The final set of stamps in the four part series commemorating the 50th anniversary of the volcanic eruption in 1961 and the resettlement of the island in 1963 features ships of this period on 9th December 2013.
The stamps depicts HMS Puma, HMS Jaguar, MV Tristania and MV Stirling Castle and the MS shows the MV Bornholm, which brought the final group of returning islanders from England to Tristan. The background to the sheet shows the SAS Transvaal off the still active volcanic eruption on Tristan on 27th January 1962 when she brought the Royal Society Expedition to the island. The Transvaal also took from the island the first mail from the expedition, and a cover from that mail also appears on the miniature sheet.
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