Roald Amundsen (often abbreviated 'Roald'; named in honor of Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen), originally named 'Vilm', is a German steel-ship built on the Elbe River in 1952. Having worked in different areas, she was refitted in 1992 to 1993 as a brig (two-masted square-rigged sailing ship) and now serves as a sail training ship. During summer, she usually operates in the Baltic Sea, and usually embarks for journeys to farther destinations for winter, including several trans-Atlantic crossings.
This cover documents the start of the Baltic Sea journey of 2024 in Emden (Day Postmark Emden 03-05-2024), as can be seen from the small postmark on the left bottom "Auslaufen Emden" (= departure Emden). During its journey, the ship will call at several ports, for example in Sweden, Poland and Estonia. I hope to show some of them here.
Stamps:
Sights in Germany - "The Brocken" - Issued: 01-03-2024
Definitives "Flowers - Cardamine pratensis" - Issued: 18-12-2018
UPDATE September 2024:
Recently I received two other covers with nice stamps and postmark from the post calls in Mariehamn, Aland and Szczecin, Poland.
Stamp:
EUROPA 2016 - "Think Green" (from a set of 2) - Issued: 09-05-2016
Stamps:
European Universities Games in Lodz - Issued: 15-07-2022
The 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Commission of National Education - Issued: 14-10-2023
Picture of the Ship:
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Amundsen_(ship)#/media/File:Roald_Amundsen_Kiel2007_1.jpg
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