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"Bob Watson" skrev i en meddelelse
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Mette wrote:
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That's the one!

I see yours has a couple of peaks (the St. Lucia Pitons, I presume) in the
background. I guess they were over the horizon in the Spanish version.

Yes, it's the Pitons. Designated as World Cultural Heritage since 2004
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1161

Regards
Mette

Well, I couldnt agree more ,
to me she looks becalmed and adrift,
the sails are only half set, the sea and weather are
far from angry.
Columbus was said to have mentioned that she was clumsy
and not fit for exploration. (she was a "Nao" or cargo ship by design)
I have also read she was a "karachi" design but I cannot find
anything on the web to support.

I find the scan interesting when considering the hull evolution,
and although this is not a Caravelle, one can note the gradually
differing hull shape. As more weight was added above the water line
via design, (esp cannon) the "tumblehome" increased because the
hull planking could not handle the added stress. (The area
at the water line was far in excess of that at deck level)
as evidenced in this image.....
http://cjoint.com/data/fidZhmLBfu.htm

This led to purely naval gunfire exchanges, because if one drew
alongside, it was impossible to throw cutlass between teeth,
swing from the yard arm and board the other vessel due to the rake
of the hull..
Ballast at that time were barrels of water, and wine, IIRC the daily
ration was 1.5litres (o equiv) per day, per man. Water would become
foul very quickly.












"Bob Watson" wrote in message
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Talking of the Santa Maria...

There is a Spanish stamp that always gives me a tickle:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/bobwatson10/Santa_Maria.JPG.

I wrote a little bit about it for our club newsletter which I quote
below and would welcome any additional information.

Incidentally, the same image appears to have been used for 25¢ St Lucia
issued in Jan. 1960 which I don't have and so can't post a picture.

Quote:

This Spanish stamp (Scott# E8) caught my eye recently and could well
find a place in my “Now, hang on a minute…” collection! The point being,
of course, that most “urgente” or “express post” stamps have a design
implying speed, vigour, and determination to get the mail through just
as quickly as possible. So, I realize this is an overprint rather than a
special design, but have you ever seen a more non-urgent looking stamp
than this? Maybe its use was reserved for income tax refund cheques.

Actually the stamp was part of a rather odd series issued in 1930 to
commemorate Columbus crossing the Atlantic in 1492. According to Scott,
the series was designed and printed privately which would normally mean
they would relegated to the status of cinderellas. However, a portion of
the printing were presented to the Spanish Post Office who sold them and
allowed them to be used for postage for a period of three days. This had
the effect of converting them from “labels” to “postage stamps” and
would have significantly increased the marketability of the stocks
remaining in the hands of the promoters.

I have no knowledge as to whether the deal between Post Office and
promoter was legitimate or resulted in heads rolling, but I have never
heard of this practice being followed elsewhere and can see major
security problems with trying to be sure that money paying for stamps
used for postage went to the Post Office rather than the printers.