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22 November 2020

relics

This stamp predates the find recently of personal items from the doomed Arctic Franklin Expedition. HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were mysteriously lost at sea 175 years ago and it wasn't until 2014 that the Erebus was found and deep sea archaeologists were able to begin their search of the ship on the sea floor.

for Sunday Stamps - under the sea

4 comments:

Bob Scotney said...

The Franklin stamps I have do not show anything beneath the sea, Great choice.

My marine life is here - https://bit.ly/3fkXwZk

Mail Adventures said...

I hadn't thought of other than fishes :)

Here you will find my contribution.

Joy said...

An amazing lot of detail has been squeezed onto the stamp to tell the story.
My undersea world is here

viridian said...

I have always been fascinated by the Franklin expedition story.
I took a more global view:
http://viridianpostcard.blogspot.com/2020/11/and-welcome-to-my-contribution-to.html