Sailboats

USA 1947 The 150th Anniversary of U.S. Frigate "Constitution"

Greece
Tourism - Sailing
June 4, 2013
The minisheets depict artwork from Hellenic Offshore Racing Club.
(Designer: Marina Lasithiotaki)

A Burmese knau sailing on the Irrawaddy River, designed by Burmese artist N.K.D. Naigamwalla, printed by lithography, and issued for use in Burma on November 15, 1938, Scott No. 29, plus a relevant illustration.

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Here are images of the three stamps in a set depicting various International 420 Class Dinghies, printed by photogravure, and issued by Israel on July 8, 1970 to publicize the 420 Class World Yachting Championships, Scott Nos. 419-421, plus a YouTube link to a short video demonstrating 420 Class Dinghy racing. Note: In August 1970 Israel again won the 420 Class championship and the David Tweed Cup, defeating France in the final race.

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Here are images of the three stamps in a set depicting traditional wooden dinghies, designed and engraved by Martin Mörck (1955- ), and issued by Denmark on June 13, 1996, Scott Nos. 1052-54, Facit Nos. 1154-56. Note: I previously posted a used example of No. 1053 on page 2 of this thread.

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Sailboat, Roskilde Fjord


Skiff, Limfjorden


Two masted smack, South Funen Archipelago

Here is the 30c value from Bermuda's July 21, 1983 set of four "Fitted Dinghies" stamps. Inscription on this stamp says "Modern Bermuda Fitted Dinghy."

Recreational sailboaters on Lake Biwa are shown on this 1993 Shiga Prefecture stamp (Sc #Z138) of Japan. Biwa is Japan's largest lake and is a very important source of fresh water.

Lake Biwa also is home to a mollusk which produces beautiful baroque freshwater pearls.

Here is the 12c (low value) from Bermuda's July 21, 1983 "Fitted Dinghies" set of 4 stamps. Inscription on stamp reads, "Early Bermuda Fitted Dinghy."

Two stamps from Ireland's September 21, 1982 Small Boats set of 4, are sailboats.

22p Galway hooker (Sc# 530)
29p Howth 17 footer (Sc# 532)

The one shilling value of The Bahamas' 1954 QEII definitive series depicts yacht racing. On October 1, 1964 this stamp was overprinted and revalued to 8d. to commemorate the Olympic Games in Japan.

History of the Russian Navy.

Soviet set of stamps issued in 1971.

Sorry for the above set. At first I didn't realize that no ships are allowed.

Here is a real sailboat.
Bulgarian single stamp of 1978, commemorating Georgi Georgiev's Circumnavigation of the World.

On July 17, 2013 Ireland issued a set of three stamps (two 60c and one 90c) to publicize the the port of Cork. One of the stamps (Sc #2002) features sailboats.

The sailboat Francis Drake is depicted on the 24p value of the Isle of Man's 1993-5 "Ships and Watercraft" definitive series.

From the shipstamps.co.uk website, "Francis Drake is a 72 feet ketch launched in 1976 to sail the North West waters of Britain...She was used to give young people 12-24 years old the opportunity to go to sea (for a week) under sail...The ketch is usually chartered by the Bursary Fund for three weeks per year for this purpose."