Cutty Sark on the Stamps Again

The beautiful Cutty Sark has had its ups and downs – a tea clipper on the India-China run built originally in the 1860s it sat in dry dock at Greenwich until the awful fire in 2007 and is now restored and back on display. Her first round trip voyage under captain George Moodie began 16 February 1870 from London with a cargo of wine, spirits and beer bound for Shanghai. The return journey with 1450 tons of tea from Shanghai began 25 June, arriving 13 October in London via the Cape of Good Hope. Unbelievably fast for the time. More on the ship’s history here.

Now Royal Mail has put Cutty Sark on some stamps celebrating the Merchant Navy…

Interestingly this is not the first time the Cutty Sark has been on the stamps as the below shows….