT
The Großlinienschiff "Prinzregent Luitpold",a sistership of the one shown above was the last built of the "Kaiserklasse" battleships.Put into service in 1913,it lacked the third (middle) propellor of this series. The reason was,that it had been planned to use a 12.000 hps Diesel engine to power the propellor. The other ships were all powered by steam-turbines only,the same as the two outer propellors of the "Prinzregent Luitpold". However M.A.N. could not make the Diesel engine reliable enough,to put it into service. The ship had the same fate as the "Friedrich der Große" it was sinked by her crew at Scapa Flow in 1919.
In 1917,due to bad living conditions and harsh treatment by their officers the crews of both battleships mutinyed. Order was "restored" quickly,five sailors were condemned to death for mutiny and disobedience of orders. Three of them were pardoned.Max Reichpietsch and Albin Köbis were executed.
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crisger
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Post by crisger on Mar 13, 2022 18:54:07 GMT
thanks salentin it is nice to see some detailed and accurate information on some of the finest ships of the High Seas Fleet from WWI and before. I have long been a student of Naval History and collector of related things, and the High Seas Fleet was a remarkable creation over a relatively few years, devotion of the entire German nation and a fine Naval Service created it, and fate ended it at Scapa Flow as you stated. They were fine ships the best of their types at the time, and pinnacles of engineering and design, and compartmentalization. It was sad fate. The revolution among the sailors was also sad, it was true that the officer class and the upper class of many European nations of that time were at times dictatorial and unfair in their treatment of others of other classes.A number of the naval services of that era had that issue including the Imperial Russian Fleet and later on in the 30s, the Imperial Japanese Navy also suffered from this. That is very nice to see stamps were issued of those fine ships thanks again for sharing that.
photo attached of the High Seas Fleet at sea with one of the Braunschweig class Battleships leading the line. Designing, building, Launching, training, maintaining a modern fleet at that time and operating it at sea was one of the most demanding and complex technological achievements of that time and one of the key signs of a modern nation state. With only primitive radio, and mostly just visual flag and blinker light command systems at sea, directing such a fleet was another amazing process.
Each of those ships was a tiny world of its own, manned by over a thousand sailors and officers, each with their individual duties and areas of expertise often gained by years of experience though the High Seas Fleet many of the sailors served a relatively short term of service but the Petty officers and the officers has careers lasting years with much technical training and skill needed.
all of that led to the modern ships of that era and any area often appeared on stamps of nations which had such fleets and ships.
Chris
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 14, 2022 6:38:21 GMT
The battle-cruiser "Seydlitz" was the only ship of this type.
Put into service in 1913,it took part in a number of battles,suffering heavy casualties.
The ship also ended at Scapa Flow in 1919.
The build-up of the german fleet,played an important role in the led up to WW I. It was clear that in the end Britain would be no longer supreme at sea. So they did nothing to avoid the war in 1914. Sounds familiar to today.Now it is China that challenges the US supremacy on the oceans. Hopefully all have learned from 1914 !
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 15, 2022 12:37:28 GMT
Issued Feb.24th,1976. (from a set of 2)
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 16, 2022 13:33:49 GMT
Battle-cruzier "Aurora" Issued Sept.20th,1977. (from a set of 2)
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hrdoktorx
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Post by hrdoktorx on Mar 17, 2022 7:50:22 GMT
The latest stamp design from Ukraine, to be issued soon:  |
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 17, 2022 13:22:19 GMT
Issued Sept.11th,1984. (from a set of 3)
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wilford
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I also voted. Trying to decide on a topic for my next article.
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What I collect: Courthouses, judges, laws, lawyers. South African Homelands. Rockwell Kent (1939 Christmas Seal)
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Post by wilford on Mar 17, 2022 14:18:06 GMT
"Remember the Maine." Issued to commemorate the centennial of the explosion that sank the battleship Maine in Havana, Cuba on February 15, 1898. This was one of the primary events that precipitated the Spanish-American War. The exact cause of the explosion is still unknown.   Scott 3192. Issued February 15, 1998. |
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Post by salentin on Mar 18, 2022 6:34:12 GMT
Issued Aug.23rd,1988 (from a set of 4)
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salentin
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Post by salentin on Mar 19, 2022 10:20:34 GMT
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