Dar Pomorza - Gift of Pomerania - was a sailing frigate built in 1909 in Hamburg as a training ship for the German Merchant Marines. After WWI She was taken over by the French and at some point around 1929 she was to become an ocean liner, but that plan failed and she was eventually bought for £7,000 by the community of Pomerania and was used as a training vessel until 1982 when she was decommissioned. This year marks the 30th anniversary of her life as a museum ship. You can still visit her at the Maritime Museum in Gdynia. This stamp was part of a series designed by Stefan Malecki around 1965
For SundayStamps where the theme is ships or boats Here are some other "ancient ships" in a series from 1963, also designed by Stefan Malecki
left to right top row
Cog - Frisian ship
15thC Karaka - statek handlowy
Carrack - merchant ship
16thC Galeon - okret wojenny
Galleon - war ship
left to right bottom row
17thC Polski - okret wojenny
Polish - war ship
18thC Liniowiec - okret wojenny
Liner - war ship
19th Kliper statek handlowy
Clipper - merchant ship
Those big sailing ships are very impressive.
ReplyDeletewhenever anything like these sail past, I always make the effort to see them up close.
DeleteBeautiful ships and beautiful stamps.
ReplyDeleteLiz
thanks. I'm rather partial to tall ships for some reason
DeleteWhenever I see pictures of the tall ships I close my eyes and try to imagine what it would sound and feel like to sail on one.
ReplyDeletewere I to do that, I know I'd just feel seasick....
DeleteI can hear the creaking of the wood and the wind whipping the waves against the hull!
ReplyDeleteagain - that image makes me a little seasick.
Deleteit is a wonder I am so fascinated by the ships, isn't it?!
nicely designed stamps also. Good choices for today. thank you for participating.
ReplyDeleteit was fun trying to choose. but I also really liked the style and was thrilled to see I had an almost complete set!
DeleteA lovely series of stamps, a surprising number survive as training ships. It would be nice to board the Pomeranian ship.
ReplyDeleteIt might be good to put on your agenda for your next trip to Poland.
DeleteI like those. There's something so impressive about big sailing ships.
ReplyDeletethe sailors must have been brave men to work on these impressive ships.
DeleteGreat set. I believe I have one that belongs to it as well.
ReplyDeleteI think there were eight in each set, so I'm missing two in this one and three in the other
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