Examples of stamps depicting oil tankers:
(stamps not all shown to same scale)
The largest tanker stamp ever issued — a 1961 release from Poland.
A 1976 Polish stamp showing the tanker "Zawrat" at Gdansk oil loading terminal.
One of six 1948 stamps from Paraguay
depicting the tanker "Paraguari".
One of two 1943 stamps showing a convoy
of tankers during WW II.
A 1960 Norwegian stamp showing the tanker TANKER "Dalfon" (later
renamed "Matarita II/Petrola 34").
Greece is famed for its fleet of oil tankers — the stamp on the left,
from 1958, depicts either
the "Michael Carras" or "World Harmony"; the one on the right, from 1969 shows
the
"Olympic Garland" (later renamed "Afthoros").
1969 Qatari stamps depicting the Shell Oil Co. tanker "Sivella" and
silhouettes of a variety of large and small tankers.
A tanker depicted on an essay produced by
John Wadlington Ltd. of Britain.
© Peter A. Scholle, 2000
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