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Maritime Topics on Stamps September 2007 Stamps
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Macedonia (?), a single stamp, sailing.
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Portugal, "Cascals 2007", catamarans.
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Uruguay, Brazil, a joint issue, a set with two stamps "200th anniversary Garibaldi".
Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807 – 1882) was an Italian patriot and soldier.
He personally led many of the military campaigns that brought about the formation of a unified Italy.
He has been dubbed the "Hero of the Two Worlds" in tribute to his military expeditions in South America and Europe.
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New Caledonia, a single stamp "SNMS" (Société nationale de sauvetage en mer), the save and rescue group.
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Tristan da Cunha, a set with four stamps "scouting 2007". The pictures show the scout Marr;
on this stamp we see the boat "Quest, frozen in".
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Saint Pierre & Miquelon, a setenant with two stamps, "L'entree du port de Saint-Pierre"; the entrance of the port
Saint-Pierre.
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New Caledonia, a single stamp "Le cable sous marin Sydney - Noumea". Noumea is the capital of New Caledonia.
The cable ship "Ile de Re" is depicted.
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French Polynesia, a set with two stamps, "wellknown ships". We see the "La Zelee" and the "Le Sagittaire".
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Bermuda, a set with two stamps "Bermuda to Jamestown". The stamp designs commemorate
America's 400th Anniversary and Bermuda's unique ties to Jamestown Settlement.
The stamps depict views of the Deliverance sailing out of St. George's, Bermuda and on to the Jamestown settlement.
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Russia, a single stamp, philately exhibition at St. Petersburg 2007. A sailing vessel of the 16th century is depicted.
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Latvia, a single stamp with the lighthouse Papes Bäka.
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Jersey, a souvenir sheet with one stamp "Yachting II"; Gorey Regatta.
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Belgium, a single stamp "100th anniversary port of Zeebrugge".
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Ireland, a souvenir sheet with two stamps, "400th Anniversary of the Flight of the Earls 1607 - 2007".
The stamps show Hugh O' Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Rory O' Donnell Earl of Tyrconnell as they take the ship at
Rathmullen County Donegal.
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Belgium, a souvenir sheet with one stamp, "50 ième anniversaire de la fondation de la première station belge
et la fondation de la nouvelle station en Antarctique". We see the new Antartic station, in the background the
research vessel "Belgica", I suppose.
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Poland, a setenant of four stamps, lighthouses. Top Gdanks and Rozewie; below Kolobrzeg
and Hel.
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Slovak, a souvenir sheet with one stamp, castle Bratislava. Here I have only the stamp, we see the castle and some men
standing in a boat.
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USA, a souvenir sheet with twelve stamps with four different topics "Speedboats". In the first row from left:
"1915 Hutchinson", "1954 Chris-Craft, "1939 Hacker-Craft" and "1931 Gar Wood".
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Austria, a private stamp with the aircraft carrier "Graf Zeppelin".
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Germany, three stamps of the company Ridas Post in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. We see typical fisher boats
and one Christmas stamp.
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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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