Ship Stamps

Here is an image of a stamp depicting the freighter Lady Franklin breaking the ice, designed by French marine artist Serge Markó (1925- ), engraved by Claude Haley (1923-1988), and issued for use in French Southern and Antarctic Territories on August 4, 1983, Scott No. 104. Note: This ship was probably named after Jane, Lady Franklin (1791-1875), an "indomitable" Englishwoman who was an early Tasmanian pioneer and the second wife of Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), a British Royal Navy officer and explorer.

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Republic of China 1913
The first definitive series of the Republic, all the low-denomination stamps feature the design of a junk with a train on a bridge in the background. These stamps were engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons Co. in London, England.

Ocean liner, printed by photogravure, and issued for use in Fernando Po(o) on July 10, 1962 to benefit children's welfare funds, Scott No. 196.

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Colombia. Colombia en Corea.
20 years of Colombia in Korea

LT1246 COP 1.20 Regular mail. 2.000.000 pcs.
Dent. 13.5 x 14
Printer: De la Rue de Colombia
Designer: Mosdossy
FDC 07.04.1972

This stamp honours both the colombian ground troops, Batallon Colombia, and the first of three naval vessels deployed along the United Nations Forces, frigate ARC Almirante Padilla (ex USS Groton) that sailed from 1951 to 1952; being replaced by frigate ARC Almirante Tono (ex USS Bisbee)from 1952 to 1953 and finally by frigate Almirante Brion (ex USS Burlington) from 1953 to 1954.




Tacoma Class Colombian Frigate Almirante Padilla F-11 (ex-USS Groton)during the Korean War; it joined the colombian navy in 1947, and was sent to South Korea in 1951.




ARC Almirante Padilla (F-11) (2nd from left) docked alongside USS Jason (ARH-1) at the Han Estuary in South Korea on 16 January 1952, along with ships from four nations are docked along side the U.S. Navy repair ship USS Jason (ARH-1) at the Han Estuary in South Korea on 16 January 1952. The Jason was the flagship of Service Squadron Three which supplied mobile logistic support for United Nations' naval units. The ships visible are: (L-R) HMAS Murchison (F 442), an Australian Bay-class frigate; Almirante Padilla (FG 11), a Colombian Tacoma-class frigate (ex USS Groton (PF-29)); USS Gloucester (PF-22), a U.S. Tacoma-class frigate; Taedong (PF-63), a South Korean Tacoma-class frigate (ex-USS Tacoma (PF-3)).




USN - U.S. DefenseImagery [1] photo VIRIN: 80-G-437669/HN-SN-98-07182; U.S. National Archives [2] file no. 80-G-437669

Very nice Stuart......

I must dig a few of my ship covers out.....(right now!!).

1995 America's Cup FDC

New Zealand America's Cup Stamp - Victory 1995 45c
Black Magic's superiority was clear from the moment the early rounds of the challenger series for the subsidiary Louis Vuitton Cup began. Later New Zealand sailed to victory to take the America's Cup from the San Diego Yacht Club defeating them 5-0 and took the very highest level of international yachting.

1975 New Zealand 8c (from a set of 6 Sailing Ships)
on cover Number 146/630 Royal NZ Navy set

China 2015 Shipbuilding

Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting various Danish sea-going vessels in Greenlandic waters, designed and combined engraved by Norwegian artist Martin Mörck (1955- ) and lithography, and issued by Greenland on October 20, 2003, Scott Nos. 416-19, Facit Nos. 401-04.

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Emma


Gamle Fox ("Old Fox")


Gothaab ("Good Hope")


Sonja

One of my favorites:

Here is an image of a stamp depicting an oceanographic survey ship, and the headquarters of the International Hydrographic Bureau (in 1970 renamed the International Hydrographic Organization) in Monaco, designed and engraved by French artist Jacques Combet (1920-1993), and issued by Monaco on May 4, 1981 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the IHO, Scott No. 1284. Mystery note: There seems to be an error on this stamp: The International Hydrographic Bureau was founded in 1921, not in 1931 as inscribed on the stamp, so the IHO was actually 60 years old in 1981.

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Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Dredge Cascadas at work, designed after a painting by Panamanian artist Al Sprague (1938- ), engraved and printed by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and issued for use in Canal Zone on February 23, 1976, Scott No. 163, plus an image of Al Sprague's original work of art.

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Medical team taking a patient on a stretcher to a motorboat for transfer to the hospital ship Vuniwal, printed by lithography, and issued for use in Fiji on December 9, 1968 as one of a set of three stamps commemorating the 20th anniversary of the World Health Organization, Scott No. 258.

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Ancient Maltese galley, engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Malta in 1910, Scott No. 45.

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Here are my local club's annual covers for the commencement of the Detroit River Mailboat service. The cachets feature two beloved Detroit-Windsor icons... Bob-Lo Boats!