Finnish sailing ship stamps

LAPE #160  06.02.1930  Red Cross.

LAPE #192  28.02.1935  100 years anniversary of Kalevala.

LAPE #199 - #201  01.01.1937  18th century island fleet ships.

• Uusimaa class island frigate. Equipped wit three masts and one deck. Armed with 10 pc 12 pound and 2 pc 3 pound cannons. The ship had a 45 man crew. For rowing there was 14 pairs of oars.
• Turunmaa class island frigate. Equipped wit three masts and two decks. Pituus 114 jalkaa, leveys 27 jalkaa ja syväys 7 1/3 jalkaa. Armed with 22 pc 12 pound and 10 pc 3 pound cannons sekä 25 pc 3 pound guns. The ship had a 266 man crew. For rowing there was 16 pairs of oars, two men per oar.
• Hämeenmaa class island frigate. Equipped wit three masts and two decks. Pituus 146 jalkaa. Armed with 22 pc 24 pound and 4 pc 3 pound cannons. The ship had a 220 man crew. For rowing there was 14 pairs of oars, two men per oar.

LAPE #214  06.09.1938  300 years anniversary of the Finnish Postal Service. Mail delivery over seas (ice) in the 18th century.

LAPE #317  19.09.1946  250 years anniversary of the pilot institution.

LAPE #440  19.05.1955  800 years anniversary of the Finnish Church.

LAPE #531  21.02.1961  100 years anniversary of the city Maarianhamina. Barque Pommern. Made in the year of 1903.

LAPE #609  07.05.1966  Resque diver.

• Not a sailing ship, but the only diver stamp in Finland and diving and sailing ships have been related by my other hobby, marine archeology.

LAPE #705  19.06.1972  Tall Ships Race.

LAPE #1173 - #1174  05.08.1992  500 years anniversary of discovering America.

LAPE V33 19.05.1997 Sailing ships.

• Astrid (1947)
  
•  Tradewind (1911)
• Jakobstads Wapen (1994, drawings 1755)
• Merikokko
• Suomen Joutsen (1902)
• Sigyn (1887)

LAPE #1431  07.05.1998  Northeast Passage, Adolf Erik Nordenskiölds Vega.

Åland

LAPE #8  02.01.1985  Sailing boat.

LAPE #28 - #30  04.06.1988  Sailing ships.

• Galley Albanus
• Schooner Ingrid
• Steel barque Pamir

LAPE #55  02.03.1992  Cape Horn Congress.

LAPE V3  01.03.1995  Cargo vessels of the archipelago.

• Ship
• Well-boat
• Big farm boat
• Sloop

LAPE #155  19.03.1999  50 years anniversary of Wheat trade. Steel barques Pamir and Passat.

LAPE #???  21.07. 2000  Sailing Ship.

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