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This cover from Norway depicts 2 stamps and the 26 kr stamp (on the top), issued in 2019, celebrates the Røros Mining Town. Røros was a copper mining town from 1644 until 1977, when the mining company went bankrupt. The town is built entirely in wood. It was completely razed by the Swedish troops in 1679 during the Scanian War but later rebuilt. Together with the surrounding area, the Circumference (the area of privileges awarded by the Danish-Norwegian King to Røros Copper Works in 1646), it demonstrates the life and work in a mining town in harsh sub-arctic climate. The modern-day inhabitants of Røros still work and live in the characteristic 17th and 18th century buildings which led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. Røros has about 80 wooden houses, most of them standing around courtyards. Many retain their dark pitch-log facades, giving the town a medieval appearance.

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This cover from Norway depicts 2 stamps of same type isued in 2020, celebrating Bryggen and the 950th anniversary of the town of Bergen. Bryggen (the dock), is a series of Hanseatic heritage commercial buildings lining up the eastern side of the Vågen harbour in the city of Bergen. Bryggen has been on the UNESCO list for World Cultural Heritage sites since 1979. The city of Bergen was founded around 1070 within the boundaries of Tyskebryggen. Around 1350 a Kontor of the Hanseatic League was established there, and Tyskebryggen became the centre of the Hanseatic commercial activities in Norway. Today, Bryggen houses museums, shops, restaurants and pubs.

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A nice cover from Norway, depictging a complete set issued in 2018 on topic "Antarctic Fauna from Bouvet Island".

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A nice cover from Norway, depicting a single stamp issued in 2019 on topic "EUROPA - National Birds".

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A nice cover from Norway, depicting 6 stamps of several topics.

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A nice cover from Norway, depicting a complete set issued in 2007 on topic "Marine Life".

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A nice Unesco cover from Norway, depicting 2 stamps issued in 1997 celebnrating the Røros Mining Town. Røros was a copper mining town from 1644 until 1977, when the mining company went bankrupt. The town is built entirely in wood. It was completely razed by the Swedish troops in 1679 during the Scanian War but later rebuilt. Together with the surrounding area, the Circumference (the area of privileges awarded by the Danish-Norwegian King to Røros Copper Works in 1646), it demonstrates the life and work in a mining town in harsh sub-arctic climate. The modern-day inhabitants of Røros still work and live in the characteristic 17th and 18th century buildings which led to its designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. Røros has about 80 wooden houses, most of them standing around courtyards. Many retain their dark pitch-log facades, giving the town a medieval appearance.

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A nice Unesco cover from Norway, depicting 2 stamps (from a set of 6) on topic "Urnes Stave Church".
The wooden church of Urnes (the stavkirke) stands in the natural setting of Sogn og Fjordane (Fjord of dreams). It was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and is an outstanding exemple of traditional scandinavian wooden architecture. It brings together traces of Celtic art, Viking traditions and Romanesque spatial structures. It is inscribed on Unesco World Heritage sites since 1979.

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Another nice UNESCO cover from Norway, depicting 1 stamp with the city of Bergen (Bryggen).
Bryggen, the old wharf of Bergen, is a reminder of the town's importance as part of the Hanseatic League's trading empire from the 14th to the middle of 16th century. Many fires, the last in 1955, have ravaged the characteristic wooden houses of Bryggen. Its rebuilding has traditionally followed old patterns and methods, thus leaving its main structure preserved, which is a relic of na ancient wooden urban structure once common in Northern Europe. Today, some 62 buildings remain of this former townscape.
Bryggen is inscribed as a Unesco World Heritage site since 1979.

 

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A nice UNESCO cover from Norway, depicting  2 stamps issued in 1996 on topic "Rock art of Alta".
This group of petroglyphs in the Alta Fjord, near the Arctic Circle, bears the traces of a settlement dating from around 4200 to 500 B.C. The thousands of paintings and engravings add to our understanding of the environment and human activities on the fringes of the Far North in prehistoric times.
The Rock art of Alta is inscribed as Unesco World Heritage site since 1985.