TURKEY

TURKEY / TÜRKİYE.

Definitive stamps.
Zonguldak Harbour.
Seventh stamp in a set of 11, issued on 3.1960.
Face value: 25 Turkish kuruş.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Print: 20,000,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 25 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1702A.
- Scott No. 1447.
- StampWorld No. 1737.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1858.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1435.

Zonguldak is a city and the capital of Zonguldak Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It was established in 1849 as a port town for the nearby coal mines in Ereğli and the coal trade remains its main economic activity. According to the 2012 census, Zonguldak has a population of 109,080. The city is the terminus of a railway line with the terminating station Zonguldak Railway Station built in 1937. The coal mines in and around Zonguldak were first operated by the French. The city's port played an important role in relations with the USSR during the Turkish War of Independence.

UNITED KINGDOM, England

UNITED KINGDOM. England.

A British Journey.
Beachy Head, Sussex coast.
Second stamp in a set of 10, issued on 07.02.2006.
No face value: 1st Class.
Design: Phelan Barker Design Consultants.
Printed by De La Rue & Co. Ltd., Basingstoke (England).
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 2578.
- Michel No. 2276 (?).
- Scott No. 2344.
- StampWorld No. 2359.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2598.
- Unificato No. 2770.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2721.

Beachy Head is a chalk headland in East Sussex. It is situated close to Eastbourne within the administrative area of Eastbourne Borough Council which owns the land. The cliff rising to 162 m (531 ft) above sea level. In 1831, construction began on the Belle Tout Lighthouse on the next headland west from Beachy Head. Because mist and low clouds could hide the light of Belle Tout, it was decommissioned in 1902, after the Beachy Head Lighthouse had been built in the sea below Beachy Head as a replacement. The ashes of German social scientist and philosopher Friedrich Engels were scattered off the cliffs at Beachy Head into the Channel, as he had requested.

FALKLAND ISLANDS

FALKLAND ISLANDS.

Nature Reserves.
Bird Island stylized map and coastal cliffs. Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
and Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome).
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 09.04.1990.
Face value: 31 Falkland Islands penny.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 520.
- Scott No. 522.
- StampWorld No. 535.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 599.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 532.

Bird Island (Spanish: Isla Pájaro) is located 4.5 km (2.80 mi) south of West Falkland. Its area is 1.2 km2 (0.5 sq mi), and highest elevation 107 m (351 ft).  It has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International. Amongst the birds which breed here are rockhopper penguins, king shags, petrels and black-browed albatrosses. The island is roughly triangular in shape. The western half of the southern coast has sheer cliffs reaching at least 70 m (230 ft) and the plateau above slopes gently to the north and west. In the centre of the island there is a large seasonal pool to the west of a small inlet. The eastern promontory has two domed peaks with sheer southern cliffs of 30 m (98 ft) and very steep slopes in the north.

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.

COMOROS

COMOROS / UNION DES COMORES - UDZIMA WA KOMORI.

Port Mamutzu (Mamoudzou).
Airmail. Ninth stamp in a set of 17 (overprinted), issued on 01.08.1975.
Face value: 100 (over 90) Comorian francs.
Design: Pierrette Lambert (b. 1928).
Printing: Photogravure.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 238.
- Scott No. C84.
- StampWorld No. 219.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA84.

Mamoudzou is, since 1977, the capital of Mayotte, a French overseas region and department in the Indian Ocean. When the referendum for the independence of the Comoros Islands was held (December 22, 1974), Mayotte voted to remain linked to France, while the State of Comoros proclaimed its independence on July 6, 1975. Mamoudzou is the most populated commune (municipality) of Mayotte (71,437, according to the 2017 census). It is located on Grande-Terre (or Maoré), the main island of Mayotte. In the background of the seal you can see the promontory of Pointe de Mahabou.

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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DENMARK

DENMARK / DANMARK.

Danish Tourist Association.
Bornholm Island.
Last stamp in a set of 5, issued on 18.06.1981.
Face value: 230 Danish øre.
Design: Alan Havsteen-Mikkelsen (1938-2002) and Sven Havsteen-Mikkelsen (1912-1999).
Engraving: Czesław Słania (1921-2005).
Printing: Recess.
Print: 8,575,000 copies.
Size: 31 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 734.
- Michel No. 737.
- Scott No. 686.
- StampWorld No. 740.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 708.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 739.

Bornholm (Bornholmsk: Borrinjholm) is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Occupying an area of 588.36 km² (227.17 sq mi), the island had a total population of 39,545 on January 1, 2022. The island is known as klippeøen (‘Rock Island’) because of its geology, which consists of granite, except along the southern coast. Its largest settlement is Rønne. Many inhabitants speak the Bornholmsk dialect, which is officially a dialect of Danish. Most inhabitants are members of the Lutheran Church of Denmark (Folkekirken).

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GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC / DEUTSCHE DEMOKRATISCHE REPUBLIK.

Protected landscapes.
Königsstuhl Cliff.
Second stamp in a set of 6, issued on 17.05.1966.
Face value: 15 East German pfennig.
Design: Gerhard Wilhelm August Stauf (1924-1996).
Printed by Deutsche Wertpapierdruckerei (VEB), Leipzig.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 5,000,000 copies.
Size: 43 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1180.
- Scott No. 832.
- StampWorld No. 922.
- Stanley Gibbons No. E898.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 881.

Königsstuhl is a chalk cliff in Jasmund National Park on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It lies at 118 m (387 ft) above sea level. In 2004 it was incorporated into the terrain of Königsstuhl National Park Centre. There is a legend that the name Königsstuhl ("King's Chair") goes back to an event in 1715 when the Swedish king Charles XII is supposed to have commanded a sea battle against the Danes from this spot. The battle tired the ruler so much that he needed to take a chair. However, the name Königsstuhl was used in a travel report by the vicar Rhenan in 1586, who had been tasked by the Pomeranian duke to find mineral springs; thus it is clear that it had been named much earlier.

GERMANY

GERMANY / DEUTSCHLAND.

Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park.
Stamp issued on 03.06.2004.
Face value: 55 Euro cents.
Design: Barbara Dimanski.
Printed by Giesecke & Devrient.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 28,500,000 copies.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 3331.
- Michel No. 2407.
- Scott No. 2286.
- StampWorld No. 2269.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3277.
- Unificato No. 2239.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2232.

The Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (German: Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer) is in the Schleswig-Holstein area of the German Wadden Sea. It was founded by the Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein on October 1, 1985 and expanded significantly in 1999. In the North Frisian area, it includes the mudflats around the geest based and marsh islands and the Halligen. With an area of 4,410 km² it covers an area from the North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein by the Danish border in the north to the Elbe estuary in the south. The land element consists mainly of salt marshes. Since 1990, the national park, including the North Frisian Halligen, has been designated as a UNESCO recognised biosphere. Together with other German and Dutch Wadden Sea areas it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 26 June 2009 because of its relatively undisturbed intertidal ecosystem and its unique biodiversity.

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.

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.

ISLE OF MAN

ISLE OF MAN / ELLAN VANNIN.

Sea birds and landscapes.
Shags at the Calf of Man Island.
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 15.02.1983.
Face value: 11 Manx penny.
Design: John Hobson Nicholson (1911-1988).
Engraving: Questa.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 40 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 214.
- Michel No. 225.
- Scott No. 229.
- StampWorld No. 216.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 237.
- Unificato No. 224.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 224.

The Isle of Man (Manx: Ellan Vannin) is an island and self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The head of state, the King or Queen of the United Kingdom, holds the title Lord of Mann and is represented by a Lieutenant Governor. The United Kingdom is responsible for the  military defense. The total area of the island is 572 km² (221 sq mi), and its capital is Douglas.

Calf of Man (Manx: Yn Cholloo) is a 2.50-square-kilometer (618-acre) island, off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man, from which it is separated by a narrow stretch of water called the Calf Sound. Until 1939 the island was under private ownership by the Keig family, but was purchased by F. J. Dickens of Silverdale, Lancashire who then donated it to the National Trust to become a bird sanctuary.

The bird depicted on the stamp is an European Shag (Gulosus aristotelis).

PITCAIRN ISLANDS

PITCAIRN ISLANDS / PITKERN AILEN.

Landscapes: Big George.
Second stamp in a set of 5, issued on 22.01.1981.
Face value: 9 cents of New Zealand dollar.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 49 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 202.
- Scott No. 199.
- Seven Seas Stamps No. 198.
- StampWorld No. 202.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 212.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 195.

Big George is the westernmost point on the coast of Pitcairn Island, at the tip of the volcanic peninsula of Pulawana. The coastal stretch is characterized by a series of small reefs, visible on the stamp.

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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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.

FAROE ISLANDS

FAROE ISLANDS / FØROYAR.

Hestur Island coast and Buygdin village.
Last stamp in a set of 5, issued on 07.09.1987.
Face value: 550 Faroese oyra.
Design: Ole Wich (b. 1953).
Engraved by Czesław Słania (1921-2005).
Printing: Offset lithography and recess.
Print: 426,000 copies.
Size: 31 x 41 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 152.
- Michel No. 158.
- Scott No. 165.
- StampWorld No. 152.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 153.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 152.

Hestur (in Danish, Hestø) is one of the 18 islands that make up the Faroe archipelago, in the North Atlantic. Its area is 6.1 km² (2.4 sq mi) and its maximum elevation is in the Eggjarrók and Múlin mountains, both of 421 m (1,381 ft). The oldest Viking settlement, from the High Middle Ages, was Hælur, at the southern tip of the island. The school in the town of Hestur, on the east coast, was built in 1890 and the church in 1910; in 1913, the Bygdin pier was also established in its vicinity. Since January 1, 2005, the entire island is part of the municipality of Tórshavn, the largest in the archipelago. The total stable population of the island is about 40 inhabitants. On the west coast is a guillemot colony. In the north there is moorland with four small lakes, of which Fagradalsvatn is the largest.

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.

ALDERNEY

ALDERNEY.

Definitive stamps.
Hanging Rock and portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Second stamp in a set of 12, issued on 14.06.1983.
Face value: 4 Guernsey penny.
Design: Gordon Drummond (1921-2001).
Printed by Courvoisier-Attinger Arts Graphiques S.A., Biel/Bienne (Switzerland).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 465,887 copies.
Size: 39.7 x 29 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. A2.
- Michel No. 2.
- Scott No. 2.
- StampWorld No. 2.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2.

Hanging Rock is a unique geological feature of sandstone 18 m (60 ft) high and 31 m (102 ft) above sea level, located on a cliff near Fort Essex, on the southeastern coast of Alderney Island.

YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia)

YUGOSLAVIA (Croatia) / JUGOSLAVIJA (Hrvatska).

Tourist sites.
Šibenik.
Second stamp in a set of 6, issued on 06.07.1965.
Face value: 30 Yugoslav dinar.
Design: Ɖ. Gorbunov.
Printed by Zavod za izradu novčanica, Beograd.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 1,990,453 copies.
Size: 30 x 36 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1126.
- Scott No. 780.
- StampWorld No. 1161.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1166.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1021.

Šibenik is a city in Croatia, the capital of the Šibenik-Knin county. It is located on the coast of the Adriatic Sea, next to the mouth of the Krka River. Its population, in 2011, was 46,332 inhabitants. Šibenik Bay is one of the best natural harbors in the Adriatic and is characterized by a very jagged coastline. Off its coasts are numerous islands along with many islets: Prvić, Zlarin, Žirje, Kakan, Kaprije and Obonjan stand out among the islands. The city has its exit to the sea through the Sveti Ante channel (perfectly visible on the stamp). The municipality of Šibenik comprises 32 urban settlements. It is one of the oldest cities on the Croatian Adriatic coast, founded in the 9th century.

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VIETNAM

VIETNAM / VIỆT NAM.

Ha Long Bay (Vịnh Hạ Long).
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 1959.
Face value: 150 Vietnamese đồng.
Printing: Photogravure.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 92.
- Scott No. 89.
- StampWorld No. 92 (North Vietnam).
- Stanley Gibbons No. N98.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 159 (North Vietnam).

Hạ Long Bay or Halong Bay (Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Quảng Ninh Province, in northeastern Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long city, Cẩm Phả city, and is a part of Vân Đồn District. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various shapes and sizes. It has an area of around 1,553 km² (600 sq mi), including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km² (129 sq mi) with a high density of 775 islets.

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