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An interesting cover from Iran, depicting 2 joint issues (with Turkey from year 2015 and with Spain from year2005) and a UNESCO stamp celebrating the historical city of Yazd, inscribed at UNESCO since 2017.
The city of Yazd is located in the middle of the iranian plateau, 270 kms southeast of Isfahan, close to the Spice and Silk roads.The earthen architecture of Yazd has escaped the modernization that destroyed many traditional earthen towns, retaining its traditional districts, the qanat system, traditional houses, bazars, hammans, mosques, synagogues, Zoroastrian temples and the historic garden of Dolat-abad.

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A nice cover from Belarus, depicting a joint issue with Iran from year 2011, celebrating the "Mir Castle" in Grodno Province (Belarus) and the Karim Khan Castle in Shiraz (Iran).
The Mir Castle Complex is recognized by UNESCO for its cultural significance since 2000, as an excepcional exemple of a central European castle, reflecting in its design and layout successive cultural influences (Gothic, Baroque and Renaissance) that blend harmoniously to create an impressive monumento to the history of this region.
The Karim Khan Castle is a citadel located in Shiraz, it was built at the end of the 18th. century and it seems like a medieval fortress.

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A cover from Iran, depicting a joint issue with Portugal (from year 2009) on topic "Birds of Prey". The stamp on the left side celebrates the 80th Anniversary of the Iran Bastan Museum.

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