The Illustrated History Of Whales Hunting On P.s. & P.c.

The Illustrated History of Whales Hunting - Postal Stationery (PS) and Post Cards (PC) issued by Romanian Post Office



P.C. Code 134/2003 - The Black Right Whale
The Polar Expedition in Nunavut and Groenland , August-September,2003




P.S. Code 243/2002 - The Black Right Whale
Special cancellation



P.C. Code 135/2003 - The Blue Whale
The Polar Expedition in Nunavut and Groenland , August-September,2003




P.S. Code 244/2002 - The Blue Whale
Special cancellation





P.C. Code 039/2003 - The Bowhead Whale





P.S. Code 246/2002 - The Humpback Whale
Special cancellation






P.C. Code 042/2003 - The Sperm Whale





P.S. Code 187/2004 - The Sperm Whale

March, these are fantastic.

Do you have access to these?

The reason I am asking is because my wife collects fish & sea life on stamps and stationery.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Looks like items 1 and 3 are for a polar expedition to Canada (Nunavut) and Greenland. Nice items!

Herman Melville's Moby Dick

Post cards set of 9 pcs with Code from 013 to 021 /2004
All after illustrations by Rockwell Kent.

Hereunder are these Codes : 013,014,015,021

Svend Foyn (July 9, 1809 – November 30, 1894) was a Norwegian whaling and shipping magnate who pioneered revolutionary methods for hunting and processing whales. Svend Foyn introduced the modern harpoon gun and brought whaling into a modern age
Also he launched the "Spes et Fides ", the first steam-powered whaling ship, in 1863.



First Postal Stationery ( Code 188/2004):
The statue of Svend Foyn , by Norwegian sculptor Anders Svor, was erected outside the cathedral in Tønsberg (Tønsberg domkirke) in 1915

Second Postal Stationery ( Code 186/2004 ):
Svend Foyn portrait on P.S's printed stamp.

More on Svend Foyn here :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svend_Foyn

Advertising for " SOAPINE Whale" and " WHALEBONE Collar Stays"



The 2 Post Cards( Code 132 & 133/2003) illustrations are copies of the 19th century trade card for Soapine, "The Dirt Killer," issued by Kendall Mfg. Co., Providence, R.I.

The 3rd Post Card( Code 131/2001) is a copy a 19th century trade card for Whalebone ( or Baleene ) Collar Stays.

More on what products were produced from whales, here :

http://history1800s.about.com/od/wh...oducts01.htm

I cannot identify the author of these watercolours .

Post Cards Code from upper right corner clockwise : 2007/2002, 2006/2002, 210/2002, 211/2002

The covers are very neat However I find the practice of whale hunting deplorable.

Same to me. Including dolphins !

Yes, it's very sad indeed and I certainly meant no disrespect. I do love these covers though. I know that was a really a tough occupation and dangerous too! But I guess it helped to run some countries economical trade back in it's time and I certainly respect it's place in history, but no practical need for it now days. Same with the Ivory trade.

I deplore it as well.

In my humble opinion, I think it was overkill with whales and dolphins. In fact, it is the same with all fish and sea life. This is why we see fewer and fewer catches out in the oceans.

This is coming from a person who would rather hunt animals with a camera, rather that a gun.

Chimo

Bujutsu

@ Bujutsu

Fish is fish. Given to us by God !

BTW I tried couple of times to send you a private mssg but could not get through !

March

Yes, but, to be caught in numbers needed only. Not to be caught in numbers so vast to deplete the oceans.

Chimo

Bujutsu

Two Postal Stationery ( 189 and 190 / 2004) to commemorate 100 years
since the settlement at Grytviken was established on 16 November 1904, by the Norwegian sea captain Carl Anton Larsen as a whaling station for his Compañía Argentina de Pesca (Argentine Fishing Company).



More on Grytviken, South Georgia here :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grytviken

Maximum Card - pictorial cancel : AKAROA NZ - 30 OC 89 1

Whaler " CORAL" appears on P.C. and on stamp.
Akaroa is a port in N.Z.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akaroa

I like these and what a great topic to collect. I really like the last stamp from New Zealand. I will have to look for that stamp.