Welcome on the homepage of Jos Wessels. Some parts are not completed yet, but I will regularly update the pages. Please remember that good websites are never finished.......


Click to see the ship being built! (190 k)


On this site, I have put together some subjects related to my hobby; collecting stamps and other postal items related to ships and shipping. As there are more than 20,000 stamps showing ships, I had to specialize. So I chose for transatlantic passenger lines, or The Blue Riband.
Another interesting subject to explore is shipping related meter stamps. There are no catalogues on this subject, so it is always a surprise what you find.
Next to that I have several postal items showing unidentified ships and I thought this would be a good place to ask other shiplovers to help me with the identification.
Finally, I try to keep an overview of the Dutch stamps showing ships up to date.


Select a page to visit:
The Blue Riband on philatelic items/De Blauwe Wimpel op poststukken en zegels
Ships on meter stamps - Updated May 2012
Can you answer my maritime and philatelic questions?
Dutch shipping stamps
The ships of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
More information on collecting ships on stamps

And something completely different:
Click the picture for the sculptures of Anneke Wessels


Klik op de afbeelding voor de sculpturen van Anneke Wessels


If you have any remarks or suggestions: E-mail me

Updated 18 May 2012