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Stamps on International Year of Planet Earth – Malta 2008.
Malta issued a set on Stamps on International Year of Planet Earth on 11 Aug 2008.
0.07 Euro – Sand Dunes, Deserts , Landscapes.
Stamps on Soil & Water Conservation – USA 1984.
The USA issued a 20c stamp on Soil & Water Conservation on 06 Feb 1984.
Stamps on National Trust For Scotland- British landscapes – Great Britain 1981.
The National Trust for Scotland is a Scottish Conservation Organisation. It manages 130 properties and 180,000 acres of Land which includes Castles, Parks, Heritage Sites etc. Great Britain issued a set of Five stamps on 24 June 1981 to commemorate 50th Anniversary of National Trust For Scotland.
Gutter Pairs of Stamps are Listed
22p – Giant’s Causeway Northern Ireland – World Heritage Site.
25p – St Kilda- Scotland- Isolated Archipelago in North Atlantic Ocean.
Stamps on National Trust For Scotland- British landscapes – Great Britain 1981.
The National Trust for Scotland is a Scottish Conservation Organisation. It manages 130 properties and 180,000 acres of Land which includes Castles, Parks, Heritage Sites etc. Great Britain issued a set of Five stamps on 24 June 1981 to commemorate 50th Anniversary of National Trust For Scotland.
Gutter Pairs of Stamps are Listed
14p – Glenfinnan Scotland – Hamlet in the Scottish Highlands.
18p-Derwentwater England- Water Body in Lake District National Park.
20p- Stackpole Head Wales- Beaches and Coastlines.
State Flag of Colorado – USA 1976.
The USA issued a set of 50 stamps on State Flags of States of the USA on 23 Feb 1976. We are listing them in Alphabetical order of States name. All stamps are 13 cents denomination.
Colorado State Flag – The State Flag consists of three equal-sized stripes.
The Colours in Flag represent the environmental features of the state.
A First Day Cover is listed, it shows Colorado State Flag.
Wild Flowers of Bhutan – Primula Sikkimensis -2014.
Bhutan Post issued a stamp on Primula Sikkimensis Flower also called Himalayan Cowslip or Sikkim Cowslip in series Wild Flowers of Bhutan. It was 10 Nu Denomination stamp issued on 15 Jun 2014.A sheet containing 10 stamps is listed.
APS Cover Jan 2019 – 136 Infantry Battalion (TA) Ecological, Mahar – First Raising
136 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) Ecological, Mahar was raised on 09 Dec 2017 in Maharashtra . It is a specialised Army Departmental Ecological Bn raised primarily to improve the green cover in arid Marathwada region, on request and funding by Govt of Maharashtra.
In one year of raising it has planted 66,000 saplings, covered an area of 184 Ha for plantation, Water Harvesting by drip irrigation, Unit Nursery to reduce costs of saplings and Maint of saplings.
APS issued a cover on 16 Feb 2019 to mark its First Raising Anniversary.
Cover no 09/2019
