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This cover from Bosnia and Herzegovina depicts 2 stamps of the same type (issue from 2008), celebrating the Vjetrenica Cave. Vjetrenica Cave (meaning wind cave) is the largest cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the most biodiverse cave in the world. It is part of the Dinaric Alps mountain range, which is known for its karstic and speleological features. The cave is located in the Popovo field in Ravno, East Herzegovina in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, near the Adriatic Coast. Vjetrenica is the richest cave in the world in terms of subterranean biodiversity: among more than two hundred different species are registered in it, almost a hundred are troglophiles, a great number of them are narrow endemic, 15 are stenoendemic, and about 37 were discovered and described in Vjetrenica for the first time. In 2024, the Vjetrenica Cave was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site during the 46th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee.

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This amazing cover from Bosnia and Herzegovina depict a miniature sheet issued in 2004 celebrating the Old >Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar. One of the more iconic sites in all of Bosnia and Herzegovina—the old bridge in Mostar—is actually not that old. At least, the current incarnation of Stari Most is a lot newer than one might think given the bridge’s long history. Originally built in 1557 under the administration of the Ottoman Empire, it was destroyed by Bosnian Croat forces in November 1993 during the shelling of the town. In 1998, UNESCO helped in the recreation of the bridge, which was completed in 2004, and the bridge being listed as a World Heritage Site in 2005.

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A nice cover from Bosnia & Herzegovina, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2018 with several views of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge , in Visegrad. The Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, which crosses the Drina river, was completed in 1577 by the Ottoman court architect Mimar Sinan on the orders of the Grand Vizier Mehmed Paša Sokolović. The bridge is 179.5 metres long and has 11 arches. The bridge also has a symbolic significance as the meeting place between Christianity and Islam. UNESCO included the bridge in its 2007 World Heritage List.

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This cover from Bosnia & Herzegovina depicts 4 stamps of same type (issued in 2015), celebrating 75 years of the discovery of Lascaux cave, in France. The Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in France since 1979. It specifically lists 15 prehistoric sites in the Vézère valley in the Dordogne department, mostly in and around Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, which has been called the "Capital of Prehistory". This valley is exceptionally rich in prehistoric sites, with more than 150 known sites including 25 decorated caves, and has played an essential role in the study of the paleolithicum and its art. Three of the sites are the namesakes for prehistoric periods; the Micoquien (named after La Micoque), Mousterian (after Le Moustier), and Magdalenian (after Abri de la Madeleine). Furthermore, the Cro-Magnon rock shelter gave its name to the Cro-Magnon, the generic name for the European early modern humans. Many of the sites were discovered or first recognised as significant and scientifically explored by the archaeologists Henri Breuil and Denis Peyrony in the early twentieth century, while Lascaux, which has the most exceptional rock art of these, was discovered in 1940.

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A nice Fauna cover from Bosnia and Herzegovina, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2017 on topic "Birds"