UNITED KINGDOM, England

UNITED KINGDOM. England.

A British Journey.
Start Point, Start Bay.
Third stamp in a set of 6, issued on 08.02.2005.
Face value: 40 British penny.
Design: Phelan Barker Design Consultants.
Printed by De La Rue & Co. Ltd., Basingstoke (England). 
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2479.
- Michel No. 2276.
- Scott No. 2263.
- StampWorld No. 2261.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2514.
- Unificato No. 2657.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2618.

Start Point is a promontory in the South Hams district in Devon, south-west England. Close to the most southerly point in the county, it marks the southern limit of Start Bay, which extends northwards to the estuary of the River Dart. The rocks of the point are greenschist and mica-schist, formed by metamorphism of Devonian sediments during a period of mountain building towards the end of the Carboniferous period. As a result of the many shipwrecks in the area, Start Point lighthouse was built in 1836 to alert ships to the danger of the point and its surrounding rocks.

ICELAND

ICELAND / ÍSLAND.

Landscapes.
Dyrhólaey.
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 04.08.1966.
Face value: 6.50 Icelandic króna.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 1,500,000 copies.
Size: 36 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 404.
- Michel No. 403.
- Scott No. 383.
- StampWorld No. 404.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 435.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 358.

Dyrhólaey ("door hill island"), formerly known by seamen as Cape Portland, is a small promontory located on the south coast of Iceland, not far from the village Vík í Mýrdal. It was formerly an island of volcanic origin; The volcano erupted about 100 thousand years ago during the Pleistocene. The peninsula has an elevation of 120 m (390 ft), and the Dyrhólaey Lighthouse, built in 1910 and rebuilt in 1927, sits at the top of the formation. In front of the peninsula, there is a gigantic black arch of lava standing in the sea, which gave the peninsula its name. Dyrhólaey and its surrounding cliffs are a paradise for bird watchers.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).

BULGARIA

 

BULGARIA / БЪЛГАРИЯ.

Cape Kaliakra.
Sixth stamp in a set of 8, issued on 17.05.1968.
Face value: 13 Bulgarian stotinki.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 5,000,000 copies.
Size: 26 x 36 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1807.
- Scott No. 1686.
- StampWorld No. 1807.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1800.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1623.

Kaliakra (Bulgarian: Калиакра) is a cape in the Southern Dobruja region of the northern Bulgarian Black Sea coast, which ends with a long and narrow headland 12 km (7 mi) east of Kavarna.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).

UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES.

Acadia National Park, Maine.
Last stamp in a set of 3, issued on 02.01.1934.
Face value: 7 cents of U.S. dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 15,000,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 370.
- Scott No. 746.
- StampWorld No. 587.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 745.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 334A.

Acadia National Park is located along the mid-section of the Maine coast, southwest of Bar Harbor. The park preserves about half of Mount Desert Island, part of the Isle au Haut, the tip of the Schoodic Peninsula, and portions of 16 smaller outlying islands. It was established on July 8, 1916 as Sieur de Monts National Monument. In total, it encompasses 198.6 km² (76.7 sq mi). Acadia has a rich human history, dating back more than 10,000 years ago with the Wabanaki people. The 17th century brought fur traders and other European explorers, while the 19th century saw an influx of summer visitors, then wealthy families.

NORWAY

NORWAY.

Pro National Tourist Association.
The North Cape.
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 01.04.1943.
Vace value: 15 + 25 Norwegian øre.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 520,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 290.
- Michel No. 284.
- Nordeskatalogen No. 311.
- Scott No. B28.
- StampWorld No. 292.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 349.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 246.

The North Cape (Norwegian: Nordkapp; Northern Sami: Davvenjárga) is a promontory located on the island of Magerøya, in northern Norway, in the community of Nordkapp. Its cliff, 307 m (1,007 ft) high, is often considered the northernmost point in Europe. However, neighboring Cape Knivskjellodden lies about 1,450 m (4,760 ft) further north and is the northernmost point on the continent. A road to the North Cape was first built in 1956. The North Cape was named by the English navigator Steven Borough, captain of the Edward Bonaventure, which sailed past in 1553 in search of the Northeast Passage.

This postage stamp wa issued during the German occupation of Norway (1940-1945). Shortly after, in December 1943, the battle of the North Cape took place between German and British naval forces.

PITCAIRN ISLANDS

PITCAIRN ISLANDS / PITKERN AILEN.

Landscapes. Tatrimoa Cape.
Last stamp in a set of 5, issued on 22.01.1981.
Face value: 70 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 49 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 205.
- Scott No. 202.
- Seven Seas Stamps No. 201.
- StampWorld No. 205.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 215.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 198.

The Archipelago of the Pitcairn Islands (in Pitkern: Pitkern Ailen) is officially a British Overseas Territory. It includes the Pitcairn (the only inhabited), Oeno, Henderson and Ducie islands. Its capital is Adamstown, where the only settlement of the islands is located, located in the north-central part of Pitcairn, The islands of Henderson, Ducie and Pitcairn were discovered by a Spanish expedition under the command of the Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandes de Quirós and his crew on January 26, 1606. A century and a half later, the islands were rediscovered by English sailors: Pitcairn in 1767, Ducie in 1791, Henderson in 1819 and Oeno in 1824. Pitcairn is known to be the home of descendants the mutineers on the Bounty ship and the Tahitians who accompanied them in 1790. With only 56 inhabitants from nine families, it is the least populated country in the world, although it is not a sovereign nation.

Tatrimoa is the Polynesian name for the Big Fence headland and cape, on the eastern shore of Pitcairn Island.

ITALY

ITALY / ITALIA.

Turism issues.
Palmi (Tonnara di Palmi Bay, Costa Viola, Mount Sant'Elia).
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 09.05.1987.
Facial value: 400 Italian lire.
Design: from a paintimg of Emidio Vangelli (1871-1949).
Printed by I.P.Z.S. (Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato), Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 5,000,000 copies.
Size: 48 x 40 mm. 

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2013.
- Sassone No. 1802.
- Scott No. 1709.
- StampWorld No. 1990.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1964.
- Unificato No. 1816.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1745.

Palmi is a municipality belonging to the province of Reggio di Calabria, in the Italian region of Calabria, on the shores of the Tyrrhenian Sea. It has an area of 32.12 km² (12.40 sq mi) and its population, in 2020, was just over 18,000 inhabitants. The stamp shows part of the beach (lido, with the rocks known as scogli Agliastro), the bay of Tonnara, Mount Sant’Elmo, and a stretch of the Costa Viola. Mount Sant’Elmo, 582 m (1,909 ft), is a part of the Aspromonte massif, in the southernmost part of the Apennine range. The mount is known as "the balcony on the Tyrrhenian". It is included in the Protection Zones and in the Sites of Community Interest of the Calabria Region.

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IVORY COAST

IVORY COAST / CÔTE D'IVOIRE.

Landscapes. Sassandra Bay and Town.
Airmail. First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 08.06.1963.
Face value: 100 West Africa CFA francs.
Design and engraving: Jean Pheulpin (1907-1991).
Printing: Recess.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 248.
- Scott No. C23.
- StampWorld No. 253.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 224.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 27.

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 (data from 2014), was founded in 1471 by the Portuguese João de Santarém and Pêro Escobar 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. A decree of December 12, 1891 gave the region, which encompassed the coastal settlements controlled by France, the name Côte d'Ivoire.

SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA / SUID-AFRIKA.

500th Anniversary of Discovery of Cape of Good Hope by Bartolomeu Dias.
Africa, fragment of  the map of Henricus Martellus (1491).
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 03.02.1988.
Face value: 50 cents of South African rand.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 38 x 29 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 724.
- Scott No. 709.
- South African No. 646.
- StampWorld No. 763.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 634.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 641.

The Portuguese navigator Bartolomeu Dias (Algarve, ca. 1450 - at sea, May 29, 1500) was the first European explorer to round the southern tip of Africa in early 1488, reaching the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic. His expedition, made up of two caravels (São Cristóvão and São Pantaleão) and a supply ship, left Lisbon in late July or early August 1487, and in late December reached a place near the mouth of the Orange River. After several incidents, sailing out to sea, on February 3, 1488 he reached today’s Mossel Bay, and On March 12, continuing east, the expedition reached its furthest point in the Indian Ocean, the mouth of the Bushman River, but the crew refused to go any further. On their return to Portugal they discovered Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of the continent, and Cape das Tormentas, which the Portuguese king, John II, named Cabo da Boa Esperança (Cape of Good Hope) because it was the place where opened the rout to reach to India. Bartolomé Dias died on May 29, 1500 on a subsequent voyage when the ship in which he was sailing was sunk near the Cape in the middle of a storm.

Henricus Martellus Germanus (Nuremberg? Ca. 1440 - ?) was a German geographer and cartographer, named Heinrich Hammer, who lived and worked in Florence from 1480 to 1496. Between 1489 and 1491 he produced at least one map of the world showing novel adaptations of the model existing Ptolemaic, opening a passage to southern Africa and creating a huge new peninsula east of the Golden Chersonese (Malaysia). It is possibly based on maps created around 1485 in Lisbon by Bartholomew Columbus.

PORTUGAL

PORTUGAL.

Landscapes and monuments series.
Cape Girão, Madeira Island.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 06.12.1972.
Face value: 10 Portuguese escudos.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 35 x 26.

Catalogues
- Afinsa No. 1142.
- Michel No. 1191.
- Scott No. 1131.
- StampWorld No. 1180.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1458.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1140.

Cape Girão is a cliff located on the southern coast of the island of Madeira. It is diamond-shaped and stands at 580 m (1,900 ft) above sea level (it is one of the highest cliffs in Europe). It is located between two river valleys that flow into the Atlantic Ocean. In October 2012, a clear glass walkway was opened at the top of the cliff, offering impressive views.

LIBERIA

LIBERIA.

Cape Mesurado (or Cape Palmas ?).
First stamp in a set of 12, issued in 1920.
Face value: 1 Liberian cent.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 191.
- Scott No. 183.
- StampWorld No. 251.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 402.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 168.

The place represented in the stamp is under discussion. It is mainly considered that it is the Cape Mesurado, but some catalogs mention the Cape Palmas.

The Cape Mesurado, also called Cape Montserrado, is a promontory on the Liberian coast, in the Mamba Point neighborhood, the northernmost of the capital, Monrovia, very close to the mouth of the Saint Paul River. It was named Cabo Mesurado by Portuguese sailors in the 1560s, who assured that the place was inhabited. The first African-American settlers settled in that place on April 22, 1822. In 1855 a lighthouse was built there. At the beginning of the 19th century and until 1815 there was a base for the slave trade.

The Cape Palmas is located in the southern Liberia town of Harper, just over 20 km (12 mi) from the Ivory Coast border. The International Hydrographic Organization considers this cape to be the westernmost point of the Gulf of Guinea and the dividing line of the Atlantic Ocean between North and South. The place was discovered in 1458 by the Portuguese navigator Diogo Gomes, who named it Cabo das Palmas.