Card #6 from Finland

Received this card today from Ms. Laura, Finland through Postcrossing. She also written some details of the ship on the card - Suomen Joutsen (Swan of Finland) and also fixed a ship stamp of Finland issued on 2005, which we see in a separate posting.

Suomen Joutsen (Swan of Finland in English) (former names are Laënnec, Oldenburg) is a three-mast, steel hull, full rigged ship. She was built in 1902 in St. Nazaire, France to serve in the trade between Atlantic and Pacific ports. In 1930 she was bought by the Government of Finland to serve as Finnish Navy training ship. She was renamed Suomen Joutsen on November 01, 1931. Before World War II she made eight long ocean voyages. From 1956 she was a stationary Seamen's School for the Finnish Merchant Navy. In 1951 she made her last trip on the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland. Since 1991, she has been a museum ship owned by City of Turku, Finland.

She celebrated her 100th Anniversary in 2002 in Turku.

Source: Wikipedia and Kolumbus.fi

Coin # 1 - Maldives 10 Laari

Bought this coin recently as it has a ship design.

The reverse side of coin has mint mark MMA that represents Maldives Monetary Authority. The reverse of this coin has a watercraft which is known as Odi or Dhoni, traditional fishing boat of Maldives. It is a multi-purpose sail boat with a motor or lateen sails that is used in the Maldives. It is handcrafted and its use within the multi-island nation has been very important.

A dhoni resembles a dhow, a traditional Arab sailing vessel. The traditional dhoni is one of the oldest known sea vessels in the Maldives. Many of these traditional sailing vessels were, of necessity, built using coconut palm timber. The sailing dhoni was used in earlier days by Maldivian fishermen. During the industrial revolution many fisherman changed to a mechanized dhoni.

Source: Wikipedia

Transatlantic Cable - 150th Anniversary

Date of Issue: August 15, 2008
Quantity Printed: 0.252 million
Illustration: Vincent Killowry
Typography & Layout: Steve Simpson
Printing Process: Lithography
Printer: Irish Security Stamp Printing Ltd.

On 16 August 1858, the first official transatlantic cable message from Europe to America was sent by Britain's Queen Victoria to James Buchanan, President of the United States.

Cyrus West Field, an American businessman, was the driving force behind the transatlantic cable connection. As well as founding the Atlantic Telegraph Company in 1856, Field also supplied a quarter of the company's capital.

While the first two attempts failed on 17 July 1858, the two ships involved, the HMS Agamemnon and the USS Niagra, set out once more on their historic mission and were successful. They connected Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada with Knightstown on Valentia Island, Ireland on 5 August 1858.

Source: irishpost.ie

Cover from Ireland

Received this registered cover recently from Mr. Brian Kavanagh, Ireland. It has a ship stamp and an ATM stamp with boat. Thank you Mr. Brian for accepting my request for fixing a ship stamp on cover.

The 82c stamp was issued last year (2008).

I will update the details of the stamp in a separate post.

Europa 1992 - Isle of Man

Date of Issue: April 16, 1992
Scott #: 506a, 508a

Isle of Man issued four stamps in two pairs on series "Pilgrims' voyage to America" to commemorate 500th Anniversary of discovery of America by Columbus.

The first pair of stamps show Pilgrims in longboats and Speedwell, Delfhaven, Holland.

The second pair of stamps show the ship Mayflower; and Speedwell, Dartmouth, England.

Europa 1992

In 1992, 41 countries issued a total of 90 stamps in order to celebrate the 500 years of the discovery of the Americas by Columbus and it was the last year in which the CEPT logo was in use on Europa stamps.