Sunday, October 21, 2012

Ships ahoy!

It's 2:08 on a Sunday morning. Here I am, intoxicated with coffee from a night out with high school friends. At 6 AM, I should already be starting my 5 hours journey to reach my hometown. The trip would be 3 parts: 3 hours by bus, an hour by a ferry/ship, then another one hour by a land coaster / van.

One of the biggest ironies in my life is my fear of riding a ferry / ship even though I am doing this almost 4 to 6 times a year! Well..I don't know how to swim! So...speaking of ferries / ships, here are some of the stamps that I'm sharing with Viridian's Sunday Stamps theme for today:


These Nippon stamps came with Crystal Concert Hall postcard, received on September of last year. I wish I have more information about them but I don't...if someone can provide, I'd be truly grateful.



This other stamp came with a postcard of Iduki, India. It's a part of a commemorative issue for the naval fleet review in December 2011, when the Supreme Commander (former President Pratibha Devisingh Patil) assessed India's Navy & Coast Guard. In India, this review happens once in a tenure of a president. 

Wishing every Sunday Stamps participant and everyone a happy Sunday while I'm enjoying my home bound journey :)



~ maria

12 comments:

  1. I love these stamps. I have a soft spot for ships.

    Thank you for your comments on my blog! Yes, this is Beth from Crunchy Hearts. (grin) Thanks for asking!

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  2. Those Japanese stamps are awesome! Great colours and print!

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  3. Wishing you a safe journey! I don't like travelling on a ship but that's because I suffer from sea-sickness.

    I love the Japanese stamps.

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  4. I like the stylised Japan stamp, a nice contrast with the Indian one. Safe journey. My grandfather sailed all over the world and through a war and never learnt to swim!

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  5. have a safe journey home :) coffee intoxication....hmm, sounds so familiar...

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  6. going on a relaxing boat ride on a beautiful calm day is wonderful. Time to learn how to swim :D :D

    Great stamps

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  7. Safe journey Maria. I hate ferries too! Those Japanese stamps have a delicate design shown off by the 'bruiser' from India.

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  8. Good luck in your travels. And know where he life-vests are on the ship! Thank you for joining me today.

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  9. I hope you had an uneventful trip home! If given a choice, I would prefer a ferry to a long bridge (but then I don't have to make that choice, so who knows!)

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  10. Lovely stamps, I don't anything about the Japanese ones, but they are pretty. Safe journey home!

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  11. I like that Japanese stamp too. Here is a page that identifies it:

    http://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/224662-Treasure_Ship-New_Year-Japan

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