Explorers

Here is an image of a stamp honoring Breton-born French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne (1724-1772), who made important discoveries in the south Indian Ocean, in Tasmania and in New Zealand, and was killed by Maori in 1772, designed and engraved by French artist Pierre Béquet (1932-2012) after an etching by French artist Charles Méryon (1821-1868), and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories on January 1, 1992, Scott No. 170, plus an image of Charles Méryon's etched portrait of Marion-Dufresne.

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Here is an image of a stamp honoring Léopold Panet (1820-1859), a French-Senegalese explorer of the Mauritanian Sahara, designed and engraved by French artist Jacques G-A-U-T-H-I-E-R (1931- ), and issued by Senegal on February 15, 1969, Scott No. 312, plus an image of a photo of Léopold Panet. Bonuses: Camels, map.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Albert Seyrolle (1887-1919), a French sailor and explorer who kept a journal of the voyage of la Curieuse during Raymond Rallier du Baty's expedition to the Kerguelen Islands (1912-1914), designed by French artist Pierre Béquet (1932-2012), engraved by Elsa Catelin (1975- ), and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories on January 1, 2006, Scott No. 364, plus an image of the cover of Albert Seyrolle's account of the expedition, Journal de mer ("Sea Journal").

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Here are images of the two airmail stamps in a set commemorating the bicentenary of the arrival in Hawaii of James Cook FRS (1728-1779), a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy, designed and engraved by French artist Claude Andréotto (1949- ) after sketches by John Webber RA (1751-1793), an English artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition, and issued by Mali on February 27, 1978, Scott Nos. C324 & C325.

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Captain Cook receiving Hawaiian native delegation.


Cook's crew members interacting with Hawaiians.

Here are images of the two airmail stamps in a set commemorating the bicentenary of the death of British explorer Captain James Cook (1728-1779) in Hawaii, designed and engraved by French artist Pierre Béquet (1932-2012), and issued by Benin on June 1, 1979, Scott Nos. C288 & C289.

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Cook's ships, Hawaii, and world map


Battle of Kowrowa (Hawaii)

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1497-1543), a Spanish explorer (but also claimed by tradition as a native of Portugal), best known for exploring the West Coast of North America, designed by José Pedro Roque Gameiro Martins Barata (1929- ) after a sandstone statue carved in Portugal by sculptor Álvaro de Brée (1903-1962) for display at the 1939 international exposition in San Francisco, printed by lithography, and issued by Portugal on July 16, 1969 as one of a set of three similar stamps commemorating the bicentenary of the founding of San Diego, California, Scott No. 1047, plus a photo of the statue, which is now located at a site near the Old Point Loma Lighthouse in San Diego.

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Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Jean Loranchet, the first officer of Raymond Rallier du Baty's second Kerguelen survey expedition in 1913, designed and engraved by French artist Pierre Béquet (1932-2012), and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories in 1981, Scott No. 97, plus an image of a map of Grand Terre. Note: Loranchet Peninsula, in the northern part of Grande Terre, the main island of the subantarctic Kerguelen archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, is named after Jean Loranchet.

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Explorers of the Pacific and their ships, issued for use in Gilbert Islands on June 1, 1977:

Commodore John Byron, 1765 and HMS "Dolphin":

Captain Edmund Fanning, 1798 and "Betsey" Ship:

Admiral Thaddäus von Bellingshausen, 1820 and "Vostok" Ship:

Captain Charles Wilkes, 1838-42 USS "Vincennes":

Pierre Paul François Camille Savorgnan de Brazza (1852 – 1905) was an Italian-French explorer. With his family's financial help, he explored the Ogooué region of Central Africa, and later with the backing of the Société de Géographie de Paris, he reached far into the interior along the right bank of the Congo. Under French colonial rule, the capital of the Republic of the Congo was named Brazzaville after him and the name was retained by the post-colonial rulers, one of the few African nations to do so.

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, designed and engraved by Claude Hertenberger (10F.) and Raoul Serres (15F.) and issued for use in French Equatorial Africa on November 5, 1951:

Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie (1847, born in Dinan, France – 1925) was a French colonial civil servant, explorer and diplomat who was instrumental in establishing French control over Laos in the last two decades of the 19th century. After a long career in Cambodia and Cochinchina, Pavie became the first French vice-consul in Luang Prabang in 1886, eventually becoming the first Governor-General and plenipotentiary minister of the newly formed French colony of Laos.

During his various missions, Pavie managed to survey an area of 676,000 km2 (261,000 sq mi), travelling 30,000 km in the upland areas to the North and East of the Mekong, on foot, by elephant or down the river on rafts, gathering a large amount of scientific information. He was accompanied by a team of up to 40 assistants, with a wide range of expertise.


Auguste Pavie, issued for use in French Indochina. The first two stamps were issued in 1944 with inscription EF (État français, Vichy regime) and the third was issued in 1946 with RF ( République française):



These stamps were overprinted and reissued by the Viet Minh movement for use by VM forces in their controlled areas:

Pavie, issued by France in 1947:

Postmark issued in Dinan, France, Pavie hometown, in 1997:

Canada SC-208 1934 3c

El Salvador SC#63 1892 5c

Paraguay SC-400 1943 1P

Panama, Canal Zone SC#22 1907 1c

Lourenco Marques SC-107 1913 15c