Collecting Ships on Stamps

Unfortunately, the general decreasing interest in stamp collecting is also noticeable in the field of ships on stamps. Collector societies such as Navicula and the Ships on Stamps Society no longer exist because of falling memberships. And catalogs focusing on ships on stamps are no longer updated.

Some websites that are still active:

The on-line encyclopaedia and forum at www.shipstamps.co.uk.
The site of the ATA Ships Section (American stamp collectors) .
Website Philateliemarine (in English and French)
Website Maritime Topics on Stamps
Website Seemotive (in German)

Documentation:

The Stanley Gibbons thematic catalog "Collect Ships on Stamps". The latest edition, 2001, contains information on over 14,250 stamps showing ships. The number of named ships stands at 3,850. These all appear in the Index section, together with reference by ship type under forty different headings.
The Michel catalogue Schiffe - Ganze Welt 2011: Register book with Michelsoft CD with catalogue data and pictures. Seems not to work under Windows 11.
Ships on meter stamps catalog - CD with a catalog of maritime meter stamps in PDF format (in German and partly in English), latest edition 2021. A new edition is in progress. Look here for more information.

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