ISRAEL

This cover came from Israel and depicts 4 different stamps, including all the 3 stamps on the right corner, celebrating the World Heritage Site Biblical Tells at Meggido, Hazor and Beer Sheba. Tells (prehistoric settlement mounds) are characteristic of the flatter lands of the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Lebanon, Syria and eastern Turkey. Of more than 200 tels in Israel, Meggido, Hazor and Beer Sheba are representative of those that contain substantial remains of cities with biblical connections. Their traces of construction over the millennia reflect the existence of centralized authority, prosperous agricultural activity and the control of importante trade routes. The site is inscribed at Unesco world heritage since 2005.

BRAZIL

P. R. CHINA

FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LANDS (ÎLE EUROPA - ÎLES ÉPARSES)

BRAZIL

This cover from Brazil depicts 2 Fauna stamps representative of the Araripe Geopark. The Araripe Basin (Portuguese: Bacia do Araripe) is a rift basin covering about 8,000 square kilometres in Ceará, Piauí and Pernambuco states of northeastern Brazil. It is bounded by the Patos and Pernambuco lineaments, and is situated east of the Parnaíba Basin, southwest of the Rio do Peixe Basin and northwest of the Tucano and Jatobá Basins. The basin has provided a variety of unique fossils in the Crato and Santana Formations and includes the Araripe Geopark, a member of the UNESCO Global Geoparks since 2006.

MONACO

INDONESIA

This cover from Indonesia depicts 3 different stamps, including two stamps celebrating 2 heritage sites: the 5000 stamp on the left shows a picture of Borobudur temple and the 2500 middle stamp shows a picture of Prambanan Temple. Borobudur Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of the area of three Buddhist temples in Central Java, Indonesia. It comprises Borobudur, Mendut and Pawon. The temples were built during the Shailendra Dynasty around the 8th and 9th centuries CE. Approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Yogyakarta, Borobudur sits on a plateau between two twin volcanoes, Sundoro-Sumbing and Merbabu-Merapi, and two rivers, the Progo and the Elo. According to local myth, the area known as Kedu Plain is a Javanese sacred place and has been dubbed 'the garden of Java' due to its high agricultural fertility. Prambanan Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of a group of Hindu temple compounds that lie on the border between Yogyakarta and Central Java. It comprises Prambanan, Lumbung, Bubrah and Sewu temple compounds, all are located within Prambanan Archaeological Park. Both places are inscribed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991.

SPAIN

This cover from Spain depicts a single stamps issued in 2023, celebrating the town of Cuenca. The Moors built the fortified city of Cuenca in the early 8th century, and it was captured by the Christians in the 12th century. The cathedral is the first Gothic example in Spain. The town is also famous for its casas colgadas, houses that hang over the edge of a cliff. The Historic Walled Town of Cuenca was declared a World Heritage Site in 1996.

P. R. CHINA

ARMENIA

This cover came from Armenia and depicts a joint issue with Russia issued in 2022. The blue stamp on the left shows a picture of Armyanskaya Apostolskaya Ekateriny armenian apostolic church, in St. Petersburg, Russian Federation. Called The 'Venice of the North', St. Petersburg, with its numerous canals and more than 400 bridges, is the result of a vast urban project begun in 1703 under Peter the Great. Later known as Leningrad (in the former USSR), the city is closely associated with the October Revolution. Its architectural heritage reconciles the very different Baroque and pure neoclassical styles, as can be seen in the Admiralty, the Winter Palace, the Marble Palace and the Hermitage. Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is the name used by UNESCO when it collectively designated the historic core of the Russian city of St. Petersburg, as well as buildings and ensembles located in the immediate vicinity as a World Heritage Site in 1991. The site was recognised for its architectural heritage, fusing Baroque, Neoclassical, and traditional Russian-Byzantine influences.

LITHUANIA

This cover from Lithuania depicts a miniature sheet showing a historical building in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The Old Town of Vilnius, one of the largest surviving medieval old towns in Northern Europe, has an area of 3.59 square kilometres. It encompasses 74 quarters, with 70 streets and lanes numbering 1487 buildings with a total floor area of 1,497,000 square meters. It was founded by the Lithuanian Grand Duke and King of Poland Jogaila in 1387 on the Magdeburg rights the oldest part of the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, it had been developed over the course of many centuries, and has been shaped by the city's history and a constantly changing cultural influence. It is a place where some of Europe's greatest architectural styles—gothic, renaissance, baroque and neoclassical—stand side by side and complement each other. There are many Catholic, Lutheran and Orthodox churches, residential houses, cultural and architectural monuments, museums in the Old Town. In 1994 the Vilnius Old Town was included as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in recognition of its universal value and originality. It has been recognised as one of the most beautiful cities of the Old Continent that also has the largest baroque Old Town in the whole of Eastern and Central Europe.

POLAND