Zil Elwannyen Sesel 1985 Explorers

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue date : 25th October 1985
  • three values
  • Designed by : Nick Shewring
  • Printed by : Format International, London
  • Print process : offset lithography
  • Stamp format: height 28mm x width 43mm
  • Watermark: multiple Crown CA diagonal
  • Perforations : 14 x 14

Famous Visitors to the Seychells


50c ~ Phoenician trading ship c600BC
R2 ~ HMS Sealark, and Hugh Scott
R10 ~ Vasca da Gama and São Gabriel

  • Note: the 2r has design errors. Hugh Scott was not knighted (not a 'Sir'), he visited the Islands in 1908, not in 1905, and not aboard the Sealark, which did arrive in 1905


Sheet stamps

50c
Rr
R10

Cateogry:Exploration