Show your stamps depicting Sailing Ships of Yesteryear

uncadonego · **Posted:** Thu Dec 15, 2011 09:09:30 am

The Jersey 14p stamp above, -T.B.Davis steering "Westward"- shows his compass in front of him. This summer while I was working at the Coast Guard one day, I took a shot of a compass in the lobby which was from a decomissioned ship. Sorry they are only small cellphone pics.
Coast Guard is serious business.....had to show a police abstract clearance and sign in past an electric gate! :shock:

uncadonego · **Posted:** Thu Dec 15, 2011 09:12:20 am

One of the Coast Guard officers explained the balls to me. They are made of metal and are adjusted once the compass is installed on the ship. It compensates for any magnetic pull on the needle the ship itself produces, to correct for true north. Here is the inside under the brass cover.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat Jan 14, 2012 17:04:10 pm

On 25 October 2011 Aruba celebrated classic ships with this set of postage stamps. No details of the vessels were supplied.

nethryk · **Posted:** Sun Jan 15, 2012 01:36:09 am

Here is an image of definitive stamp depicting a 19th century Paraguayan paddle steamer underway with its auxiliary sails set, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., London, and issued by Paraguay in 1945, Scott No. 410, SG No. 591. Historical note: The text on the stamp indicates that this merchantman sailed prior to the "tragedy" of the Paraguayan War, also known as War of the Triple Alliance, a military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay. Proportionally, this war caused more deaths than any other war in modern history, and particularly devastated Paraguay, killing most of its male population.

- nethryk

JohnHart · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2012 08:23:17 am

Posted on another board and Timbres suggested I post it here!
jch

nethryk · **Posted:** Tue Jan 17, 2012 09:38:35 am

Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Argentine Navy training ship (now a museum ship) ARA Presidente Sarmiento, a 2,750 ton sailing vessel built by Laird Brothers, Birkenhead, England, and launched in 1897. This stamp was printed by lithogravure, and issued by Argentina on October 5, 1947 to mark the 50th anniversary of the ship's launching, Scott No. 567, SG No. 778. Note the interesting additional design elements of the constellation Crux (the Southern Cross), and the anchor decorated with the Argentine Sol de Mayo national emblem.

- nethryk

Machaggis52 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:12:01 am

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 20:07:18 pm

Italy issued a set of 4 postage stamps on 10 June 2011 They celebrated the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy dedicated to the Italian Navy and one of them featured the sailing ship Americo Vespucci.

nethryk · **Posted:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 23:48:12 pm

Sailing ship, designed by French artist Henri Émile Vollet (1861-1945), engraved by Jules-Jacques Puyplat, printed by typography, and issued for use in New Caledonia in 1925, Scott No. 114, SG No. 166.

- nethryk

uncadonego · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 16:49:39 pm

Bi-centenary of Capt. Cook's Departure

uncadonego · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 16:51:17 pm

Lord Sidmouth 1818 FDC

uncadonego · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 16:51:47 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 16:53:08 pm

"DELTA" St. George's Harbour 1856

uncadonego · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 16:55:21 pm

"LORD SIDMOUTH" Old Ship Channel, St. George's, 1818

uncadonego · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 17:29:09 pm

Diogo Cão, Portuguese explorer who made two voyages along the West Coast of Africa, and erected this pillar in Cape Cross on his second voyage.

uncadonego · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 17:31:59 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 17:32:52 pm

maszki · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 06:21:31 am

Albert C wrote:

As a newbie here, will try to post my first stamp image.
Sorry if anything goes wrong : )

By the way they are at sale on Ebay,http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250841110270&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT, hope is not forbiden to post links.

The illustrations on Page 6 are representative of 3 separate series issued by Poland. I do not have a scanner setup so could some kind person scan in the 1963 issues (Fischer 1235- 1242); 1964 issues (Fischer 1317-1324); and 1965 issues (Fischer 1413-1420).

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 15:27:07 pm

Bicentennial Series
Norfolk Island
Bicentenary of the Arrival of the First Fleet
26th January, 1988

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 15:27:34 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 15:28:01 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 15:28:36 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 16:34:48 pm

Faroe Islands

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 16:35:41 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 16:36:19 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 16:37:05 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 16:55:34 pm

Windjammer

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 16:56:03 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 17:52:58 pm

Northern Cook Islands

uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 17:53:38 pm

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uncadonego · **Posted:** Fri May 18, 2012 17:54:35 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 13:55:56 pm

Republic of Maldives

uncadonego · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 13:56:43 pm

uncadonego · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 14:01:01 pm

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon May 28, 2012 20:50:17 pm

Greenland issued a series of postage stamps on 18 October 2010. This one shows 'Expeditions VIII - Isabella & Alexander'.

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2012 01:56:51 am

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2012 01:57:24 am

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2012 01:57:50 am

uncadonego · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2012 01:58:24 am

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat Jun 02, 2012 19:58:56 pm

The Ross Dependency issued a set of 5 postage stamps on 2 November 2011. This is one of them featuring 'The Race to the Pole'.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Jun 04, 2012 20:05:12 pm

India issued a postage stamp on 12 October 2011 which featured The Punjab Regiment & 1 Para (SF) (1 Punjab).

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jun 06, 2012 20:37:53 pm

Chile issued this postage stamp on 15 April 2010 showing the Escuela Esmeralda.

Somewhere I have photos of a number of visits by the Esmeralda to Sydney Harbour in the 1960s. Finding them is on my to-do list.

nethryk · **Posted:** Tue Jun 19, 2012 23:33:51 pm

The Matthew was a caravel sailed by Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot (known in Italian as Giovanni Caboto; c. 1450 – c. 1499) from Bristol, England to North America, presumably Newfoundland, in 1497. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Cabot in the Matthew off Cape Bonavista, designed after a painting by C. Dinsmore reproduced as an illustration in The Book of Newfoundland, Vol. 2 (St. John's: Newfoundland Book Publishers, 1937), J. R. Smallwood, ed., engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons., Ltd., and issued by Newfoundland on June 23, 1947 to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland, Scott No. 269, SG No. 294, plus an image of Dinsmore's book illustration.

- nethryk

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Jun 20, 2012 13:46:12 pm

KevinHedley wrote:

Chile issued this postage stamp on 15 April 2010 showing the Escuela Esmeralda.

Somewhere I have photos of a number of visits by the Esmeralda to Sydney Harbour in the 1960s. Finding them is on my to-do list.

To add to this item.

On the home page of ABC News (Australia) today is this photo of the Esmerelda as she arrived in Sydney Harbour yesterday. Accompanying her is the James Craig, while two commuter ferries ply the route between Circular Quay and Manly .


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