05 November (British Antarctic Territory (BAT) ) within release Discovery of the Wreck of HMS Endurance (2024) goes into circulation Stamp Discovery of the Wreck of HMS Endurance face value 2.50 British pound sterling
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Colnect codes: | Col: GB-AT 2024.11.05-02 |
Stamp is square format.
Dated 2023 but not released until 2024 due to copyright issuesAlso in the issue Discovery of the Wreck of HMS Endurance (2024):
Stamp Discovery of the Wreck of HMS Endurance it reflects the thematic directions:
A joint issue is the release of stamps or postal stationery by two or more countries to commemorate the same topic, event or person. Joint issues typically have the same first day of issue and their design is often similar or identical, except for the identification of country and value.A shipwreck is the wreckage of a ship that is located either beached on land or sunken to the bottom of a body of water. Shipwrecking may be intentional or unintentional. There were approximately three million shipwrecks worldwide as of January 1999, according to Angela Croome, a science writer and author who specialized in the history of underwater archaeology (an estimate rapidly endorsed by UNESCO and other organizations).