Post by Administrator on Apr 9, 2024 18:58:23 GMT
100 Years of Commemorative Stamps
Possibly the MN issue may be availiable? LINK
A MERCHANT NAVY STAMP of approval:
Defeat was mighty close in the second greatest war,
Five thousand ships with cargos sent to the ocean floor,
Merchant men were slaughtered sustaining our lifeline,
The Country issued ration books so desperate was the time.
A crisis at the home front, foodstuff very short,
Rations and provisions scarcely making port,
Convoys steaming steadfast under Red Ensigns,
Faced demise from U-boats, the bombers and the mines.
There were many heroes on land and sea and air,
And thirty thousand Seamen gave their lives out there,
Transporting reinforcements, resources and supplies,
And fuel to fly the spitfires fighting in the skies.
Perhaps we should commend them by illustrating stamps,
The freighters and the liners, the tankers and the tramps,
It would be a special tribute, rather overdue,
To mariners who manned them and a way to say thank you.
J.S.Earl Nov. 2009
Captain Joe Earl penned the above in tribute and commemoration and in hope
for a stamp of approval. Any reproduction in remembrance / tribute and commemoration is welcomed
LINK
LINK
Possibly the MN issue may be availiable? LINK
A MERCHANT NAVY STAMP of approval:
Defeat was mighty close in the second greatest war,
Five thousand ships with cargos sent to the ocean floor,
Merchant men were slaughtered sustaining our lifeline,
The Country issued ration books so desperate was the time.
A crisis at the home front, foodstuff very short,
Rations and provisions scarcely making port,
Convoys steaming steadfast under Red Ensigns,
Faced demise from U-boats, the bombers and the mines.
There were many heroes on land and sea and air,
And thirty thousand Seamen gave their lives out there,
Transporting reinforcements, resources and supplies,
And fuel to fly the spitfires fighting in the skies.
Perhaps we should commend them by illustrating stamps,
The freighters and the liners, the tankers and the tramps,
It would be a special tribute, rather overdue,
To mariners who manned them and a way to say thank you.
J.S.Earl Nov. 2009
Captain Joe Earl penned the above in tribute and commemoration and in hope
for a stamp of approval. Any reproduction in remembrance / tribute and commemoration is welcomed
LINK
LINK