Saturday, 8 July 2023
BRAZIL
This cover from Brazil depicts 2 different stamps. The stamp on the bottom celebrates the Itatiaia National Park, a part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, in the states of Paraná and São Paulo. The 25 protected areas that make up the site (some 470,000 ha in total) display the biological wealth and evolutionary history of the last remaining Atlantic forests. From mountains covered by dense forests, down to wetlands, coastal islands with isolated mountains and dunes, the area comprises a rich natural environment of great scenic beauty. It was declared a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1999.