Tintin postage stamps Tintin postage stamps This is a list of postage stamps, released in Belgium and in other countries around the world, honoring "The Adventures of Tintin", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. In 1979, a one-off stamp was released on October 1, 1979. The stamp featured Tintin and Snowy with a magnifying glass examining a stamp depicting Captain Haddock. The stamp would be featured on the front cover of Harry Thompson's book, "Tintin, Hergé and his Creation". In 1999, a stamp which depicts a model of the moon rocket (Destination Moon and Explorers on the Moon) was released on 15
Unicorn (ship) Unicorn (ship) The Unicorn () is a fictional 17th-century three-masted armed Royal Navy vessel appearing in "The Adventures of Tintin", the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The ship plays a leading role in both "The Secret of the Unicorn" and "Red Rackham's Treasure", published in 1943 and 1944, respectively. The "Unicorn" also appears in the 2011 film adaptation "". In the "Tintin" adventures, the "Unicorn" is the setting of a battle between pirates and sailors followed by a duel between its captain, Sir Francis Haddock (an ancestor of Captain Haddock) and the pirate Red Rackham. The "Unicorn" is scuttled