RHODESIA

RHODESIA (now Zimbabwe).

Development.
Kariba Dam.
Nineth stamp in a set of 14, issued on 17.02.1970.
Face value: 15 cents of Rhodesian dollar.
Design: Rose Martin.
Printed by Mardon Printers, Salisbury.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 30 x 27 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 96.
- Scott No. 288.
- StampWorld No. 96.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 447.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 190.

The Kariba Dam is a double-curved concrete arch dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi River Basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The project was planned and implemented by the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. The dam is 128 m (420 ft) high and 579 m (1,900 ft) long, and it forms Lake Kariba, which stretches for 280 km (170 miles) and contains 185 km³ (150,000,000 acre⋅ft) of water. The first phase of the dam (Kariba South) was built between 1955 and 1959. Final construction and the addition of Kariba North Power were not completed until 1977 due to mainly political problems. The creation of the reservoir forced the resettlement of some 57,000 people who lived along the Zambezi on both sides. From 1958 to 1961, Operation Noah captured and removed around 6,000 large and numerous small animals threatened by the rising waters of the lake.

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NEW ZEALAND

NEW ZEALAND / AOTEAROA.

Centennial of the National Parks Movement.
Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park.
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 17.06.1987.
Face value: 80 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 30 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 997.
- Scott No. 877.
- StampWorld No. 1017.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1429.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 961.

Aoraki / Mount Cook National Park is in the South Island of New Zealand, near the town of Twizel. The area was gazetted as a national park in October 1953 and consists of reserves that were established as early as 1887 to protect the area's significant vegetation and landscape. The park stretches for about 60 km (37 mi) along the southwest-northeast direction of the Southern Alps, covering 722 km² (279 sq mi) on the southeastern side of the main spine of the Alps. Glaciers cover 40% of the park area, notably the Tasman Glacier. It is also in the park area the New Zealand's highest mountain, the Aoraki / Mount Cook, at 3,724 m (12,218 ft). On the stamp there is also a drawing of a buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus), a characteristic flower of the area.

The National Parks Movement began in 1887 with an initiative of the paramount chief of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribe, Horonuku Te Heuheu, which made an agreement wirh the British Crown that the central North Island volcanoes would become a national park, because different tribes were disputing ownership of the peaks of Ruapehu, Ngāuruhoe and Tongariro, and there was a danger that they would be divided and sold.

FRANCE

FRANCE.

Tourist promotion.
Gorges du Tarn, Lozère.
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 10.07.1965.
Face value: 0.75 French franc.
Design: Pierre Gandon (1899-1990).
Printing. Recess.
Print: 14,915,000 copies.
Size; 26 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1542.
- Michel No. 1517.
- Scott No. 1128.
- StampWorld No. 1510.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1686.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1438.

The Gorges du Tarn (Occitan: Gòrjas de Tarn) is a canyon formed by the Tarn river between the Causse Méjean and the Causse de Sauveterre, in southern France. The canyon, mainly located in the Lozère département, and partially in the Aveyron département, is about 53 kilometers (33 mi)-long, from the village of Quézac to Le Rozier, with a depth of 400 to 600 m (1,312 and 1,968 ft). The Tarn has its source on Mont Lozère and it is immediately at the exit of this granite mountain range that the river reaches the plateaus of the Great Causses.

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CANADA

CANADA.

Famous Canadian.
Joseph-Elzéar Bernier (1852-1934), Arctic explorer.
Stamp issued on 16.09.1977.
Face value: 12 Canadian cent of dollar.
Design: Will Davies (1924-2016).
Engraving: Robert Couture.
Printing: Recess.
Printed by British American Bank Note Co., Montreal.
Print: 12,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 667.
- Scott No. 738.
- StampWorld No. 667.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 892.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 640.

Joseph-Elzéar Bernier (L'Islet, Quebec, January 1, 1852 - Lévis, Quebec, December 26, 1934) was a Canadian ship captain and explorer. On July 1, 1909, he have laid a plaque on Melville Island proclaiming Canadian sovereignty over the Arctic Islands. Between 1906 and 1925 he made 12 Arctic expeditions and spent 8 winters there. The United Kingdom ceded the Arctic to Canada in 1880. The stamp shows the ship “Arctic”, with which in 1906 he made his first trip to the Arctic lands.

INDONESIA

INDONESIA.

Musical instruments.
Java map and celempung.
First stamp in a set of 16, issued on 01.02.1967.
Face value: 0.50 Indonesian rupiah.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 25 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 562.
- Scott No. 705.
- StampWorld No. 604.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1140.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 498.
- Zonnebloem No. 563.

Java (Indonesian: Jawa or [formerly] Djawa) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. Its area is 129,904 km² (50,156 sq mi) and in 2020 it had a population of 147,795,436 inhabitants. The island is divided into four administrative provinces: Banten, West Java, Central Java, and East Java, and two special regions, Jakarta and Yogyakarta. In its territory four main languages ​​are spoken: Javanese, Sundanese, Madurese, and Betawi. Java is almost entirely of volcanic origin; it contains thirty-eight mountains forming an east–west spine that have at one time or another been active volcanoes. The highest volcano in the island is Mount Semeru, 3,676 m (12,060 ft), and the most active volcano is Mount Merapi, 2,930 m (9,610 ft). In total, Java has more than 150 mountains.

The celempung is a string instruments used in Javanese gamelan. It have between 11 and 13 pairs of strings, strung on each side, between a box resonator. Typically the strings on one side tuned to pelog and the other to slendro.

JAPAN

JAPAN / 日本

Lake Chūzenji and Mount Nantai in autumn.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 01.03.1999.
Face value: 80 Japanese yen.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 26 x 36 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2637.
- Sakura No. R276.
- Scott No. Z276.
- StampWorld No. 2682.
- Stanley Gibbons No. TOCH-5.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2518.

Lake Chūzenji (中禅寺湖), also called Sea of Happiness, is a scenic lake in Nikkō National Park, into Tochigi Prefecture. It was created 20,000 years ago when Mount Nantai (a stratovolcano, 2,484 m; 8,150 ft) erupted and blocked the Yukawa river. The lake has a surface area of 11.62 km² (4.48 sq mi) and a circumference of 25 km (82 mi). Its elevation at the surface is 1,269 m (4,124 ft), and the water reaches a depth of 163 m (508 ft). The Lake was discovered in 782 by a priest named Shōdō when his group succeeded in climbing Mt. Nantai. Considered sacred, the mountain was closed to women, horses, and cows until 1872.

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ANGOLA

ANGOLA (República Portuguesa, Portuguese colony).

Infrastructures.
Salazar [now Matala] Dam.
Airmail. Third stamp in a set of 10, issued on 12.07.1965.
Face value: 3 Angolan escudos.
Printed by Casa da Moeda, Lisboa.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 28 mm.

Catalogs
- Afinsa-Mundifil No. CA23.
- Michel No. 516.
- Scott No. C28.
- StampWorld No. 529.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 635.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA18.

Construction of the Matala Dam and Hydroelectric Power Station ended in 1954, on the Kunene River, in Huíla province, at an elevation of approximately 1300 m (4,065 ft) above sea level. After its inauguration, it was renamed Salazar Dam (in honor of the Portuguese dictator). It is crossed by a bridge measuring 929 m (3,048 ft) in length whit two decks, one for cars and the other for trains.

EGYPT

EGYPT / مِصر

Entry of Egyptian troops into Gaza, May 15, 1948.
Map of the Gaza Strip, soldiers and effigy of King Farouk I.
Stamp issued on 15.06.1948.
Face value: 10 Egyptian millieme.
Printing: Photogravure.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 325.
- Scott No. 271.
- StampWorld No. 332.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 348.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 262.

The First Arab-Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1947-1949 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had been issued earlier that day. On 15 May 1948, the civil war transformed into a conflict between Israel and the Arab states. Egypt, Transjordan, Syria, and expeditionary forces from Iraq entered Palestine: Egyptian military took control of the Gaza Strip.

FINLAND

FINLAND / SUOMI.

Lake Keurusserlkä.
Stamp issued on 01.10.1963.
Face value: 0.05 Finnish markka.
Design: Olavi Vepsäläinen (1927-1993).
Engraving: Stig Rönnberg.
Printed by Bank of Finland Security Printing House.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 25,000,000 copies.
Size: 34 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 586.
- Michel No. 578.
- Scott No. 399.
- StampWorld No. 585.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 660.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 533.

Keurusselkä is a lake in Central Finland between the towns of Keuruu to the north and Mänttä to the south. It covers an area of 117.3 km² (45.3 sq mi). Its average depth is 6.4 m (21 ft) with a maximum depth of 40 m (130 ft). The surface lies at 105.4 m (346 ft) above sea level. The lake is 27 km (17 mi) long and is a part of the Kokemäenjoki water system. Keurusselkä covers an ancient impact crater remnant, which was discovered in 2003 by amateur geologists.

BERMUDA

BERMUDA.

Forteresses,
Smiths and Pagets forts, Saint George.
Lasr stamp in a set of 4, issued on 18.11.1982.
Face value: 1 Bermudian dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 421.
- Scott No. 432.
- StampWorld No. 424.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 456.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 422.

Saint George's Town, in northern Bermuda, settled in 1612, is the first permanent English (and later British) settlement in America. It was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2000. The set of its numerous fortifications, some of which are still preserved, illustrate the development of English military engineering between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, with the necessary adaptations for development of artillery in this period.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PAPUA NIUGINI - PAPUA NIU GINI.

Mount Hagen and Father William Anthony Ross.
Stamp issued on 28.10.1976.
Face value: 7 Papua New Guinean toea.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 36 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 314.
- Scott No. 441.
- Sevem Seas Stamps No. 315.
- StampWorld No. 315.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 313.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 317.

Mount Hagen is an old eroded stratovolcano, located on the border between the Western Highlands and Enga Provinces, about 24 km (15 mi) northwest of the town of Mount Hagen, which is named after the mountain. The mountain was also named after the German colonial officer Curt von Hagen (1859-1897). Its height is 3,765 m (12,352 ft) and it is the second highest volcano in Papua New Guinea. It is estimated that its last eruption took place about 210,000 years ago.

William Anthony Ross (1895-1973) was an American Catholic priest who served as a missionary in the area.

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MALTA

MALTA.

Grand Harbour, Valletta.
First stamp in a set of 15, issued on 17.02.1938.
Face value: 1 British farthing.
Engraving: Waterlow and Sons, London.
Printing: Recess,
Size: 24 x 20 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 175.
- Michel No. 176.
- Scott No. 191.
- StampWorld No. 175.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 217.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 178.

The Grand Harbour (Maltese: il-Port il-Kbir; Italian: Porto Grande), also known as the Port of Valletta, is a natural harbor on the island of Malta. It has been substantially modified over the years with extensive docks (Malta Dockyard), wharves, and fortifications. The mouth of the harbor faces northeast and is bounded to the north by Saint Elmo Point and further protected by an isolated breakwater and is bounded to the south by Ricasoli Point. Its northwest coast is formed by the Sciberras peninsula, which is largely covered by the city of Valletta and its suburb Floriana. It has been used since prehistoric times and was the basis of the Order of Saint John from 1530 to 1798.

BELGIUM

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE - BELGIË.

International Water Exhibition, Liège (1939).
Albert Canal in Eigenbilzen, and King Albert I portrait.
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 31.10.1938.
Face value: 1.75 Belgian franc.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 2,200,000 copies.
Size: 34 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 481.
- Michel No. 485.
- Scott No. 321.
- StampWorld No. 482.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 827.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 487.

The Albert Canal (Dutch: Albertkanaal; French: Canal Albert) is a navigable canal located in the northeast of Belgium, which was named after King Albert I of Belgium. It connects Antwerp with Liège and also the Meuse river with the Scheldt river, and it also connects with the Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten canal. Its total length is 129.5 km (80.5 mi). It was built between 1930 and 1939 and was used for the first time in 1940 but, due to WWII and German occupation, heavy use did not begin until 1946. Between Antwerp and Liège, there is an elevation difference of 56 m (184 ft), and it took six sets of canal locks to overcome this difference. Five canal locks each have a 10 m (33 ft) lift, and are located at Genk, Diepenbeek, Hasselt, Kwaadmechelen and Olen; the sixth is the Wijnegem Lock, which has an elevation of 5.45 m (17.9 ft). The stamp shows the canal in Eigenbilzen, a town that since 1977 has been merged with Bilzen.

IVORY COAST

 IVORY COAST / CÔTE D'IVOIRE.

Wharf of Sassandra.
Stamp issued on 19.04.1975.
Face value: 100 West African CFA francs.
Design and engraving: Claude Durrens (1921-2002).
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 467.
- Scott No. 392.
- StampWorld No. 474.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 454.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 385.

Sassandra town and his bay are in Gbôklé Region, southern Ivory Coast, on the banks of the Gulf of Guinea, at the mouth of the Sassandra River. The town, with a population of some 72,200 inhabitants (2014), was founded in 1471 by the Portuguese as Santo André, a name that due to linguistic deformation became Sassandra. Later the place was controlled by Dutch, Danish, British and French as a seaport for timber traffic. The wharf waas built in 1951 and has been in disuse since 1972, after the construction of the port of San-Pédro, which entered service in 1971. Currently, the wharf is a tourist attraction, although it is not accessible.

SLOVENIA

SLOVENIA / SLOVENIJA.

Mount Špik and Lilium carniolicum.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 21.03.2002.
No face value (D).
Design: Zagorka Šimič.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 100,000 copies.
Size: 40.32 x 28.8 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 393.
- Scott No. 488.
- Slovenica No. 387.
- StampWorld No. 377.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 539.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 562.

Špik is a mountain in the Slovenian Julian Alps and is part of the Martuljek group. It is located in the Triglav National Park. Its summit is at 2,472 m (8,110 ft) above sea level.

The flower depicted in the stamps is a Lilium carniolicum.

ALDERNEY

ALDERNEY.

Historical maps.
Wartime Occupation Map, 1943.
Fourth stamp in a set of 5, issued on 07.07.1989.
Face value: 32 Guernsey penny.
Design: John E. Cooter.
Engraving by Joh. Enschedé.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 48.3 x 32.3 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 40.
- Michel No. 40.
- Scott No. 40.
- StampWorld No. 40.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 40.
- Unificato No. 40.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 40.

The German occupation of the Channel Islands lasted for most of World War II, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945. Alderney was the only Channel Island to be evacuated during as the island became part of Hitler's Atlantic Wall. The Nazis built four labour camps on Alderney. The Nazi Organisation Todt operated each subcamp and used forced labour to build fortifications in the island including bunkers, gun emplacements, air raid shelters, tunnels and concrete fortifications. The camps commenced operating in January 1942. The five-year German occupation came to an end on 16 May 1945 and the first day the islanders were able to return to their island on December 15 is known as Homecoming Day, an event still celebrated in Alderney with an annual Bank Holiday.

ICELAND

ICELAND / ÍSLAND.

Electricity and waterworks.
Gullfoss Waterfall.
Last stamp in a set of 8, issued on 04.04.1956.
Face value: 5 Icelandic krónor.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 500,000 copies.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 311.
- Michel No. 310.
- Scott No. 296.
- StampWorld No. 311.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 342.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 268.

Gullfoss (“Golden Falls”) is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. The Hvítá river flows southward, and about a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step “staircase” and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m. or 36 ft, and 21 m or 69 ft) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (66 ft) wide and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running down the waterfall is 141 m³ (5,000 cu ft) per second in the summer and 80 m³ (2,800 cu ft) per second in the winter.

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DHOFAR

DHOFAR / ظُفَار

First definitive stamps, considered cindarellas.
Map: location of Dhofar on the Arabian Peninsula.
First stamp in a set of 8, issued on 30.04.1972.
Face value: 20 Imani balsa.

Dhofar (or Dhufar, ظُفَار) is currently one of the governorates of Oman, with an area of 99,300 km² (38,300 sq mi) and 408,419 inhabitants (September 2021). In 1963 the Dhofar Liberation Front, of communist ideology, was formed, which rebelled against the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman with the aim of creating an independent state, free from the government of the Omani Sultan. The rebels also intended to end British influence in the Persian Gulf region. This led to a war (Dhofar War or Omani Civil War) that began on June 9 of that year and lasted until March 11, 1976. The rebels had the support of South Yemen, the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. Eventually, the Omani Armed Forces, with the support of Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom, defeated Dhorfar guerrillas and the territory rejoined the Sultanate of Oman.

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GERMANY. South Baden (French Occupation)

GERMANY. South Baden (French occupation zone) /
DEUTSCHLAND, Südbaden (Französische Besatzungszone).

Höllental in the Black Forest.
Twelfth stamp in a set of 13, issued on 08.1947.
Face value: 84 German reichspfennig.
Design: VytautasKazimieras Jonynas (1907-1997).
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 43 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 12.
- Scott No. 12.
- StampWorld No. 12.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 12.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 12.

The Höllental in the Black Forest is a deep valley - in places like a gorge - in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The valley, which is about 9 km (5.59 mi) long, is located in the southern part of the Southern Black Forest Nature Park about 18 km (11.18 mi) southeast of Freiburg im Breisgau.

The French occupation zone in Germany (German: Französische Besatzungszone, French: Zone d'occupation française en Allemagne) was one of the Allied-occupied areas in Germany after World War II. The occupation began on May 8, 1945, after the surrender of Nazi Germany, and ended on May 5, 1955, after the Bonn – Paris conventions, when the allied territories were integrated into the Federal Republic of Germany.

ISRAEL

ISRAEL / יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ - إِسْرَائِيل

Landscapes.
Arava.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 18.10.1977.
Face value: 1 Israeli lira.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 30 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- Israel Philatelic Federation No. 734.
- Michel No. 720.
- Scott No. 664.
- StampWorld No. 719.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 683.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 658.

Arava or Arabah (Hebrew: הָעֲרָבָה; Arabic: وادي عربة) is a desert area south of the Dead Sea basin, which is part of the border between Israel and Jordan. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the area that covered almost the entire length of what is now called the Jordan Rift Valley, between the southern end of the Sea of Galilee and the Gulf of Aqaba, was considered by this name, and included the valley of the Jordan River between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, the Dead Sea itself and what is today commonly called the Arava Valley. Currently, the term is restricted only to this southern section. It is 166 km (103 mi) long, from the Gulf of Aqaba to the southern shore of the Dead Sea. The area is drained by several streams of seasonal course, which in some places form gorges.

VENEZUELA

VENEZUELA.

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Conference, Caracas.
Mochima National Park.
Sixth stamp in a set of 10, issued on 26.09.2000.
Face value: 400 Venezuelan bolívares.
Design: Ana Carolina Palmero.
Printed by Gráficas Armitano, Caracas.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 20,000 copies.
Size: 38 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 3401.
- Scott No. 1616h.
- StampWorld No. 3428.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3657.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2169H.

Mochima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Mochima) is located in the States of Anzoátegui and Sucre, on the northeastern coast of Venezuela. It covers 949,35 km² (94,935 hectares) and is made up of an exclusively marine area in its western sector, a coastal marine area that includes the Gulf of Santa Fe and Mochima Bay, and a mountainous area that covers the Turimiquire Dam watershed. The park was created on December 19, 1973 to protect the montane forests of the Turimiquire Range and the country's eastern Caribbean Sea marine landscapes.

YUGOSLAVIA (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

YUGOSLAVIA (Bosnia and Herzegovina) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Bosna i Herzegovina).

Engineering and Architecture.
Jablanica Dam.
Fifth stamp in a set of 17, issued on 12.12.1961.
Face value: 20 Yugoslav dinari.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 24 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 966.
- Michel No. 977.
- Scott No. 633.
- StampWorld No. 1008.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 987.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 856.

The Jablanica Dam is an arch-gravity dam on the Neretva River about 4 km (2.5 mi) northeast of Jablanica in the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The dam was constructed between 1947 and 1955 with the primary purpose of hydroelectric power production. It is 85 m (279 ft) high.

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ANGOLA

ANGOLA (República Portuguesa, Portuguese colony)

Infrastructures.
Combombe Dam.
Airmail. Second stamp in a set of 10, issued on 12.07.1965.
Face value: 2.50 Angolan escudos.
Printed by Casa da Moeda, Lisboa.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 7,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 28 mm.

Catalogs
- Afinsa-Mundifil No. CA22.
- Michel No. 515.
- Scott No. C27.
- StampWorld No. 528.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 634.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 17.

The Cambambe Hydroelectric Power Station (Portuguese: Central Hidroelétrica de Cambambe) is a plant across the Cuanza River at the border between Cuanza Norte Province and Bengo Province. The construction of Cambambe Dam was started on October 7, 1959 and finished in October 6,1963: its height is 132 m (433 ft) and its length is 300 m (980 ft). Following rehabilitation and expansion (since 2013), the generation capacity of this installation is 960 megawatts (1,290,000 hp).

ALGERIA

ALGERIA / الجزائر - ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ

Oran city and port.
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 10.12.1956.
Face value: 30 Algerian francs.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 40 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 360.
- Scott No. 281.
- StampWorld No. 361.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 369.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 339.

Oran (Arabic: وَهران) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria, on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is considered the second most important city of the country after the capital Algiers, due to its population, commercial, industrial, and cultural importance. Its metropolitan area has a population of some 2,250,000 inhabitants. The city, according to tradition, was founded in 903 by Andalusian Umayyad traders. Its port is considered one of the important ports in each of the fields of trade and marine transportation. The view that appears on the stamp is taken from the Fort of Santa Cruz.

HONDURAS

HONDURAS.

Year of National Sovereignty.
Soldado Bay, in Guanaja Island.
First stamp in an airmail set of 16, issued on 01.05.1972.
Face value: 0.04 Honduran lempira.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Printed by Lito Maia, Porto, Portugal.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 783.
- Scott No. C515.
- StampWorld No. 814.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 795.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA469.

The Soldado Bay (Bahía del Soldado) is located on the western coast of the island of Guanaja, in the archipelago of the Islas de la Bahía, in the Caribbean Sea, north of Honduras. Christopher Columbus arrived on the island, precisely at Soldado beach, on July 30, 1502, during his fourth and last trip to the American continent, and he named it Isla de los Pinos; the island was populated by members of the Pech ethnic group. It was subjected to the Spanish, the English and the Dutch. In 1859 England ceded the archipelago (called Colony of the Bay Islands) to the Republic of Honduras. In 2012, the island was populated by about 4,500 inhabitants.

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