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Stamp release on wrecks and hulls depicts South Georgia’s whaling history

Wednesday, July 14th 2010 - 03:05 UTC
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A set of four stamps featuring some of the wrecks and hulks around South Georgia Island shores in the South Atlantic was released on June 25th. The release date was chosen to coincide with the midwinter full moon. The photographs used on the stamps were taken by Thies Matzen, who also wrote the text below, which was published in the June edition of the South Georgia Newsletter. Read full article

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  • briton

    i think its time to clean up this mess, if you must have ships like that, then use newer ones, use the argentine navy, there not using it,

    Jul 14th, 2010 - 09:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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