French Southern and Antarctic Territories (TAAF) 1995 Tamaris (ship) and Albatross
From Stamps of the World
- Issue Date: 1st January 1995
- one value
- Designed and engraved by: Claude Andréotto
- Printed by: ITVF, Boulazac, France
- Print Process: recess
- stamp format height 52mm x width 40mm
- Perforations: 13 x 13
25.80f ~ the French full-rigged sailing vessel Tamaris, which was wrecked on the Île aux Cochons in the Crozet archipelago in 1887. The beached crew tagged a message to a petrel, which was picked up in Fremantle, Western Australia, seven months later; however by the time a ship reached the islands, there was no trace of any survivors from the Tamaris.
The stamp is reported to illustrate a grey-headed albatross, Diomedia chrysostoma
