Received this colorful postcard from Ms. Astrid, Germany through Postcrossing.The card shows ships at Hamburg harbor at night with beautiful view and colorful lights on the river Elbe.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009
Card # 5 from Germany
Received this colorful postcard from Ms. Astrid, Germany through Postcrossing.The card shows ships at Hamburg harbor at night with beautiful view and colorful lights on the river Elbe.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
MV Doulos - Special Cover - Taiwan
Date of Issue: May 23, 2009Many thanks to Mr. George Wu (Gulfmann Stamps Collection), Taiwan, for sending me this special cover of MV Doulos with Taiwan Keelung Port temporary post office on the ship deck.
The MV Doulos is the world's oldest active ocean-faring passenger ship. She is now owned by the German charity - Gute Bücher für Alle (English: Good Books for All), and is used as a floating bookshop. The ship has previously been known as the SS Medina, the SS Roma, and the MV Franca C.
The Medina was built in 1914 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for the Mallory Steamship Company of the United States. She was a freighter serving the Atlantic; during World War II she served with the United States Coast Guard.
In 1977, Gute Bücher für Alle acquired the Franca C, and renamed her the Doulos (Greek for servant). In her current role, she is manned by a crew of 320 volunteers representing 54 countries and has visited more than 100 countries, welcoming more than 19 million people onboard!
The MV Doulos currently holds the biggest floating library in the world. Normally there is somewhere around 3000 to 5000 books on the shelf and half a million in the hold.
She is currently doing her last world tour and was planned to be de-commissioned in 2010 when the SOLAS (International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea) regulations are due to be introduced.
Source: Wikipedia.
The Medina was built in 1914 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for the Mallory Steamship Company of the United States. She was a freighter serving the Atlantic; during World War II she served with the United States Coast Guard.
In 1977, Gute Bücher für Alle acquired the Franca C, and renamed her the Doulos (Greek for servant). In her current role, she is manned by a crew of 320 volunteers representing 54 countries and has visited more than 100 countries, welcoming more than 19 million people onboard!
The MV Doulos currently holds the biggest floating library in the world. Normally there is somewhere around 3000 to 5000 books on the shelf and half a million in the hold.
She is currently doing her last world tour and was planned to be de-commissioned in 2010 when the SOLAS (International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea) regulations are due to be introduced.
Source: Wikipedia.
Monday, August 3, 2009
IMCO 25th Anniversary - 1983 ancient sailing ships
Date of Issue: March 17, 1983Scott #: 1090 to 1095
This set of six stamps on series "Ancient Sailing Ships" issued to commemorate 25th Anniversary of Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO), presently known as International Maritime Organization (IMO).
Many thanks to Mr. Mauro Bernasconi, (Libyan Philatelic Center) who sent this set as a gift to me.
Each stamps show, starting from top left, ancient sailing ships of Phoenician, Viking, Greek, Roman, Libyan, and Pharoah's of Egypt.
Click here if anyone interested in buying Libyan stamps from Mr. Mauro Bernasconi's store on the delcampe site.
Click here if anyone interested in buying Libyan stamps from Mr. Mauro Bernasconi's store on the delcampe site.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
9th Asian Games - Delhi 1982
Date of Issue: November 25, 1982Scott #: 997 and 999
These two stamps show the Sailing and Canoeing, two of the 21 sports events held during the 9th Asian Games at Delhi, November 19, 1982 to December 04, 1982.
The special cancellation on stamps depicts a man on windsurfing.
M.V. Senlac - Inaugural Commemorative cover
This is the first Paquebot cover in my collection.Click here to see the definition of Paquebot.
M.V. Senlac Sealink is a steel twin screw motor vessel built at the Arsenal de Brest, for British Railways Board in 1973. It was delivered to Sealink UK Ltd, London, England on April 1973.
On May 02, 1973 it commenced service from Newhaven to Dieppe.
Getting started in paquebot cover collecting
On May 02, 1973 it commenced service from Newhaven to Dieppe.
Getting started in paquebot cover collecting
Paquebot - Definition
Covers and cards mailed at sea are generally referred to as "paquebot" covers. "Paquebot" is French for "packet boat," and postal administrations use paquebot handstamps to mark mail received from a seagoing vessel that has no on-board post office.
Originally packet boats were small vessels employed by a government to carry dispatches, mail, passengers and cargo on relatively short voyages on fixed sailing days. Over time, however, paquebot mail came to mean any mail received at sea.
Other paquebot markings that have been used include
"Loose Ship Letters" or "Ship Mail" (Australia),
"Posted at Sea" (various countries),
"New York Ship" (New York City),
"Schiffsbrief" (Germany and Austria),
"Pacchibot" (Italy),
"Paketboot" (Netherlands and colonies),
"Paquete" (Portugal and colonies) and
"Paquetboat" (United States).
"Loose Ship Letters" or "Ship Mail" (Australia),
"Posted at Sea" (various countries),
"New York Ship" (New York City),
"Schiffsbrief" (Germany and Austria),
"Pacchibot" (Italy),
"Paketboot" (Netherlands and colonies),
"Paquete" (Portugal and colonies) and
"Paquetboat" (United States).
The paquebot marking is often a straightline or boxed handstamp applied somewhere on the cover. Sometimes it is incorporated into a postmark or canceling device. Even handwritten paquebot markings are acceptable, as long as they are written in ink.
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