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Maritime Topics On Stamps:
2005 February Stamps
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Saint Piere et Miquelon, one single stamp, 'Naufrage le 13 novembre 1828 sur la Dune de Langlade'.
Shipwreck of the 'Fulwood'; 13th November 1828 she ran ashore in the dunes of Langlade.
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North Korea, a single stamp with a coaster. Maybe the issue is in connection with the Red Cross?
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Japan, a single stamp with the icebreaker and ferry 'Garinko-Go II'.
Built 1996 in Japan, GT 150,
L*B*T - 34,77m * 7m * 2,70m, 10,7 kn, 1.010 bhp (brake horse power), 70 passengers.
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Bermuda, a set with five stamps, Quincentennial of the island.
There are nautical instruments depicted. Left a compass-card of the Hamburg company Plath, then a sextant,
chronometer, field-glasses and a pair of dividers.
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Chile, a single stamp, '100 Anos Telecomunicaciones Navales', centenary navy telecommunication.
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Tunisie, a set with five stamps, among them this maritime topic. Elyssa (the blissful one) with a Roman trireme.
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New Zealand, a set with five stamps, among them these two marime topics: whitewater rafting
and jet boating.
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Palau, a souvenir sheet with four stamps, 'Republic of Palau & Republic of China (Taiwan), Celebrating 5 Years of
Diplomatic Relations'. Among them 'ROC Taiwan Navy Ship'.
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Montserrat, a set with four stamps, 'D-Day 60th Anniversary Tribute'. Left 'troops assault beaches of Normandy', in the
middle 'Field Marshal Montgomery' and right HMS 'Belfast'. On the fourth stamp there are only aircrafts,
'air assault begins'.
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Saint Pierre et Miquelon, a souvenir sheet with four stamps, 'Les transporteurs de SPM'. Left top the Ro-Ro ship
'Cap Blanc', besides the container ship 'Lisbeth-C'. Left bottom the multi purpose carrier 'Shamrock'
and right the coaster 'Aldona'.
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Anguilla, a small souvenir sheet with one stamp 'Christmas 2004, Santa delivering gifts by boat'.
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Bahrain, a souvenir sheet with one huge stamp 'GCC Supreme Council 25th Regular Session, Manama, December 2004'.
GCC means Gulf Cooperation Council , a finance council of the states at the Persian Gulf(?). On the stamp
the port of Manama and other sights are depicted (?).
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Falkland Islands, a set with two se-tenants with each three stamps, '90th Anniversary of the Battle of the
Falkland Islands'. In the top row there are the British warships, in the bottom row the German men-of war.
The German ships were shot down.
You find a detailed description about the issue, the ships and the battle on the following internet page:
http://www.falklands.gov.fk/pb/fi/battle-90th.htm
The above stamp picture belongs to this page.
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Japan, a se-tenant of five stamps with flowers. Among them this lighthouse 'Suno Saki F6452'.
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Cabo Verde, a set with four stamps, lighthouses. From left we see: 'Farol D. Luis, Ilheu dos Passaros,
San Vicente', then 'Farol da Ponta Preta, Ilha de Santiago', then 'Farol da Ponta do Barril, Ilha de S. Nicolau' and
'Farol da Ponta Jalunga, Ilha da Brava'.
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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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