INDONESIA

This cover from Indonesia depict a miniature sheet issued in 2022 celebrating the UNESCO Global Geopark of Belitong.

SURINAME

An amazing cover with 12 stamps affixed on letter, coming from Suriname. This is my first cover from this country in South America, a former dutch colony. Suriname is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north, French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west, and Brazil to the south. At just under 165,000 square kilometers, it is the smallest sovereign state in South America. It has a population of approximately 620,000, dominated by descendants from the slaves and labourers brought in from Africa and Asia by the Dutch Empire and Republic. Most of the people live by the country's (north) coast, in and around its capital and largest city, Paramaribo. It is also one of the least densely populated countries on Earth.

POLAND

This cover from Poland depict a se-tenant joint issue with Croatia on motive "Sources of Salt". The "4 zt" stamp on the right corner shows a picture of the Bochnia Royal Salt Mine in Poland, one of the oldest salt mines in the world and also the oldest commercial company in Poland. The Bochnia salt mine was established in 1248 after salt had been discovered there in the 12th and 13th centuries, and became part of the royal mining company. In 1990 the mine ceased producing salt but remains a tourist attraction. In 1981 the Bochnia salt mine was declared a heritage monument. It is one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments, as designated on 6 October 2000, and is overseen by the National Heritage Board of Poland. In 2013 the mine was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List as an extension of the Wieliczka Salt Mine inscription of 1978.

AUSTRIA

This cover from Austria depicts 2 stamps, including the orange stamp on the right celebrating the "Seewinkel National Park", a part of the World Heritage Site Ferto /Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape. The Fertö/Neusiedler Lake area has been the meeting place of different cultures for eight millennia. This is graphically demonstrated by its varied landscape, the result of an evolutionary symbiosis between human activity and the physical environment. The remarkable rural architecture of the villages surrounding the lake and several 18th- and 19th-century palaces adds to the area’s considerable cultural interest. The site is inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2001.

P. R. CHINA

This cover fom China depicts 5 stamps of same type celebrating the World Heritage Site South China Karst. The South China Karst, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since June 2007, spans the provinces of Chongqing, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan. It is noted for its karst features and landscapes as well as rich biodiversity. The site comprises seven clusters Phase I: Libo Karst, Shilin Karst, and Wulong Karsit nscribed in 2007, and Phase II: Guilin Karst, Shibing Karst, Jinfoshan Karst, and Huanjiang Karst inscribed in 2014. UNESCO describes the South China Karst as "unrivalled in terms of the diversity of its karst features and landscapes.

KOSOVO

This cover came from Kosovo and features a miniature sheet issued in 2017 celebrating the "Patriarchate of Pec Monastery", some of the monuments included at the UNESCO world heritage site known as "The Medieval Monuments in Kosovo". The Medieval Monuments in Kosovo are a World Heritage Site consisting of four Serbian Orthodox Christian churches and monasteries which represent the fusion of the eastern Orthodox Byzantine and the western Romanesque ecclesiastical architecture to form the Palaiologian Renaissance style. The construction was founded by members of Nemanjić dynasty, the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages. The sites are located in the modern-day Kosovo. In 2004, UNESCO recognized the Dečani Monastery for its outstanding universal value. Two years later, the site of patrimony was extended as aerial nomination, to include three other religious monuments: Patriarchate of Peć Monastery, Our Lady of Ljeviš and Gračanica Monastery. In 2006 the property was inscribed on the list of World Heritage in Danger due to difficulties in its management and conservation stemming from the region's political instability. There is also an ongoing controversy over Kosovo's bid to join the UNESCO, which would result in the sites being listed as part of Kosovo and not Serbia. These monuments have come under attack, especially during the ethnic violence in 2004, during Kosovo's UNMIK rule, when the Our Lady of Ljeviš was heavily damaged. In October 2015 Kosovo was recommended for membership by the UNESCO Executive Board bus UNESCO has not accepted Kosovo as a member.

SPAIN

This beautiful cover came from Spain and depicts a miniature sheet issued in 2010 celebrating the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba. The historic centre of Córdoba is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. In 1984, UNESCO registered the Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba as a World Heritage Site. A decade later, it expanded the inscription to include much of the old town. The historic centre has a wealth of monuments preserving large traces of Roman, Arabic, and Christian times.

UNITED NATIONS (VIENNA OFFICE)

THis amazing cover from United Nations (Vienna Office) depicts a complete set issued in 2006 celebrating 6 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in France: Mount Saint-Michel and its Bay, Paris, Banks of the Seine, Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct, Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne, Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs and the Chambord Castle, a part of the site The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes.

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AUSTRIA

This cover from Austria depicts a single stamp issued in 2022 celebrating the Augustiner Braustübl Mülln. Since 1621, this is the Austria's biggest beer tavern, in Salzburg’s Mülln neighbourhood. With an indoor seating area of 5.000 m2, the Bräustübl tavern and Brewery is Austria’s largest and boasts a further 1400 seats in the outdoor beer garden. The beer is drawn from wooden barrels and served in stone jugs, or steins. Regional and traditional dishes can be bought directly from various food stands in the "Schmankerlgang" (Delicatessen arcade) which is set up to resemble a traditional marketplace. The Bräustübl is a well-respected traditional meeting place – a piece of living history in the world heritage centre of Salzburg.

GERMANY

A cover from Germany with a special postmark celebrating the 1200th. anniversary of the Princely Abbey of Corvey. The Princely Abbey of Corvey (German: Fürststift Corvey or Fürstabtei Corvey) is a former Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was one of the half-dozen self-ruling princely abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire from the late Middle Ages until 1792 when Corvey was elevated to a prince-bishopric. Corvey, whose territory extended over a vast area, was in turn secularized in 1803 in the course of the German mediatisation and absorbed into the newly created Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda. Originally built in 822 and 885 and remodeled in the Baroque period, the abbey is an exceptional example of Carolingian architecture, the oldest surviving example of a westwork, and the oldest standing medieval structure in Westphalia. The original architecture of the abbey, with its vaulted hall and galleries encircling the main room, heavily influenced later western Romanesque and Gothic architecture. The inside of the westwork contains the only known wall paintings of ancient mythology with Christian interpretation in Carolingian times. The former abbey church was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014.

BRAZIL

This cover from Brazil depicts 2 stamps. The small stamp of 0,23 R$ shows a picture of the Pantanal. The Pantanal Conservation Area is a natural region encompassing the world's largest tropical wetland area, and the world's largest flooded grasslands. It is located mostly within the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, but it extends into Mato Grosso and portions of Bolivia and Paraguay. It sprawls over an area estimated at between 140,000 and 195,000 square kilometres. Various subregional ecosystems exist, each with distinct hydrological, geological and ecological characteristics; up to 12 of them have been defined. Roughly 80% of the Pantanal floodplains are submerged during the rainy seasons, nurturing a biologically diverse collection of aquatic plants and helping to support a dense array of animal species. Pantanal Conservation Area was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000.

BELGIUM

This cover from Belgium depicts a single stamp in 2022, celebrating the World Heritage Site Major Mining Sites of Wallonia. During the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, mining and the heavy industry that relied on coal formed a major part of Belgium's economy. Most of this mining and industry took place in the sillon industriel, a strip of land running across the country where many of the largest cities in Wallonia are located. The Major Mining Sites of Wallonia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising four sites in Wallonia in southern Belgium associated with the Belgian coal mining industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. The four sites of the grouping, situated in the French-speaking Hainaut Province and Liège Province, comprise Grand-Hornu, the Bois-du-Luc, the Bois du Cazier (showed in this stamp) and Blegny-Mine. The site was recognized by the UNESCO commission in 2012.

FRANCE - UNESCO HEADQUARTERS in PARIS

This first day cover came from the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. It features a stamp issued in 2022 with a picture of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, in the Historic Centre of Florence, Italy. The historic centre of Florence is part of quartiere 1 of the Italian city of Florence. This quarter was named a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982. Built on the site of an Etruscan settlement, Florence, the symbol of the Renaissance, rose to economic and cultural pre-eminence under the Medici in the 15th and 16th centuries. Its 600 years of extraordinary artistic activity can be seen above all in the 13th-century cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore), the Church of Santa Croce, the Uffizi and the Pitti Palace, the work of great masters such as Giotto, Filippo Brunelleschi, Sandro Botticelli and Michelangelo.

PORTUGAL

This cover from my country, Portugal, depicts 2 stamps issued in 2018 with some views of the Historic Centre of Oporto. Porto or Oporto is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 232,000 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people in an area of 2,395 km2, making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, as "Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar". The historic area is also a National Monument of Portugal. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire.

UN NEW YORK

This cover from United Nations (New York Office) depicts 4 stamps (2 of each type), celebrating 2 Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Australia: the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park and the Wet Tropics of Queensland. The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Parkhis is inscribed at UNESCO World Heritage List since 1987 and was chosen as an example of a landscape that is culturally sacred to Aboriginal people. The park's two massive sandstone formations, Uluṟu and Kata Tjuṯa, are spiritually important to many Aṉangu. They form part of the local tjukurpa belief system. Cave paintings found at Uluṟu date back tens of thousands of years. The Wet Tropics of Queensland is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988 which has the oldest continuously surviving tropical rainforests on Earth. The forests date from the Mesozoic era when the climate of Australia (and the world) was much more tropical than today. Originally, the rain forest area covered a much wider area than today. Today it is just a narrow strip along the east coast of Queensland.

POLAND

This cover from Poland features 2 stamps, both showing some views of Warsaw, the capital and main city in Poland. The Historic Centre of Warsaw is also inscribed at UNESCO as a World Heritage place. During the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944, more than 85% of Warsaw's historic centre was destroyed by Nazi troops. After the war, a five-year reconstruction campaign by its citizens resulted in a meticulous restoration of the Old Town, with its churches, palaces and market-place. It is an outstanding exemple of a near-total reconstruction of a span of history covering the 13th to the 20th century

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AUSTRIA

This cover from Austria depicts a single stamp issued in 2022, celebrating the Hallstatt-Dachstein alpine landscape, part of the Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape. UNESCO designated Hallstatt–Dachstein/Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape (Kulturlandschaft Hallstatt–Dachstein/Salzkammergut) a World Heritage Site in 1997, with the description: "Human activity in the magnificent natural landscape of the Salzkammergut began in prehistoric times, with the salt deposits being exploited as early as the 2nd millennium B.C. This resource formed the basis of the area's prosperity up to the middle of the 20th century, a prosperity that is reflected in the fine architecture of the town of Hallstatt."

AUSTRIA

A cover from Austria, depicting a single stamp issued in 2022, celebrating the "Leopold Museum", located at the Historic Centre of Vienna. Vienna, the capital of the Habsburg Empire, has long been acknowledged to be the musical capital of Europe. The historic centre is rich in architectural ensembles in various styles, including Baroque castles and gardens, as well as the late-19th-century Ringstraße. In 2001, the site was inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites.

GERMANY

This cover from Germany depicts 2 stamps, including the 70ct stamps on the right, showing views of the town of Cologne in 1947 and 2015. One of the buildings that we can see is the Cologne Cathedral. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Cologne and of the administration of the Archdiocese of Cologne. It is a renowned monument of German Catholicism and Gothic architecture and was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996. It is Germany's most visited landmark, attracting an average of 20,000 people a day. At 157 m, the cathedral is the tallest twin-spired church in the world, the second tallest church in Europe after Ulm Minster, and the third tallest church of any kind in the world. It is the largest Gothic church in Northern Europe and has the second-tallest spires. The towers for its two huge spires give the cathedral the largest façade of any church in the world. Construction of Cologne Cathedral began in 1248 but was halted in the years around 1560, unfinished. Attempts to complete the construction began around 1814 but the project was not properly funded until the 1840s. The edifice was completed to its original Medieval plan in 1880.

GERMANY

Another cover with special postmarks celebrating the 1200th. anniversary of the Princely Abbey of Corvey. The Princely Abbey of Corvey (German: Fürststift Corvey or Fürstabtei Corvey) is a former Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was one of the half-dozen self-ruling princely abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire from the late Middle Ages until 1792 when Corvey was elevated to a prince-bishopric. Corvey, whose territory extended over a vast area, was in turn secularized in 1803 in the course of the German mediatisation and absorbed into the newly created Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda. Originally built in 822 and 885 and remodeled in the Baroque period, the abbey is an exceptional example of Carolingian architecture, the oldest surviving example of a westwork, and the oldest standing medieval structure in Westphalia. The original architecture of the abbey, with its vaulted hall and galleries encircling the main room, heavily influenced later western Romanesque and Gothic architecture. The inside of the westwork contains the only known wall paintings of ancient mythology with Christian interpretation in Carolingian times. The former abbey church was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014.

PORTUGAL

This cover from Portugal depicts a single stamp celebrating the mexican World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaelogical site of Monte Albán. Inhabited over a period of 1,500 years by a succession of peoples – Olmecs, Zapotecs and Mixtecs – the terraces, dams, canals, pyramids and artificial mounds of Monte Albán were literally carved out of the mountain and are the symbols of a sacred topography. The nearby city of Oaxaca, which is built on a grid pattern, is a good example of Spanish colonial town planning. The solidity and volume of the city's buildings show that they were adapted to the earthquake-prone region in which these architectural gems were constructed. Both sites were inscribed in 1987 at UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.

VIETNAM

A nice UNESCO cover from Vietnam, featuring a miniature sheet issued in 2018 celebrating the Citadel of the Ho dinasty.
Inscribed as an universal outstanding value site since 2011, the 14th. century Ho Dinasty Citadel, built according to the feng shui principles, testifies to the flowering of neo-Confucianism in late 14th. century Viet Nam and its spread to other parts of east Asia. According to these principles it was sited in a landscape of great scenic beauty between the Ma and Buoi rivers. The citadel buildings represente an outstanding exemple of a new style of south-east Asian imperial city.

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PORTUGAL

A nice cover from my country, Portugal, depicting a stamp issued in 2022 celebrating the 100th. anniversary of the first aerial crossing of the South Atlantic. The stamp shows a picture of the Tower of Belém, in Lisbon. Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon. It was built during the height of the Portuguese Renaissance, and is a prominent example of the Portuguese Manueline style, but it also incorporates hints of other architectural styles. The structure was built from lioz limestone and is composed of a bastion and a 30-metre four-storey tower. Since 1983, the tower has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the Jerónimos Monastery. It is often portrayed as a symbol of Europe's Age of Discoveries and as a metonym for Portugal or Lisbon, given its landmark status. It has incorrectly been stated that the tower was built in the middle of the Tagus and now sits near the shore because the river was redirected after the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. In fact, the tower was built on a small island in the Tagus river near the Lisbon shore.

UNITED NATIONS (VIENNA OFFICE)

An amazing cover from United Nations (Office of Vienna) with a complete set celebrating 6 UNESCO World Heritage National Parks in the USA: Yosemite, Olympic, Great Smoky Mountains, Everglades, Hawai Volcanoes and Yellowstone.

POLAND

Some historic facts related to this nice cover from Poland: during the years up to 1939, in the free state of Danzig (actually Gdansk), Polish citizens had their own Polish Post Ofiice. On September 1, 1939, the building of Polish Post was attacked by German soldiers. After the defeat battle the Polish postmen were executed. The stamps on cover commemorate the defense of Polish Post in Gdansk in 1939: the horizontal stamp commemorates the mambers of Polish Post in Gdansk that were executed.

UN NEW YORK

This cover from United Nations (New York Office) depicts 4 stamps (2 of eavch type), celebrating 2 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain: the Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct and the Works of Antonio Gaudí in Barcelona. Segovia a city in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. Segovia is in the Inner Plateau (Meseta central), near the northern slopes of the Sistema Central range and on a bend of the Eresma river. The city is famous for its historic buildings including three main landmarks: its midtown Roman aqueduct, its cathedral (one of the last ones to be built in Europe following a Gothic style), and the medieval castle, which served as one of the templates for Walt Disney's Cinderella Castle. The city center was declared of World Heritage by UNESCO in 1985. The Roman aqueduct was constructed in the 1st century, the medieval Alcázar palace in the 11th century, and the cathedral in the 16th. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet (25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect from Spain known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works have a highly individualized, sui generis style. Most are located in Barcelona, including his main work, the church of the Sagrada Família. Seven (parts of) buildings are included in UNESCO's World Heritage Site, all of them located in the Province of Barcelona: Parque Güell, Palacio Güell, Casa Mila, Casa Vicens, Nativity Façade and Crypt of the Sagrada Familia, Casa Batlló, Crypt at the Colònia Güell.

P.R. CHINA

This cover with a total of 10 stamps affixed on it came from P.R. China. It includes a complete set of 4 stamps issued in 2004 celebrating the Danxia Mountains. China Danxia, or Danxia landform of China, is a subset of the Danxia landforms which, in August 2010, entered the World Heritage List. It refers to various landscapes found in southeast, southwest and northwest China that "consist of a red bed characterized by steep cliffs". It is a unique type of petrographic geomorphology found in China. Danxia landform is formed from red-coloured sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age. The landforms look very much like karst topography that forms in areas underlain by limestones, but since the rocks that form danxia are sandstones and conglomerates, they have been called "pseudo-karst" landforms. T

GERMANY

These 2 covers with special postmarks came from Germany and both of them celebrating the 1200th. anniversary of the Princely Abbey of Corvey. The Princely Abbey of Corvey (German: Fürststift Corvey or Fürstabtei Corvey) is a former Benedictine abbey and ecclesiastical principality now in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was one of the half-dozen self-ruling princely abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire from the late Middle Ages until 1792 when Corvey was elevated to a prince-bishopric. Corvey, whose territory extended over a vast area, was in turn secularized in 1803 in the course of the German mediatisation and absorbed into the newly created Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda. Originally built in 822 and 885 and remodeled in the Baroque period, the abbey is an exceptional example of Carolingian architecture, the oldest surviving example of a westwork, and the oldest standing medieval structure in Westphalia. The original architecture of the abbey, with its vaulted hall and galleries encircling the main room, heavily influenced later western Romanesque and Gothic architecture. The inside of the westwork contains the only known wall paintings of ancient mythology with Christian interpretation in Carolingian times. The former abbey church was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014.

P. R. CHINA

This cover fom China depicts 5 stamps of same type celebrating the World Heritage Site South China Karst. The South China Karst, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since June 2007, spans the provinces of Chongqing, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan. It is noted for its karst features and landscapes as well as rich biodiversity. The site comprises seven clusters Phase I: Libo Karst, Shilin Karst, and Wulong Karsit nscribed in 2007, and Phase II: Guilin Karst, Shibing Karst, Jinfoshan Karst, and Huanjiang Karst inscribed in 2014. UNESCO describes the South China Karst as "unrivalled in terms of the diversity of its karst features and landscapes.

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VIETNAM

A cover from Vietnam depicting 4 stamps, including 2 stamps on the top corner celebrating the Unesco World Heritage Site Complex of Monuments in Hué. The Complex of Huế Monuments is located in and around Huế, the former imperial capital of Vietnam under the Nguyễn dynasty. Despite having suffered from the effects of three wars, the site is well-preserved and remains a remarkable construction of the 19th century. It contains the palaces that housed the imperial family, as well as shrines, gardens, and villas for mandarins. Constructed in 1803 under Emperor Gia Long as a new capital, it mostly served a ceremonial function during the French colonial period. After the end of the monarchy in 1945, it suffered heavy damage and neglect during the Indochina Wars through the 1980s. The Imperial City was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.

ARCTIC POST OFFICES - Pyramiden (NORWAY)

This cover came from Norway and was posted at the Arctic Post Office of Pyramiden. Pyramiden (literally 'The Pyramid') is an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard which has become a tourist destination. Founded by Sweden in 1910 and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927, Pyramiden was closed in 1998 and has since remained largely abandoned with most of its infrastructure and buildings still in place, the cold climate preserving much of what has been left behind. Since 2007, there have been efforts to make it a tourist attraction; the town's hotel was renovated and reopened in 2013. The Pyramiden hotel also houses the Pyramiden Museum as well as a post office and a souvenir shop, where surely this cover was cancelled. There was a small hotel built of old shipping containers near the harbour, but this has closed since the hotel is now renovated and open for guests. There are no plans to renovate and reopen the whole settlement.

GERMANY

A special first day cover celebrating the amazing Neuschwanstein Castle.

MOROCCO

This special first day cover from Morocco depicts a single stamp issued in 2022 celebrating the old city of Tétouan. Tétouan is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 60 kilometres of Tangier. Tétouan is a renowned multicultural center. The medina of Tétouan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

VIETNAM

A nice UNESCO cover from Vietnam, featuring a miniature sheet issued in 2018 that celebrates the Citadel of the Ho dinasty.
Inscribed as an universal outstanding value site since 2011, the 14th. century Ho Dinasty Citadel, built according to the feng shui principles, testifies to the flowering of neo-Confucianism in late 14th. century Viet Nam and its spread to other parts of east Asia. According to these principles it was sited in a landscape of great scenic beauty between the Ma and Buoi rivers. The citadel buildings represente an outstanding exemple of a new style of south-east Asian imperial city.

UN NEW YORK

This cover from United Nations (New York Office) depicts 4 stamps (2 of eavch type), celebrating 2 Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Australia: the Tasmanian Wilderness and the Kakadu National Park. The Tasmanian Wilderness is a term that is used for a range of areas in Tasmania, Australia. The World Heritage Areas in South West Tasmania, Western Tasmania and Central Highlands are the most well known. However, there are also other wilderness areas in Tasmania, Tarkine and the Cradle mountain wilderness. The World Heritage Area is one of the largest conservation areas in Australia, covering 13,800 km², or almost 20% of Tasmania. The area constitutes one of the last expanses of temperate wilderness in the world, including the renowned South West Wilderness. The area became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, and it was extended in 1989. Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin. It is the second largest national park in the world.[3] It covers an area of 1,980,400 ha (4,894,000 acres).[4] It is about 200 kilometres from north to south, and more than 100 kilometres from east to west. It is the size of Slovenia, about one-third the size of Tasmania, or nearly half the size of Switzerland. The Ranger Uranium Mine, one of the biggest Uranium mines in the world, is inside the park. The area became a World Heritage Site in 1981.

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