Maritime Topics on Stamps
November Stamps 2017
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Australia, a set with three stamps, wrecks. Depicted are the wrecks of the "Zuytdorp" 1712,
"Pandora" 1791 and the "Clonmel" 1841.
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Malta, a set with three stamps. Depicted are three ships, "dating back to the Order of St. John".
On the left is a model of a rate-3-liner ship. In the middle the carack "St. Anna", 1552 she
was built in Nice. On the right another model of a rate-3-liner.
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TAAF, a single stamp with the Soviet cargo ship "Ob" at the Kerguelen 1956.
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TAAF, a single stamp with the antarctic support vessel and icebreaker "L'Astrolabe".
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Falkland Islands, a set with four stamps, "Fisheries 30th Anniversary".
Depisted are on the stamp "Progress" the "CFL Hunter", on the stamp "Protection" the
FPV "Protegat" and a "Fishery RIB", on the stamp "Industry" the trawler "Argos Vigo" and
the boat "Frank Wild" and on the stamp "Science" the "Robin M Lee".
RIB - Rigid Inflatable Boat, FPV - Fishery Patrol Vessel.
Stamp images by Auke Palmhof.
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Uruguay, a single stamp , 125th anniversary of the arrival of "Madre Francisca Rubatto" 1892 in Uruguay.
The ship could be the "Citta di Genova", which was renamed "Savoie" in 1899.
Info: Auke Palmhof
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Pitcairn Islands, a souvenir sheet with two stamps, 250th Anniversary of the first European sighting
of Pitcairn Island 1767.
The ship is the HMS "Swallow" on which the midshipman Robert Pitcairn got the Island in sight.
Captain Carteret named the island after his midshipman.
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Marshall Islands, a small sheet with one stamp,
50th Anniversary of the Launch of the "Queen Elizabeth 2".
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Marshall Islands, a se-tenant of 10 stamps, "Steam Ships".
The upper and lower images refer to the same ship.
From left top the "Experiment" (1788 - 1790), the "Phoenix" (1809), the "New Orleans" (1812), the
"Washngton" (1816) and the "Walk in Water" (1818).
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Belarus, a single stamp with the coat of arms of Polotsk (Polazk).
It is the the oldest city in Belarus and was an important trading city, as the cog symbolizes in
the coat of arms.
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Christmas Islands, a sheet with two stamps and the stamps also in a set, discovery of the
Cristmas Islands.
The island was named by Captain William Mynors, who arrived with the ship "Royal Mary" on
December 25, 1643.
Because of the date, the island got its name.
1688 the first visit was made by William Dampier, who found the island uninhabited.
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Macau, a se-tenant of six stamps, 90th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation
Army.
Among them this maritime stamp with the aircraft carrier "Liaoning".
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Portugal, a small sheet with one stamp, Cascais, 2018 European youth capital.
Pictured is the Santa Marta lighthouse, the tower is located south of the city of Cascais.
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Portugal, a four stamp se-tenant, Porto "As Nossas Citades", our cities.
Among them these two maritime motifs.
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USA, a souveniur sheet of 15 stamps about the painter Andrew Wyeth.
The only maritime motif is this stamp with a lighthouse.
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Artsakh (also Arzach, Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh), 2 single stamps and a sheet of 7 stamps,
200th birthday of the painter Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (1817 - 1900).
The Russian painter has painted mainly maritime motifs.
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Solomon Islands, two sheets with five stamps, 200th anniversary of Iwan Aiwasowski.
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Maldives, two sheets with five stamps, paintings of sailing ships.
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Maldives, two sheets with five stamps, paintings of lighthouses.
Everyone can have his own opinion about the following stamps and sheets.
In some pictures, the collector will get eye pain!
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Djibouti, two sheets with five stamps, Military Ships.
Depicted are the French "Gloire", USS "Texas", the Japanese "Yamato", the French
"La Fayette", right again a "Gloire" and on the sheet USS "Alabama".
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Djibouti, two sheets with five stamps, sailing ships.
Depicted are the "Royal Clipper", "Belem", "Palinuro", "Juan Sebastian de Elcano",
"Tovarish" and "Amerigo Vespucci".
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Guinea, two sheets with five stamps, submarines.
Depicted are the USS "Francis Scott Key", Russia Typhoon Class, "Kursk", Admiral Doenitz with
a class VIIC boat, Russia K19 boat and the German U-225 in a convoy battle.
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Guinea-Bissau, two sheets with five stamps, Arctic-Russian military base.
From the first sheet the only maritime stamp with the icebreaker "50 Let Pobedy" is shown.
On the second sheet you can see the "Rosatomflot" in the background.
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Guinea-Bissau, two sheets with six stamps, military ships.
Depicted are a Type-22 ship, an US aicraftcarrier, the Swedish "Helsingborg" K32,
the US "Spearhead", the Russian carrier "Almirante Kusnetzov", an amphibious assault ship
class Mistral "Boeing Pegasus" and a hydrofoil trimaran.
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Guinea-Bissau, two sheets with six stamps, submarines.
Depicted are USS "Holland", U57 Germany, HMS "Alliance", B-59 Russia,
"Yuri Dolgorukiy" K-535, "Alexander Nevsky" K-550 and the Delta IV class on the sheet.
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Niger, two sheets with five stamps, 105th anniversary "Titanic".
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Niger, two sheets with five stamps, sailing ships.
Depicted are "Le Pelerin", HMS "Lord Nelson", HMS "Agamemnon", French "Hermione",
HMS "Surprise" and once more "Hermione".
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Solomon Islands, two sheets with five stamps, submarines.
Depicted are USS "Gudgeon", USS "Los Angeles", HMS "Astute", HMS "Vanguard" and
USS "Seawolf".
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Solomon Islands, two sheets with five stamps, cruise liners.
Depicted are "Carnival Freedom", "Viking Star", "Amsterdam", "Sirena" and "Disney Wonder".
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Sierra Leone, two sheets with five stamps, icebreakers.
Depicted are "Arctic Sunrise", "Shirase", "Xue Long", "Otso", CCGS "Louis s. St-Laurent"
and "Yamal".
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Sierra Leone, two sheets with five stamps, cruise liner.
Depicted are "Carnival Sunshine", "Norwegian Escape", "Norwegian Breakaway",
MV "Britannia", "Disney Dream" and "Norwegian Getaway".
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Sierra Leone, one sheet with four stamps, public transport".
Among them this stamp with a water taxi.
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