Europa CEPT'92. 500th Anniversary of Discovery of America

    Isle of Man  1992.04.16

    In issue: Stamp(s): 4   

    Printing: lithography

    Issued in: small sheets on 10 (2*5) stamps, by pairs of one face value

  • Number by catalogue:  Michel: 504   Yvert: 538   Scott: 506   Gibbons: 488  

    Perforation type: 14x13 ½

    Subject:

    18 pence. Ship Speedwell*, leaving Delfshaven**

    Additional:

    *The Speedwell was a 60-ton ship, on which Martin Pring has gone to trip to New World. He was an English explorer from Bristol, England. In 1603, under patronage of the mayor, alderman and merchants of Bristol, Pring sailed to discover the northern parts of the territory known as Virginia in America. His flagship, the Speedwell, with 30 men, was escorted by a bark, the Explorer, of 26 tons and 13 men.

     

    **Delfshaven is a borough of Rotterdam on the right bank of river Nieuwe Maas, in South Holland, the Netherlands. It was a separate municipality until 1886.

    The town of Delfshaven grew around the port of the city of Delft. Delft itself was not located on a major river, so in 1389 a harbour was created about 10 km (6 mi) due south of the city, to be able to receive seafaring vessels and avoid tolls being levied by the neighbouring and competing city of Rotterdam. This settlement was named Delfshaven ("Port of Delft").