22 May (Cayman Islands ) within release Shipwrecks goes into circulation Stamp In Cayman Waters face value 40 Cayman Islands cent
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Stamp Number: | Sn:KY 542 |
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Also in the issue Shipwrecks:
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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).