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  Maritime Topics on Stamps
November / December Stamps 2005
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Fiji, a set with four stamps "old sailing ships". Left the brig "Eliza of Province", beside her the fullrigger "Elbe".
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Right inside HMS "Rosario" and outside "L'Astrolabe".
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Sao Tome e Principe, a small souvenir sheet with one stamp "Anniversario de Julio Verne", 100th anniversary of the death
of Jules Verne. On the stamp we see the author and an old merchantman, on the sheet a fullrigger.
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Dominica, another sheet about Jules Verne, here "Fiction .... Fact....". Both topics belong to the novel
"20,000 Miles under the Sea".
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Tanzania, a souvenir sheet to the 100th anniversary of the death of Jules Verne. The pictures belong to the novel
"The Adventures of a Chinaman"
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Tanzania, another sheet about Jules Verne. These both pictures belong to the novels "20,000 Miles under the Sea" and
"A floating City".
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Malaysia, a set with three stamps and a souvenir sheet with one stamp "Traditional Water Transport".
In the upper row there are depicted local crafts (Kotak, Sampan) and a raft. Left on the sheet
a dugout canoe.
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Tanzania, a souvenir sheet with one stamp "Zanzibar Heritage and Culture".
A high-speed ferry is depicted.
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Hongkong - China, a set with four stamps about life at the waterfront. It is a joint issue with Portugal.
Both stamps in the upper row are marked with "Tai O, Hongkong", the two stamps beneath are marked with
"Aldeia da Carrasqueira, Portugal".
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Falkland Islands, a set with four stamps "Falkland Island Museum". The 24P stamp shows
"Snow squall escapes Confederate raider CSS Tuscaloosa 1863 condemned Stanley 1864.
The 55P stamp: "Jhelum sails from Callao 1870 abandoned Stanley 1870."
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The 55P stamp: "Charles Cooper departs Philadelphia 1866 condemned Stanley 1870." On the 1.20 stamp
"SS Imo, the Halifax disaster 1917, wrecked as SS Guvernoren, Falklands 1921".
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Falkland Islands, three se-tenants with total six stamps "1945-2005, World War II, 60 Years".
Left outside "Fitzroy, Operation Tabarin I, 1943-44". In the midle "HMS William Scoresby, Operation Tabarin I, 1943-44".
Right "HMS Exeter at Port Stanley for repairs after the Batle of the River Plate 1939". On the three other stamps there
are planes and the winners of the war.
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Palau, a souvenir sheet with four stamps and a sheet with one stamp "The History of Sailing". In the upper row
are depicted a "Tepukei", a "Tainui", a "Palaun Canoe" and a "Yap Outrigger". To the left we idetify
Thor Heyerdahl's "Kon Tiki".
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Turkey, a set with two stamps. The pictures symbolize sailing races.
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Iceland, a set with two stamps about "Fishing". Here the stamp with the fisher-boat.
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Jersey, a set with five stamps "Trafalgar, 21st October 1805". In the upper row from left
HMS "Belle Isle" and HMS "Royal Sovereign". In the lower row from left HMS "Neptune",
HMS "Euryalus" and HMS "Mars".
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Great Britain, a set with six stamps and a souvenir sheet with the six stamps with the same topics "Trafalgar 1805 -2005".
Here the souvenir sheet is depicted.
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Gibraltar, a souvenir sheet with one stamp "200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Lord Nelson".
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Gibraltar and Isle of Man, a souvenir sheet with two stamps, a "Joint Issue Commemorating the Death of Nelson".
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Romania, a stationary with a picture of the training vessel "Mircea" and a stamp with the bow of warship.
For better view the stamp is enlarged.
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China, a souvenir sheet with 10 stamps, painting "Luoshenfu". Among them this junk.
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Latvija, a single stamp with the lighthouse "Daugavgrivas Baka".
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Algeria, a set with three stamps "Forts". Here the tower "Fort du Phare, Alger".
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France, a souvenir sheet with ten stamps "Portraits de Region". Among them the lighthouse "Le Phare du Stiff".
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To show some more stamps and/or whole souvenir-sheets the pictures are high
compressed, so accuracy goes down.
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