India, a single stamp, "Builders Navy". In the background the destroyer "Delhi". In the middle the corvette "Kora" and in front the frigate "Udaygiri".

India, a single stamp, "PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry 100 Years". On the stamp the outline of a passenger ship.

San Marino, a set with two stamps, 500th anniversary of the death of Columbus.

Kongo, a souvenir sheet with one stamp, "Les Grands Medecins". The founder of the Red Cross, Henri Dunant, is depichted. The Red Cross hospital ship on the sheet is presumable the USNS "Comfort".

Oman, a souvenir sheet with ten stamps, "35th National Day". Among them a stamp with a warship.

Nouvelle Caledonie, a single stamp with the island "Nokanhoui". One can suspect a sailing boat and a motor boat.

Greece, a set with seven stamps, "Patras", European capital for culture. Among them these two maritime topics.

British Antarctic Territory, a set with four stamps, "ATCM XXIX Edinburgh 2006, Stamp Design Competition". Among them this design of the young "Lorna MacDonald, age 11".

Serbia, a se-tenant of four stamps with a gutter, 150th anniversary of the Danube Commission. On the stamps there are river landscapes. On the gutter, right, the course of the river with some towns and possible a pusher ship.

Sri Lanka, a set with four stamps and a souvenir sheet with four stamps with the same pictures, Tsunami 2004. Among them this stamp with a lighthouse.

Danmark, a set with three automat stamps, Danish countrysides. Among them this lighthouse in the dunes, it is Rubjerg Knude.

Eritrea, a set with two stamps, "Fenkil Operation, Liberation of Massawa". Here we see an armed speedboat or patrol boat.

Russia, a set with four stamps, "Centenary of Russian Submarine Force". On the stamps there are four images of "Atomic Submarine Cruiser". In the row above left Project 667A, beside it Project 671. Below left Project 941, beside it Project 949A. Details in the Internet under http://home.nestor.minsk.by/fsunews/russia/2006/ru1311-4.html These images belong to this website.

Russia, a souvenir sheet with one stamp, "The 150th anniversary of the Baltic Factory". Left top direct above the stamp the destroyer Petrapavlosk or Sevasatopol, right beside the destroyer Rossiya or Gromoboi, quite below the destroyer Pyotr Velikhy, about that the Kosmonaut Yuriy Gagarin. Details in the Internet under http://www.marka-art.ru/catalogs/ This image belongs to this website.

Føroyar, a souvenir sheet with ten stamps, "Ormurin Langi" (Long Serpent). "The Ballad of the Long Serpent" takes its subject matter from the account well given in ‘Heimskringla’ of the famous sea battle off the island of Svolder or Swold in 1000, when the Swedish and Danish kings, together with the Norwegian Erik Håkansson (Erik the Earl), attacked the Norwegian king, Olaf Trygvason, while he was on his way home from Wendland to Norway on his ship, the Long Serpent, accompanied by his fleet. Further details in the Internet under http://www.stamps.fo/ and then You find Ormurin Langi on the first page.

In this year 2006 we have the 50th anniversary of the German Navy in the Bundeswehr (after WW II). The German transportation company Ridas got the permission of the Ministry of Defense to use the official logo and pictures of four navy ships on their own stamps. From left we see the sail training vessel "Gorch Fock", then a submarine class 212A, a minesweeper and a frigate.

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

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