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An excellent cover from Belgium, with no room for more stamps, depicting 11 different stamps, mostly showing pictures of churches and cathedrals that are part of the UNESCO site called "Belfries of Belgium and France". A total of 56 belfries are listed as World Heritage. They were built between the 11th and 17th centuries in different architectural styles: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque. They symbolized the wealth and the influence of the towns. In 1999, 32 belfries in Belgium were originally listed, and in 2005, the site was expanded to include the belfries in France and the belfry in Gembloux in Belgium. Some of the belfries include: Cathedral of Our Lady & Antwerp City Hall in Antwerp, St. Rumbold's Cathedral & City Hall in Mechelen, Belfry of Bruges, Belfry of Kortrijk, Cloth Hall in Ypres, Schepenhuis in Aalst, Belfry of Ghent, Oudenaarde Town Hall, St. Peter's Church in Leuven, St. Leonard's Church in Zoutleeuw, Belfry of Mons, Belfry of Thuin, Belfry of Tournai, and Belfry of Namur.

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This cover came from Belgium, depicting 8 different stamps. Among the stamps are 4 stamps issued in 1998 celebrating 4 monuments which are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Belfries of Belgium and France. A total of 56 belfries are listed as World Heritage. They were built between the 11th and 17th centuries in different architectural styles: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque. They symbolized the wealth and the influence of the towns. In 1999, 32 belfries in Belgium were originally listed, and in 2005, the site was expanded to include the belfries in France and the belfry in Gembloux in Belgium. Some of the belfries include: Cathedral of Our Lady & Antwerp City Hall in Antwerp, St. Rumbold's Cathedral & City Hall in Mechelen, Belfry of Bruges, Belfry of Kortrijk, Cloth Hall in Ypres, Schepenhuis in Aalst, Belfry of Ghent, Oudenaarde Town Hall, St. Peter's Church in Leuven, St. Leonard's Church in Zoutleeuw, Belfry of Mons, Belfry of Thuin, Belfry of Tournai, and Belfry of Namur.

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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.

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An excellent UNESCO cover from Belgium, with a complete set issued in 2021 celebrating the town of Mechelen (Malines in French). Mechelen is part of the UNESCO site called "Belfries of Belgium and France". A total of 56 belfries are listed as World Heritage. They were built between the 11th and 17th centuries in different architectural styles: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque. They symbolized the wealth and the influence of the towns. In 1999, 32 belfries in Belgium were originally listed, and in 2005, the site was expanded to include the belfries in France and the belfry in Gembloux in Belgium. Some of the belfries include: Cathedral of Our Lady & Antwerp City Hall in Antwerp, St. Rumbold's Cathedral & City Hall in Mechelen, Belfry of Bruges, Belfry of Kortrijk, Cloth Hall in Ypres, Schepenhuis in Aalst, Belfry of Ghent, Oudenaarde Town Hall, St. Peter's Church in Leuven, St. Leonard's Church in Zoutleeuw, Belfry of Mons, Belfry of Thuin, Belfry of Tournai, and Belfry of Namur.

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A beautiful Fauna cover from Belgium, depicting 2 stamps on topic "Endangered mammals in the North Sea". Both stamps are part of a set of 5 stamps issued in 2017 and both having a first day special cancellation.

 



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Another nice cover from Belgium, with many stamps issued in the 60's and 70's of the 20th. century. Belgium post still allows stamps with the old currency (belgian franc) as postage, so cover collectors are always able to get recent covers with old stamps affixed on it.

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An amazing cover from Belgium, with a great number of stamps, including 4 old stamps issued in 1958 celebrating the Universal Exposition in Brussels.

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A very nice WWF Fauna cover from Belgium, despicting a complete set issued in 2000 with 4 different species of reptiles: the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), the european tree frog (Hyla arborea), the fire salamander (salamandra salamandra) and the common european viper (Vipera berus).

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A nice UNESCO cover from Belgium, depicting a complete set issued in 2000 with 3 Unesco places in thheir own country:La Grand-Place (Great Square) in Brussels, the Flemish Béguinages and The Four Lifts on the Canal do Centre.

La Grand-Place in Brussels (since 1998)  is a remarkably body of public and private buildings, dating mainly from the late 17th. century. The architecture provides a vivid ilustration of the level of social and cultural life of the period in this important political and commercial centre.





The Béguines were women who dedicated their lives to God without retiring from the world. In the 13th century they founded the béguinages,enclosed communities designed to meet their spiritual and material needs. The Flemish béguinages (inscribed at Unesco sites since 1998) are architectural ensembles composed of houses, churches, ancillary buildings and green spaces, with a layout of either urban or rural origin and built in styles specific to the Flemish region. They are a fascinating reminder of the tradition of the Béguines that developed in north-western Europe in the Middle Ages.





The Four hydraulic boat-lifts (inscribed as Unesco places since 1998) of the historic Canal du Centre are industrial monuments of the highest quality. Together with the canal itself and its associated structures, they constitute a remarkably well-preserved and complete exemple of a late 19th. century industrial landscape. Of the eight hydraulic boat-lifts built at the end of the 19thb century and beggining of the 20th century, the only ones in the world still existing in their original working condition are these four lifts on the Canal du Centre.