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
HMS Haddock (1805) command of "lieutenant de vaisseau" Degrave. On 16 November "Génie" captured two more vessels. One was "Lusitania", Carmen, master, which had been sailing from Grenada to London. The second was "Fortune", of Bristol, Hare, master, which had been sailing from St Croix to London. The Frenchmen plundered "Lusitania" and then put the captured crews on board her. Next the Frenchmen sank "Fortune" and "Haddock" and let "Lusitania" depart. "Lusitania" arrived at Portsmouth on 25 November. HMS Haddock (1805) HMS "Haddock" was a Royal Navy schooner of four 12-pounder carronades and a crew of 20. The prime contractor for the vessel