Tristanda Cunha, 2 souvenir sheets with each six stamps, "500th Anniversary Celebration". On the first sheet we see from left top: "Discovery by Tristao d'Acunha 1506, First Survey 1767, Jonathan Lambert of Salem 1810, William Glass 1816, Duke of Gloucester 1824, Wreck of the Emily 1836".

On the second sheet we see from left top: "Thomas Swain 1774 - 1862, HMS Challenger 1873, Reverend Dodgson arrives 1884, Wreck of the Italia 1892, Norwegian Expedition 1937-38, HMS Milford 1938".

Marshall Islands, a souvenir sheets with one stamp and a souvenir sheet with 25 stamps, "Battle of Trafalgar 200th Anniversary". Left HMS "Victory". The sheet below is a copy of a sheet from 1998 "History's Greatest Fighting Ships". Now the sheet is named "Legendary Fighting Ships".

From left top: "Trireme Galley, Trireme Romano, Viking Longship, Ming Treasure Ship, The Mary Rose". Row 2: "Nuestra Senora del Rosario, Korean Turtle Ship, Brederode, Galera Veneziana, Santissima Trinidad". Row 3: "Ville de Paris, HMS Victory, Bonhomme Richard, USS Constellation, USS Hartford". Row 4: "Fijian Ndrua, HMS Dreadnought, HMAS Australia, HMS Dorsetshire, Admiral Graf Spee". Row 5: "Yamato, USS Tautog, Bismarck, USS Hornet, USS Missouri".

New Zealand, a souvenir sheet with 25 stamps, "75th Anniversary of the Hawkes Bay Earthquake, 1931 - 2006". Among them this maritime stamp with HMS "Veronica".

Great Britain, a set with six stamps and a souvenir sheet with six stamps with the same topics of the set, "Brunel 1806 - 2006". Among them this stamp with the "Great Eastern".

Marshall Islands, a setenant of five stamps, among them these local crafts.

Russia, a set with three stamps and a souvenir sheet with the six stamps, "50th Anniversary of Antarctic's Research". From left: "Plane Il-76 and scientific ship 'Academic Fedorov', Icebreaker 'Ob' and station Mirnyi, Transport and sea researches". On the sheet all stamps have the same topic with the icebreaker 'Ob'. Details in the Internet: http://home.nestor.minsk.by/fsunews/russia/2006/ru1304-6.html

Latvija, a set with three stamps "coat of arms". Among them this one "Kraslava" with a Viking boat.

Italy, a single stamp "Inauguration of the Submarine Enrico Toti in the museum of the science and the technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan". We see the submarine S506 named Enrico Toti.

Cuba, a set with five stamps and a souvenir sheet with one stamp "Veleros y Barcos Cubanos", fishing vessels. From left top: "Balandro, Goleta, Bonitero, Camaronero PRFV, Langostero PRFV". PRFV means "plastiche rinforzate con fibre", boats build with fibre optic plastic. On the sheet we see a "Transbordador", a reefer / fish carrier. The name of the ship is "Golfo de Guanahacabibes".

Malaysia, a set with four stamps of two setenants "30th Anniversary Malaysia - China Diplomatic Relationship". Both left stamps are dated 2004 (!). We see typical ships of the Far East..

	Mauritius, a set with four stamps and a souvenir sheet with one stamp "Shipmodels". From left top: "100 Gun Ship, Sampan, Roman Galley, Drakkar". On the sheet a "Drakkar" again, dragon ship of the Vikings.

Argentina, a single stamp "Mar del Plata - Argentina". We see boats in a port.

Mexico, a single stamp "San Juan de Ulua". On this island near Veracruz Cortez went ashore 1518 to conquer Mexico. On this place a castle was built.

British Antarctic Territory, a set with four stamps "Shackletons Dogs". Here the two topics with the "Endurance" in the background.

Argentina, a souvenir sheet with two stamps "Antartida Argentina". Here the maritime topic with a rubber dinghy and divers.

Falkland Islands, a set with four stamps "Hans Christian Andersen Bicentenary". On this stamp the tale of "The Little Mermaid".

Great Britain, a setenant of 10 stamps about British countrysides. Here the lighthouse Beachy Head.	Cuba, a single stamp, "490 aniversario de la fundacion de Santiago de Cuba". The tower should be a lighthouse too.

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

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