Tall Ships On Stamps

DDR, #1999 . Profile of George Foster and Cap't Cooks ship Resolution.

# 2090-IGY type of 1957.Pictured is the Schooner "Zarja" exploring the earths magnetism.

Bermuda # 109A ,The Yacht "Lucie". A good looking stamp if I may.

Falklands dependencies over prints #1L37 Trans Arctic expedition 1955-58.

On June 24, 1997 Canada issued this stamp (Sc #1649) to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Giovanni Caboto's voyage to North America. Caboto's ship Matthew is portrayed on the right of the stamp.

From wikipedia, "John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the 11th century."

This March 26, 1987, 50 kr stamp (Facit #700) of Iceland commemorates the 300th anniversary of Olafsvik as a trading post. Stamp depicts the ship Svanur.

From Facit Special catalog, "The merchantman Svanur (carried cargoes between Olafsvik and Copenhagen in 1777-1893) with full rigging in the anchorage of Olafsvik."

On January 4, 1960 Jamaica issued a set of the three stamps commemorating the centenary of the Jamaican Postal Service. The 2 d stamp (Sc #178) from this set focuses on transportation and depicts the packet steamer City of Berlin under full sail.

From wikipedia, "City of Berlin was a British ocean liner that won the Blue Riband for the Inman Line in 1875 as the fastest liner on the Atlantic...In 1898, (renamed) Berlin (it) was sold to the U.S. Government for the Spanish-American War, and was renamed Meade.