Greece Scott # 667–68 (1969)
Featuring maritime sailing ship scenes in storm and calm waters. Two-stamp set with denominations 2.50 and 4.50 drachma.
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#Stamps #StampCollecting #Philately #Greece #SailingShips
"Had to Reinvent the #Sailing Block (To Replace Them All)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2efa3epOGgY
I'm not into sailing but this video got me watching until the end because I love #OpenSource #hardware and the drive of this man to improve the world a bit. 👍
#sailingblock #sailingships […]
Benin Scott # C288–C289 (1979)
Airmail set commemorating the bicentenary of Captain James Cook’s death, featuring his ships and scenes from Hawaii. Bright color with full original gum.
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#Stamps #StampCollecting #Philately #Benin #CaptainCook #SailingShips
Israel Scott # 138–141 (1959)
Ships of Israel commemorative set depicting vessels from antiquity to the modern era, issued with biblical quotation tabs. Offered MNH with full original tabs.
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#Stamps #StampCollecting #Philately #Israel #Ships #SailingShips
France Scott #773 (1955)
Commemorating France–Canada friendship and the 1855 voyage of La Capricieuse. Mint never hinged with fresh color and full original gum.
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#Stamps #StampCollecting #Philately #France #Canada #SailingShips
Denmark Scott # B49–B52 (1976)
Semi-postal stamp set depicting historic ships tied to Denmark–America maritime history. Complete mint never hinged (MNH) set with full original gum.
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#Stamps #StampCollecting #Philately #Denmark #SemiPostal #CharityStamps #SailingShips
Heyoo Heyoo!
I'm trying my best to reach out to any #maritimehistory, #sailing and #sailingships, as well as #nauticalhistory folks to help out with a project.
What sailing ship was best used for exploration? I've been pondering the idea of giving Delight ship that invokes that!
Thank you kindly!
#OTD in 1924
Rum-runner sloop “Kirk and Sweeney” with contraband stacked on deck. Coast guard Photo No. G-APA-01-13-24 (02) G.F. January 13, 1924
#Prohibition #rumrunners #sailingships #sailing #blackandwhitephotography #USCoastGuard
A pen drawing of a sailfish made out of sailboats, and wearing a Santa hat
#FairWinds for you and yours this holiday sea-son.
#FishingYouAMerryChristmas #SailFish #Sailboats #SailingShips
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#ships #sailing #sailingships #armada #regatta #photography #art #sailinglife #sailingrace #IJsselmeer #Netherlands #authenticsailingships #sailingvessel #boat
Saturday afternoon was a perfect day to visit the #Argentine Navy #TallShip #ARALibertad , which I had seen 49 years ago on #July4th1976 when it starred in #OpSAIL , the greatest parade of #SailingShips in history! The sailors were impressed that I had seen their beloved ship before they were born!
#OTD in 1779
‘John Paul Jone’s Bonhomme Richard vs the HMS Serapis, 23 September 1779’
Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962) From the US Navy Art Collection.
#AntonOttoFischer #navalhistory #BonhommeRichard #JohnPaulJones #RevolutionaryWar #sailingships
Shipping scene, Los Angeles Harbor, San Pedro, California. Probably from about 1910.
#Postcards #Vintage #SailingShips #California
I finally managed to do some hobby. I only got a 1:200 scale rowboat together as that was all my body really allowed me to do, but I got something done! Bananaman for scale.
#Miniatures #ModelKits #AgeOfSail #TallShips #SailingShips #SailingShips #Heller #GoldenHind #FrancisDrake #BananaManForScale
Remember that big sailing ship that hit the Brooklyn bridge recently? It was in Coos Bay Oregon back about 20 years ago. What a grand sight it was sitting there in the bay. Broke my heart to see it's broken masts.
#photography #sailingships #oregon
Climbing the shrouds. HMS Endeavour replica, Whitby. #Whitby #hmsendeavour #sailingships #shipsmast #ships
John Stobart: Vicar of Bray in San Francisco Harbor, 1849.
#SailingShips #OilPaintings #SanFrancisco
Oyster Schooner- A.J. Meerwald
Docked at Trenton pier behind Trenton Thunder Ballpark.
Sailing was cancelled due to river conditions.
Still good for photography
#BWagsphotography #buckscountyphotographer #ajmeerwald #sailingships #trentonnj #TrentonEvents #trentonthunder
From *Clipper Ship. America’s Famous and Fast-Sailing Queens of the Sea* Written and illustrated by John O'Hara Cosgrave II (1908-1968). 1963.
#sailingships #clipperships #sailing #navigation #shipcaptains
Full issue at https://archive.org/details/colliersmagazine
practice), and the stunsail is a little longer than it might be (to give a greater feeling pf motion), but Mr. Hearne will stand up to the experts when it comes to the other details in the picture.’
#JackHearne (1921?-1985)
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #sailingships
Well this is much better, not Patrick O’Brian but not bad. #sailingships #napoleon #royalnavy #novels
San Francisco Bay in 2016, or was it 1816?...
#sanfrancisco #photography #sailingships #california #nikon
