TOKELAU

FRENCH SOUTHERN and ANTARCTIC LANDS (T.A.A.F.) - Dumont-Durville Station (Adèlie Land)

A nice cover from French Southern and Antarctic Lands (T.A.A.F.) posted at Dumont-Durville Station (Adelie Land). Since January 12, 1956, a staffed French research base has been located year-round at 66°40′S 140°01′E, the Dumont d'Urville Station, with a winter population around 25, but this goes up to about 78 during the Antarctic summer. This cover was posted in 23.12.2019 and arrived on 11.01.2021. Simply amazing!

LITHUANIA

HUNGARY

A nice UNESCO cover from Hungary, featuring 2 blocks celebrating Budapest, the capital and most populous city in Hungary. The central area of Budapest along the Danube River is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has several notable monuments, including the Hungarian Parliament and the Buda Castle. The city also has around 80 geothermal springs, the largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building in the world.

LATVIA

MONACO

INDONESIA

A beautiful UNESCO cover from Indonesia, depicting a miniature sheet issued in 2014, celebrating 200 years of Borobudur Temple. Borobudur Temple Compounds is the World Heritage designation of the area of three Buddhist temples in Central Java, Indonesia. It comprises Borobudur, Mendut and Pawon. The temples were built during the Shailendra Dynasty around the 8th and 9th centuries CE. Approximately 40 kilometres northwest of Yogyakarta, Borobudur sits on a plateau between two twin volcanoes, Sundoro-Sumbing and Merbabu-Merapi, and two rivers, the Progo and the Elo. According to local myth, the area known as Kedu Plain is a Javanese sacred place and has been dubbed 'the garden of Java' due to its high agricultural fertility. Borobudur is inscribed as an UNESCO World Heritage place since 1991.

BRAZIL

KAZAKHSTAN

MONACO

BULGARIA

URUGUAY