Pakistan Postal Stationery – PreStamped Envelope.
Pre Stamped issued by Pakistan. It features Kaptai Spillway or Kaptai Dam built over Kamaphuli River in Kaptai in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh). It fed the Karnafuli Hydroelectric Power Station built-in 1962.
40 Paise – Kaptai Spillway.
Stamps on Paris Scenes – France.
France issued self-adhesive 20g Priority Letter stamps featuring Paris Scenes.
Cite Universitaire Paris – It is a Private Park and Foundation established in 1925 providing general and public services, including the maintenance of several residences housing 6,000 students and visiting academics.
Banks of the Seine in Paris – On the banks of Seine in Paris are located some of the most famous monuments from Eiffel Tower to Notre Dame via the Place de la Concorde, but also the historic bridges that connect them. Both Banks are listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1991.
The Catacombs of Paris are underground ossuaries in Paris France which hold the remains of more than six million people. It was created in 1810 to eliminate the city’s overflowing cemeteries. Since 2013 the Catacombs number among 14 City of Paris Museums.
The Fontaine de l’Observatoire is a monumental fountain located in Jadin Marco Polo in Paris with Sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-1875). It was dedicated in 1874 and is also known for the Four Parts of the World Sculpture embodied by Female figures. The Four parts represent Europe, Asia, Africa & America.
Stamps on Paris Scenes – France.
France issued self-adhesive 20g Priority Letter stamps featuring Paris Scenes.
Saint Martin Canal is 4.6 Km long Canalin Paris and connects Canal de l’Ourcq to the river Seine. It was inaugurated in 1825.
Tuileries Garden is a Public Garden located between Louvre and Place de la Concorde in Paris.
The Petit Palais is an art museum in Paris. It was built in 1900 for Exposition Universelle and now houses the city of Paris Museum of Arts.
The Galerie Vivienne is one of the covered passages of Paris built in 1823 by Marcoux. It has now been registered as a historical monument since 07 Jul 1974.
Stamps on Walking Trails – New Zealand 1988.
New Zealand issued a set of stamps on Walking Trails on 08 Jun 1988.
70c – Milford – Hiking route located inside Fiordland National Park among the mountains and temperate rain forests in South Island.
80c- Heaphy – Hiking route located inside Kahurangi National Park in North West of South Island. It is 78.4 long trek. Maori tribes are known to have settled along lower course of Heaphy river.
85C -Copeland – The track was constructed in 1901-03 to provide a tourist route across the Southern Alps to the west coast. It is situated in Westland Tai Poutini National Park.
$1.30 – Routeburn- it is located in Fiordland National Park and links it to Mount Aspiring National Park. the highest point of the track is 1255 metres above sea level. This walking trail is along mountain peaks, huge valleys, waterfalls and lakes.
Postcards of GDR- 750th Anniversary of Berlin – Marx-Engels Forum & Jungfern Bridge
Berlin was founded in 1237 and became capital of Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1417, later of Brandenburg-Prussia and Kingdom of Prussia. After the Second War, the city was divided into two East Berlin became Capital of Soviet-backed East Germany and West Berlin controlled by Allies backed West Germany. This continued till unification of Germany in 1990 when the Berlin Wall was pulled down in 1989 and in June 1991 resolution was passed in Bundestag -German Parliament to move the Unified German Capital to Berlin. In 1999 offices moved to Berlin from Bonn.
GDR issued a set of postage stamps on 750 years of Berlin on 17 Feb 1987 and also a Postcard. The 10 Pf stamp and stamp design features Marx-Engels Forum
Mark-Engels forum is a Public Park in Central Mitte district of Berlin. It was built by GDR in 1986and named after Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, authors of Communist Manifesto. Their statues are located here.
Jungfern Bridge – It is the oldest Bridge in Berlin located in Mitte. It is an Iron Bascule Bridge.
Stamp on Francois Duvalier Central Hydroelectric Plant -Haiti 1970.
A stamp was issued in 1970 Francois Duvalier Hydroelectric Plant or Peligre Dam. This Dam is located on Artibonite river and impounds Lake Peligre. It is an arch-gravity dam with a height of 72m. designed by US Army Corps of Engineers also nicknamed “Little TVA” after Tennessee Valley Authority.
Stamp on Hendrik Verwoerd Dam- South Africa 1972.
A stamp was issued on 04 Mar 1972 to commemorate the opening of Hendrik Verwoerd Dam in 1971. It was named after the First Prime Minister of South Africa Hendrik Verwoerd. However, at end of apartheid, the name was changed to Gariep Damon 04 Oct 1996. Gariep is Khoekhoe for the river , the original name for Orange river.
This Dam is located on Orange river near the town of Norvalspont bordering the Free State & Eastern Cape Provinces. It is an arch-gravity dam with a height of 88m and length of 914m.
