so being that Ships are listed as the #1 most collected topical subject i thought i may try them .... turns out they are very easy to get and the variety is out of this world!!
i posted the first bunch some where but her it is again with the rest added to it as of today..

so i will start off posting some of the Ship Stamps that have now started this collection for me....feel free to post your ships as well....



and so it continues...

I like sail boats on stamps...if i wasn't sooo sleepy and in need of a nap I would post some...maybe later...

such pretty boats just dont stair to much you will get sea sick

thank you!!

when you are awake and ready Perfs feel free to put some up...

oh very nice sir!!

Why not start with beautiful racing yachts?






It is interesting to note the evolution in boat and sail design.

so true my man.... i love all boats from small canoes to large carriers...

The original cup was an ordinary silver trophy offered by the Royal Yacht squadron to the winner of a race around the Isle of Wight in 1851. The race was held as part of the enthusiasm that had built the Crystal Palace for the Great exhibition in 1851 (by the way, the Crystal Palace one of the largest buildings of its type ever built was designed by a gardener!)

Commodore John Stevens of the New York Yacht Club had the yacht America designed, constructed and sailed across the Atlantic. Designed by George steers, America was completely innovative and an English naval architect was reported as saying: " If she's right, then we are all wrong."

He was proven correct in that America easily won the race held on the 22nd of August 1851 under the watchful eyes of none other than Queen Victoria.

Six years after winning the cup, the owners of the Yacht America deeded the trophy to the New York Yacht Club - hence it became known as the America's cup (after the yacht not the Country)

Many challenges have followed since 1857 by many teams, but it was not until 1983 that the cup was finally taken away from the NYYC by Australia II.