02 August (Cayman Islands ) within release Shipwrecks and Anchors. goes into circulation Stamp Mathusalem face value 20 Cayman Islands cent
Stamp Mathusalem in catalogues | |
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Michel: | Mi:KY 1242 |
Stanley Gibbons: | Sg:KY 1304 |
Stamp is square format.
Also in the issue Shipwrecks and Anchors.:
Stamp Mathusalem it reflects the thematic directions:
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).