GERMANY

VIETNAM

A cover from Vietnam depicting 4 stamps, including 2 stamps on the top corner celebrating the Unesco World Heritage Site Complex of Monuments in Hué. The Complex of Huế Monuments is located in and around Huế, the former imperial capital of Vietnam under the Nguyễn dynasty. Despite having suffered from the effects of three wars, the site is well-preserved and remains a remarkable construction of the 19th century. It contains the palaces that housed the imperial family, as well as shrines, gardens, and villas for mandarins. Constructed in 1803 under Emperor Gia Long as a new capital, it mostly served a ceremonial function during the French colonial period. After the end of the monarchy in 1945, it suffered heavy damage and neglect during the Indochina Wars through the 1980s. The Imperial City was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.

ARCTIC POST OFFICES - Pyramiden (NORWAY)

This cover came from Norway and was posted at the Arctic Post Office of Pyramiden. Pyramiden (literally 'The Pyramid') is an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard which has become a tourist destination. Founded by Sweden in 1910 and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927, Pyramiden was closed in 1998 and has since remained largely abandoned with most of its infrastructure and buildings still in place, the cold climate preserving much of what has been left behind. Since 2007, there have been efforts to make it a tourist attraction; the town's hotel was renovated and reopened in 2013. The Pyramiden hotel also houses the Pyramiden Museum as well as a post office and a souvenir shop, where surely this cover was cancelled. There was a small hotel built of old shipping containers near the harbour, but this has closed since the hotel is now renovated and open for guests. There are no plans to renovate and reopen the whole settlement.

GERMANY

A special first day cover celebrating the amazing Neuschwanstein Castle.

MOROCCO

This special first day cover from Morocco depicts a single stamp issued in 2022 celebrating the old city of Tétouan. Tétouan is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 60 kilometres of Tangier. Tétouan is a renowned multicultural center. The medina of Tétouan is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

VIETNAM

A nice UNESCO cover from Vietnam, featuring a miniature sheet issued in 2018 that celebrates the Citadel of the Ho dinasty.
Inscribed as an universal outstanding value site since 2011, the 14th. century Ho Dinasty Citadel, built according to the feng shui principles, testifies to the flowering of neo-Confucianism in late 14th. century Viet Nam and its spread to other parts of east Asia. According to these principles it was sited in a landscape of great scenic beauty between the Ma and Buoi rivers. The citadel buildings represente an outstanding exemple of a new style of south-east Asian imperial city.

UN NEW YORK

This cover from United Nations (New York Office) depicts 4 stamps (2 of eavch type), celebrating 2 Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Australia: the Tasmanian Wilderness and the Kakadu National Park. The Tasmanian Wilderness is a term that is used for a range of areas in Tasmania, Australia. The World Heritage Areas in South West Tasmania, Western Tasmania and Central Highlands are the most well known. However, there are also other wilderness areas in Tasmania, Tarkine and the Cradle mountain wilderness. The World Heritage Area is one of the largest conservation areas in Australia, covering 13,800 km², or almost 20% of Tasmania. The area constitutes one of the last expanses of temperate wilderness in the world, including the renowned South West Wilderness. The area became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, and it was extended in 1989. Kakadu National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 171 km southeast of Darwin. It is the second largest national park in the world.[3] It covers an area of 1,980,400 ha (4,894,000 acres).[4] It is about 200 kilometres from north to south, and more than 100 kilometres from east to west. It is the size of Slovenia, about one-third the size of Tasmania, or nearly half the size of Switzerland. The Ranger Uranium Mine, one of the biggest Uranium mines in the world, is inside the park. The area became a World Heritage Site in 1981.

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RUSSIA

CROATIA

GREECE

This cover came from Greece and features 3 different stamps, including the stamp on the right corner celebrating the Monastery of Nea Moni of Chios, one of the monasteries of the World Heritage Site Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios. These three monasteries, although located in different parts of Greece, are representative examples of the middle period of Byzantine religious architecture and they share the same aesthetic characteristics. All three churches share an octagonal plan; Nea Moni has a plain octagon while the two have the central space surrounded with a series of bays. The monasteries were decorated with marble works and mosaics in the 11th and 12th centuries. They are inscribed at UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1990.

RUSSIA

This cover from Russia depicts 2 minisheets, including the one on the left celebrating the 325th Birth Anniversary of Empress Catherine I (1684-1727).