Renaming a ship .. "The Blue Lady" could be renamed " La Semeuse Bleue"

La Semeuse - Stamp Collage by Rachel Markwick 

A few years ago I made a stamp collage ship using the iconic French stamp called "La Semeuse" or in English, "The Sower".  I used them to make the sails and my original vessel duly sailed off to a new home in Bologna, Italy.  Limited edition Prints are also available! 

  Subsequently, with a dearth of Blue "La Semeuse" stamps in my stock, a new ship emerged and was named "The Blue Lady". 

The Blue Lady - Stamp Collage by Rachel Markwick 

 She also found a new home in West Virginia, USA.  I have prints available, a framed version of which is currently on show in the National Waterways Museum, in Gloucester Docks.  She still goes by the name of The Blue Lady, but new owners of ships often rename them, so who knows, perhaps she could become "La Semeuse Bleue".


See more ships on my website
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The Sower stamps of France

I've just been reading the latest edition of Gibbons stamp Monthly magazine, and in particular a very detailed article on the Printing of the Sower Stamps of France.  I suddenly realised that I have always wrongly thought that this particular stamp depicted the iconic image of Marianne, and had given one of my stamp collages the title of "Marianne trawler" as I had used these stamps to make up the sails of the boat.  For this reason I am now going to follow a long tradition in the shipping industry and rename this particular vessel, "The Sower", with apologies to any collectors of French stamps for my previous error.

The Marianne stamps have recently made an appearance in another stamp collage of an iconic French landmark, The Eiffel tower!