Date of Issue: March 18, 1968Scott #: 110
Whaling was carried out by Norfolk Islanders for many years after 1856. The whaleboats used were mainly built on the island from local timber.
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Norfolk Island Whaleboat (1895)
Date of Issue: March 18, 1968Scott #: 110
Whaling was carried out by Norfolk Islanders for many years after 1856. The whaleboats used were mainly built on the island from local timber.
The Pitcairn (1891)
Date of Issue: March 18, 1968Scott #: 109
A two-masted schooner owned by the Seventh-day Adventist Church, U.S.A. On at least one occasion in 1891 it brought mails from residents of Pitcairn Island to relatives and friends at Norfolk Island, and for the next 10 years it plied between Pitcairn Island, Norfolk Island, and San Francisco.
Southern Cross (1866)
Date of Issue: March 18, 1968
Scott #: 108
This is a second ship by the name "Southern Cross" of Melanesian Mission vessels, used between 1863 and 1873 to visit mission stations in the Pacific, regularly carried mails to and from Norfolk Island usually via New Zealand.
The Melanesian Mission was founded in 1849 and at first its headquarters was at Kohimarama, near Auckland, but in 1866 shifted to Norfolk Island.
The Melanesian Mission was founded in 1849 and at first its headquarters was at Kohimarama, near Auckland, but in 1866 shifted to Norfolk Island.
Friday, April 10, 2009
The Morayshire (1856)
Date of Issue: August 19, 1967Scott #: 107
Like The Lady Franklin, The Morayshire was also specially chartered by the British Government to transport the Pitcainers to Norfolk Island.
In 1838, Pitcairn became the first British colony in the Pacific and also the second country in the world, after Corsica under Pascal Paoli in 1755, to give women the right to vote. By the mid 1850s the Pitcairn community was outgrowing the island and they appealed to Queen Victoria for help. Queen Victoria offered them Norfolk Island and on 3 May 1856, the entire community of 193 people set sail for Norfolk Island on board the Morayshire.
In 1838, Pitcairn became the first British colony in the Pacific and also the second country in the world, after Corsica under Pascal Paoli in 1755, to give women the right to vote. By the mid 1850s the Pitcairn community was outgrowing the island and they appealed to Queen Victoria for help. Queen Victoria offered them Norfolk Island and on 3 May 1856, the entire community of 193 people set sail for Norfolk Island on board the Morayshire.
The Lady Franklin (1853)
Date of Issue: August 19, 1967Scott #: 106
Lady Franklin is a government barque, built at Port Arthur, Van Diemens Land (present day Tasmania), in 1841 and was used mainly for conveying stores between Van Diemens Land and Norfolk Island.
The vessel departed Hobart on 16 December 1853, but returned to Hobart on 28 January 1854, her mission uncompleted. She had not reached Norfolk Island as the convicts on board had mutinied and escaped, taking the postage stamps as part of their booty. Strangely, it is on record that some of the stamps, of the value of £6, were subsequently recovered.
The vessel departed Hobart on 16 December 1853, but returned to Hobart on 28 January 1854, her mission uncompleted. She had not reached Norfolk Island as the convicts on board had mutinied and escaped, taking the postage stamps as part of their booty. Strangely, it is on record that some of the stamps, of the value of £6, were subsequently recovered.
HMS Mermaid, Survey Cutter (1825)
Date of Issue: August 19, 1967Scott #: 105
HMS Mermaid, a survey cutter, bought in 1817 and Captain Philip Parker King commanded it for several years who improvized the maps of the island by Capt. James Cook and Flinders.
Following the re-opening of the penal settlement on Norfolk Island in 1825 the Mermaid was used to carry part of the first contingent of convicts and guards from Sydney.
She was wrecked in Torres Strait in 1829.
Following the re-opening of the penal settlement on Norfolk Island in 1825 the Mermaid was used to carry part of the first contingent of convicts and guards from Sydney.
She was wrecked in Torres Strait in 1829.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The Norfolk (1798)
Date of Issue: August 19, 1967Scott #: 104
The Norfolk is a sloop built in 1798, was the only ship built on Norfolk Island during its first period as a convict settlement. Later in 1798 she was used by Matthew Flinders and George Bass in their circumnavigation of Van Diemen's Land (the original name used by Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia), proving its island status and the existence of Bass Strait.
Source: Wikipedia
Source: Wikipedia
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
HMS Sirius (1790)
Date of Issue: April 17, 1967Scott #: 103
Originally a merchant ship named Berwick built on 1780 for Baltic trade. After being burnt in a fire, she was bought and rebuilt by the Royal Navy in 1786 and renamed Sirius. She sailed under the command of Captain John Hunter.
Sirius left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. On 19 March 1790 Sirius was wrecked on the reef at Norfolk Island.
A Sirius anchor was retrieved from the wreck site and is now mounted in the Pier Museum, Kingston, on Norfolk Island. Another anchor, as well as a cannon recovered from the surf-smashed vessel, is on display in Macquarie Place, Sydney. Other Sirius artefacts can be viewed at the Sydney Maritime Museum.
Source: Wikipedia
Sirius left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Port Jackson on 26 January 1788. On 19 March 1790 Sirius was wrecked on the reef at Norfolk Island.
A Sirius anchor was retrieved from the wreck site and is now mounted in the Pier Museum, Kingston, on Norfolk Island. Another anchor, as well as a cannon recovered from the surf-smashed vessel, is on display in Macquarie Place, Sydney. Other Sirius artefacts can be viewed at the Sydney Maritime Museum.
Source: Wikipedia
HMS Supply (1788)
Date of Issue: April 17, 1967Scott #: 102
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named 'Supply.'
The third HMS Supply, launched in 1759 played an important part in the foundation of Australia.
She was built in 1759 and had carried naval supplies between the Thames and Channel ports for 27 years and after that she left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788.
After the establishment of the initial settlement at Port Jackson, she was the link between the colony and Norfolk Island, making 10 trips. Following the loss of HMS Sirius in 1790, she became the colony's only link with the outside world.
She was built in 1759 and had carried naval supplies between the Thames and Channel ports for 27 years and after that she left Portsmouth on 13 May 1787, and arrived at Botany Bay on 18 January 1788.
After the establishment of the initial settlement at Port Jackson, she was the link between the colony and Norfolk Island, making 10 trips. Following the loss of HMS Sirius in 1790, she became the colony's only link with the outside world.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
La Boussole and L' Astrolabe (1788)
Date of Issue: April 17, 1967Scott #: 101
La Boussole and L' Astrolabe are ships of French Navy famous for their exploration of the Pacific with Jean-François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse, a French Navy officer and explorer.
On August 01, 1785, both ships left Brest with Astrolabe under command of Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langle, and Boussole under command of La Perouse.
The expedition vanished mysteriously in 1788 after leaving Botany Bay on 10 March 1788. The fate of the expedition was eventually solved by Captain Peter Dillon in 1827 when he found remnants of the ships the Astrolable and the Boussole at Vanikoro Island (belongs to Solomon Islands) in the New Hebrides. The ships had been wrecked in a storm. Survivors from one ship had been massacred while survivors from the other ship had constructed their own small boat and sailed off the island, never to be heard from again.
Jules Verne dedicates a chapter of his novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to this event.
On August 01, 1785, both ships left Brest with Astrolabe under command of Paul Antoine Fleuriot de Langle, and Boussole under command of La Perouse.
The expedition vanished mysteriously in 1788 after leaving Botany Bay on 10 March 1788. The fate of the expedition was eventually solved by Captain Peter Dillon in 1827 when he found remnants of the ships the Astrolable and the Boussole at Vanikoro Island (belongs to Solomon Islands) in the New Hebrides. The ships had been wrecked in a storm. Survivors from one ship had been massacred while survivors from the other ship had constructed their own small boat and sailed off the island, never to be heard from again.
Jules Verne dedicates a chapter of his novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to this event.
HMS Resolution (1774)
Date of Issue: 1967-68Scott #: 100
HMS Resolution was a sloop of the Royal Navy, and the ship in which Captain James Cook made his second (1772 - 75) and third voyages (1776 - 79) of exploration in the Pacific. She impressed him enough that he called her "the ship of my choice", and "the fittest for service of any I have seen."
Captain James Cook discovered Norfolk Island on October 10, 1774, during his voyage of exploration in the Resolution.
On 17 January 1773, Resolution was the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle and crossed twice more on the voyage.
On Cook's third voyage, Resolution crossed the Arctic Circle on 17 August 1778, and again crossed it on 19 July 1779, under the command of Charles Clerke after Cook's death.
Captain James Cook discovered Norfolk Island on October 10, 1774, during his voyage of exploration in the Resolution.
On 17 January 1773, Resolution was the first ship to cross the Antarctic Circle and crossed twice more on the voyage.
On Cook's third voyage, Resolution crossed the Arctic Circle on 17 August 1778, and again crossed it on 19 July 1779, under the command of Charles Clerke after Cook's death.
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