Speedboats (And Other Small Watercraft)

Here is the 15c value (Sc #251) from North Borneo's KGVI 1950 pictorial definitive series. Stamp depicts a small, traditional Malay boat and is inscribed "native prahu at Sandakan". Sandakan is a port city on the northeast coast of the island.

From gluedideas.com, "The kakap prahu is a small light boat, provided with a rudder oar, but with no other oars or sculls. It carries only one mast, with a single quadrangular sail."

On March 10, 1989 Finland issued a one-pane booklet of four different 1.90 mk stamps with a "mass sport" theme. One of these stamps (Facit #1078) depicts people in canoes and tandem (two-person) kayaks.

This January 14, 1987 sixty cent value (SG #1411) of New Zealand is from the Tourism set of six depicting outdoor activities available to visitors. This stamp shows life vest-wearing tourists in a jetboat descending one of NZ's fast-flowing rivers. A posting on page 9 of this thread explains the jetboat.

Cancellation is LINWOOD, a suburb/area of Christchurch.

On May 17, 1989 New Zealand issued a six-value set of stamps as the 2nd issue of its "NZ Heritage" series. The 80c value (SG #1508) of the set features whaling, and depicts a whaleboat.

From wikipedia, "A whaleboat or whaler is a type of open boat that is relatively narrow and pointed at both ends. It was originally developed for whaling, and later became popular for work along beaches, since it does not have to be turned around for beaching or refloating."

Here is the 80c value (SG #1527) from New Zealand's October 11, 1989 "Heritage" series (3rd issue) of 6 stamps. Stamp shows a man in a rowboat in a yacht harbor.

Two small, traditional rowboats and a Kelong (coastal dwelling on stilts) are depicted on the $1 value (SG #248) of Singapore's January 26, 1975 "Singapore Views" set of three stamps.