Maritime Topics on Stamps

October Stamps 2005


Adriatic




Navy
Peru, a se-tenant of six stamps "Fuerzas Armadas del Peru", the military forces of Peru. Among them this three maritime stamps wit a submarine No. 36, the "Arica", 1971/75 built at Howaldt Kiel, the frigate with the No. 26, the "Sanchez Carrion". Right we have Mirage aircrafts with a frigate in the background.


Malta, a set with five stamps "60 years end of WW II". Among them these two maritime stamps with a naval unit and supply ships.
man of war


submarine
subs
Guinee-Bissau, a souvenir sheet with five stamps and a souvenir sheet with one stamp "II Guerra Mundial - Submarinos", World War II, Submarines. On the sheet left we see right a German sub of the type VII, in the middle the submersible "Trieste" and left top a sub with the number "S777 or 5777". The right sheet is a thing for a submarine expert. If anyone knows something about this type of boat, please mail to
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Missouri
Arizona
Grenada & Carriacou & Petite Martinique, a souvenir sheet with four stamps "VJ Day, 60th anniversary of VJ Day" ("VJ-Day", victory over Japan day). Among them the left stamp with the USS "Missouri" at Tokyo Bay Sept. 2 1945.
Lesotho, a souvenir sheet with five stamps, VJ-Day, the one and only maritime stamp shows the USS "Arizona", stamp right.


Eritrea, a souvenir sheet with three stamps, "Anniversary of Fenkil Operation, Liberation of Massawa 1990". Exact details about what has happened You find on the internet page http://home.planet.nl/~hans.mebrat/eritrea-massawa.htm .
Eritrea



junks
St. Kitts, a souvenir sheet with four stamps "Taipei 2005"; Chinese junks are depicted.


Hongkong, China, a se-tenant of four stamps "Four Greatest Inventions of China". Among them this stamp with the first compass of the world, a Chinese spoon-compass.
compass



Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Left, Sao Tome e Principe, a souvenir sheet with one stamp "Julio Verne". On the stamp we see Jules Verne with a fleet in the background.
Right, Lesotho, a souvenir sheet with three stamps "Jules Verne 100 Years". Among them this stamp with the sub "Nautilus" of the novel 20,000 leagues under the sea.



dragon boat
Republic of China, a souvenir sheet with two stamps, "Taipei 2005 - 18th Asian International Stamp Exhibition". Among them this stamp with a Chinese dragon boat.


Mayotte, a single stamp "La peche en pirogue", the fisherman in his pirogue. A pirogue is a dugout with planks added to the sides for a higher freeboard.
pirogue



schooner
Åland, a single stamp with the schooner "Linden".


Venezia
Venezia
San Marino, a set with two stamps "Regata Storica Venezia". These stamps with the gondoliers belongs to the group modern art.



Columbus
Romania, a set with four stamps and a souvenir sheet with the same stamps and pictures about "Columbus", theme "50th Anniversary of the first Europe Stamps 1956 - 2006". We see four different pictures of Columbus, because there is no definite identified picture of him.


Trafalgar
Tuvalu, a souvenir sheet with four stamps "Battle of Trafalgar 1805". We see from left top: "HMS Victory collides with the French Redoubtable, Admiral Nelson, HSM Victory leeds the British Fleet, below deck Nelson breaths his last breath".


Maldives, a souvenir sheet with one stamp "The Battle of Trafalgar, 200th Anniversary". The "Victory 300 years old" und a picture of the battle are depicted.
Trafalgar


Trafalgar
Dominica, a set with four stamps and a souvenir sheet with one stamp "200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar". Among them this two topics, left "Nelsons flagship Victory" and right "Nelson aboard flagship Agamemnon, battles with Ca Ira."


Trafalgar
Saint Lucia, a set with four stamps and a souvenir sheet with one stamp "200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar". Among them these two stamps; left "HMS Thunderer in action off Saint Lucia", right "HMS Britania in action against the Bucentaure".


Trafalgar
Trafalgar
Trafalgar
Bermuda, a set with four stamps "200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar". Left top "The Pickle under construction in Bermuda", right top "HMS Pickle racing back to England", left below "HMS Pickle picking up survivors from the Achille".


Peru, a se-tenant "Faros del Peru", lighthouses of peru. We see the towers of Pijuayal at the Rio Amazonas and Suana at Lago Titicaca.
lighthouse


lighthouse
France, a postal stationery with a lighthouse, "Le phare du Cap Ferret".



To show some more stamps and/or whole souvenir-sheets the pictures are high compressed, so accuracy goes down.


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