[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ei2JM8xLb3c[/youtube]
Launching of Sealand in 1967
The Principality of Sealand was founded in 1967 upon an abandoned wartime gun tower 7 miles off the coast of out into the North Atlantic. Ray Essex (Prince Ray) has run radio and tv stations; issued passports, coinage and postage stamps from his principality while holding his ground amidst storms, coup attempts, a 2006 fire and failed data haven venture. But here is where it stands today – after the jump.
Continue reading… “The Launching of Sealand in 1967”