From a set of four stamps issued in 1979 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Police. This PHQ stamp card shows the River Police Thames patrol launch in what must be the Thames estuary because there is no land in sight. It was the designer, Brian Sanders', first set for the Royal Mail.
Another set he designed, in 1981, is equally good for this week's theme, features the fishing industry.
This, again one of four, shows cockle dredging. Cockles are small edible shellfish. There are many different species but most live in sandy beaches between low and high tide levels.
This is a post for Sunday Stamps, now hosted by Violet Sky at "See it on a Postcard!"
I like the closeup view of the boats and workers on those stamps.I remember a nursery rhyme with cockle shells, but I never knew what they were.
ReplyDeleteInteresting stamps. and another side of boats - it's not all warships. Thank you for joining in this week.
ReplyDeleteI nearly posted the set with the fishing boats. The illustrations of both the above remind me of the kind of pictures in the Ladybird books.
ReplyDeleteBoth of these boats look more compact and human scaled than some of those old tall ships (that I posted)
ReplyDeleteI wonder how the police hat would cope with a windy day! The fishing boat stamp really captures the industry.
ReplyDeleteboth are very nice, but I particularly like the police boat. The river here is much smaller, so the boat our police have is tiny, just for search and rescue.
ReplyDeleteTwo fine stamps that would grace anyone's collection.
ReplyDeleteNice to read about the history.
ReplyDeleteVery nice stamps. My experience has mainly been with cruise ships...over 80 in about 20 years...sadly, with retirement, my sailing adventures have ceased.
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