Miniature Sheet on Rainbow and Nature Preservation -USSR 1986
USSR (Soviet Union) issued a Miniature Sheet on 10 Sep 1986 on Nature Preservation. The 50 Kopeck MS has a print run of 800,000. It Features Rainbow and Our House -Earth Caption.
Stamps on Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion – Stamps of Nauru 1982
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses the temperature difference between the cooler deep and warmer shallow or surface seawater to run a heat engine and produce useful work, usually in form of electricity. OTEC can operate with a very high capacity factor.
Among Ocean energy sources, OTEC is one of the continuously available renewable energy sources. Up to 88,000 TWh/yr of Power could be generated from OTEC without affecting ocean’s thermal structure. Currently, World’s only operating OTEC plant is in Japan overseen by Saga University.
In 2002, India also tested a floating 1 MW OTEC plant near Tamil Nadu.
In 1970, The Tokyo Electric Power Company successfully built and deployed a 100Kw closed-cycle OTEC plant on the Island of Nauru. The Plant became operational on 14 Oct 1981, producing 120 KW of electricity, 90 KW was used to power the plant and remaining electricity were used to power a school and other places. This set a world record for power output from an OTEC system where power was sent to the real power grid.
Nauru issued a set of Four stamps (two se-tenant pairs ) on the OTEC plant on 10 June 1982. A Sheetlet with two 40c stamps is listed. It features the OTEC plant on the stamps and on left and right side labels The finished 100KW electricity generating plant is featured. The bottom label shows the pipelines of the plant during low tide.
Stamps on Golf – Montserrat 1986
Montserrat issued a set of Four stamps on tourism on 10 Dec 1986. The themes featured on stamps are
70c -Sailing $1.15 -Golf $1.50 -Shopping $2.30 -Sightseeing -AIR Studios.
Miniature Sheet Huangshan Mountain – China 1997
China hosted the 22nd UPU Congress in Beijing in 1999. It issued a Miniature sheet containing eight stamps on Huangshan mountain on 20 Oct 1997. Each stamp was of 200 Chinese renminbi.
Huangshan is a mountain range in southern Anhui province in eastern China. It is UNESCO World Heritage site and one of China’s main tourist destinations. It was namedHuangshan Mountain (Yellow Mountain) in 747 AD by Imperial order of Tang Dynasty.
The scenes feature on the miniature sheet from Top left to right are
200 ren – Mount Huangshan at Sunrise 200 ren -XIHAI Peaks
200 ren – Flying rock in surging Clouds. 200 ren – Beihai in drifting Clouds
200 ren -Yupping Peak 200 ren – Mystical Stone
200 ren – Tiandu Peak over Clouds 200 ren – Fabied abode of Immortals
Miniature Sheet on Malaysian Electricity Generating Company -1999
Malaysia issued a miniature sheet on the 50th Anniversary of Tenaga National Berhad (TNB) -The National Electricity Generating Company on 09 Sep 1999 (9.9.99). The stamp features high tension towers.
EUROPA 2011- Forests – Stamps of Northern Cyprus.
The Theme for Europa stamps in 2011 was Forests. It was the common design which also celebrated the International Year of Forests.
A Miniature sheet of Northern Cyprus on EUROPA – Forests is listed. This miniature sheet was issued on 16 May 2011 and 40,000 stamps of each were Printed. The theme on stamps were
Light shining down on a Ladybug in Forests
Light shining on a Pinecone in Forests
For the Sake of Life on Earth – Miniature sheet Kazakhstan 1999
For the Sake of Life on Earth was the theme of a Miniature sheet with three stamps issued by Kazakhstan on 12 Oct 1999. The stamps were on Environment protection. The themes featured on stamps were
15 Tenge – Cessation of Nuclear Tests
45 Tenge -Save the Ozone Layer
60 Tenge -Save Nature
