Esperance on a stamp!

Check out this stamp… It has a lovely little picture of the Esperance, a French ship which probably did other things but is rightly famous for travelling along the south coast of Western Australia and leaving its name to [our favourite town][1].

The stamp was issued in new Caledonia, which obviously feels it has a a better claim to the Esperance and to Admiral D’Entrecasteaux than we do. I think his name went to some other less important part of WA too. :-/

Thanks to [shipstamps.co.uk][2] for the image (used with permission).

[1]: http://www.esperance.wa.gov.au
[2]: http://www.shipstamps.co.uk