ANTIGUA

ANTIGUA.

Landscapes.
Nelson's Dockyard and king George VI.
Third stamp in a set of 12, issued in 1943.
Face value: 1,1/2 British penny.
Design: A. W. Morley.
Printed by Waterlow & Sons Ltd.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 80a.
- Scott No. 86.
- StampWorld No. 80.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 100a.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 83.

Nelson's Dockyard is a cultural heritage site and marina in English Harbour, located in Saint Paul Parish on the island of Antigua. It is part of Nelson's Dockyard National Park, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is named after Admiral Horatio Nelson, who lived in the Royal Navy Dockyard from 1784 through 1787. After England acquired colonial British Antigua and Barbuda in 1632, the English Harbour became a focal point for the establishment of a naval base. Its position on the south side of Antigua island facilitated the monitoring of the neighbouring French island of Guadeloupe. Construction of the modern Naval Dockyard began in the 1740s. The Naval Officer's and Clerk's House was built in 1855 and is now home to the Dockyard Museum. In 1889 the Royal Navy abandoned the dockyard, and it fell into decay. The Society of the Friends of English Harbour began restoration of the dockyard in 1951, and a decade later it was opened to the public.

JERSEY

JERSEY.

Jersey Forteresses.
Plan of Elizabeth Castle by Thomas Phillips.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 05.02.1980.
Face value: 13 Jersey pence.
Design: T.H.O.S. Phillips
Printed by Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Haarlem, Netherlands.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 415,790 copies.
Size: 35.2 x 27.3 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 208.
- Michel No. 214.
- Scott No. 224.
- StampWorld No. 208. 
- Stanley Gibbons No. 224.
- Unificato No. 208.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 208.

Elizabeth Castle (Norman language: Lé Châté Lîzabé) is located on a tidal island called L’Islet within the parish of Saint Helier. It was constructed, between 1626 and 1636 when the power of cannon meant that the existing stronghold at Mont Orgueil was insufficient to defend the Island and the port of St. Helier was vulnerable to attack by ships armed with cannon. It is named after Elizabeth I who was queen of England around the time the castle was built. Today, Jersey Heritage administers the site as a museum. Among the historical displays is the regimental museum of the Royal Jersey Militia that holds several centuries of military memorabilia.

Thomas Phillips (1635-1693) was an military engineer and topographical watercolourist, came to Ireland from England in the winter of 1685 during the reign of James II to survey and report on the principal fortified places, castles, forts, and garrisons and to draw exact designs of their present condition and estimate the cost of any necessary repairs. He had worked in the Channel Islands (1679), making maps and plans of probable landing places and of defences needed.

JERSEY

JERSEY.

Jersey Forteresses.
Plan of Mont Orgueil by Thomas Phillips (1680).
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 05.02.1980.
Face value: 8 Jersey pence.
Design: T.H.O.S. Phillips.
Printed by Joh. Enschedé Stamps, Haarlem, Netherlands.
Printed: Offset lithography.
Print: 665,647 copies.
Size: 35.2 x 27.3 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 206.
- Michel No. 212.
- Scott No. 222.
- StampWorld No. 206.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 222.
- Unificato No. 206.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 206.

Mont Orgueil (Jèrriais: Mount Pride or Haughty Mount) is a castle in Jersey that overlooks the harbor of Gorey, in the east of the island. The construction of the castle was undertaken following the division of the Duchy of Normandy in 1204. It was first mentioned in 1212. The castle is first called ‘Mont Orgeuil’ in an ordinance issued by Pierre de Brézé, Lord of the Isles during the occupation by the French during the War of the Roses, in 1462. Mont Orgueil has been managed as a museum site since 1929, although during the Second World War German occupation (1940-1945), the occupying forces garrisoned the castle and added modern fortifications camouflaged to blend in with existing structures.

Thomas Phillips (1635-1693) was an military engineer and topographical watercolourist, came to Ireland from England in the winter of 1685 during the reign of James II to survey and report on the principal fortified places, castles, forts, and garrisons and to draw exact designs of their present condition and estimate the cost of any necessary repairs. He had worked in the Channel Islands (1679), making maps and plans of probable landing places and of defences needed.

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.

ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA.

Rocket launch from Argentine Antarctica.
Stylized map of the Antarctic territory claimed by Argentina, and "Centauro" rocket.
Airmail stamp issued on 19.02.1966.
Face value: 27.50 Argentine pesos.
Printed by Casa de Moneda, Buenos Aires.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 35 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 858. (?)
- Scott No. C105.
- StampWorld No. 923.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA112.

Argentina claims the sector of Antarctica between meridians 74°W and 25°W, parallel 60°S and the south pole as one of its geographical regions and as an integral part of its territory (administratively, for Argentina the area is part of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands). This sector is partially overlapped, between the South Pole and the Antarctic peninsula (Tierra de San Martín in the official Argentine cartography), with the eastern area of the sector claimed by Chile (Chilean Antarctic Territory) and totally with the sector claimed by the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory). Argentine Antarctic claims are based on historical and geological considerations, of continued Argentine human presence since 1904, and of proximity to continental Argentina. The exercise of Argentine sovereignty over Argentine Antarctica becomes effective in all aspects that are not limited by the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. The estimated area of the so-called Argentine Antarctica is 1,461,597 km², of which 965,314 km² correspond to the mainland.