Hello all, new pairs of sailing ships from the Åland Islands. Six yearly sets are planned. Started 2015-02-02 with these. Followed 2016-02-02 by these (sorry about the image quality) Regards, James.
Hello all my Ship for today is HM Armed Vessel Bounty of Captain William Bligh fame, several movies made about the Bounty and Captain Bligh. The mutineers ordered Bligh, two midshipmen, the surgeon's mate (Ledward), and the ship's clerk into the ship's boat. Several more men voluntarily joined Bligh rather than remain aboard. Bligh and his men sailed the open boat 30 nautical miles (56 km) to Tofua (19°45'00"S 175°04'30"W) in search of supplies, but were forced to flee after attacks by hostile natives resulted in the death of one of the men. Bligh then undertook an arduous journey to the Dutch settlement of Kupang, in the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) (10°09'45"S 123°34'30"W), located over 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) from Tofua. He safely landed there 47 days later, having lost no men during the voyage except the one killed on Tofua. These first Pitcairn stamps issued 1940-10-15 Regards, James.
Nice... have a number from the Pitcairns and I believe these are some of them. I recently bought a large number of KGV and KGVI that I am still sorting through, all British Commonwealth and colonies thereof.
Hello all, my Sailing Ships (Boats) for today are from Fiji. Date of issue: 1938-04-05 Regards, James.
Hello all, This sailing ship Cinderellas from Guernsey - Sark. Date issued 1963-09-16 Regards, James.
Boats in my Croatian stamps collection : you can read here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkuša about those croatian boat which is on block.
I like that stamp from the Philippines that's part of my heritage. I've never actually seen stamps or received mail from the islands. Definitely a cool look at history.
