Bridges/Dams – Stamp Digest

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.

NZ WALKING TRAIL1 — NEW ZEALAND 1988 -SCENIC WALKING TRAILS

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.

NZ WALKING TRAIL2 — NEW ZEALAND 1988 -SCENIC WALKING TRAILS.

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.

GDR PC BERLIN BRIDGE — GDR POSTCARDS 1987- MARX-ENGELS FORUM & JUNGFERN 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.

SOUTH AFRICA DAM — SOUTH AFRICA 1972- HF VERWOERD OR GARIEP DAM

Category: Bridges/Dams

Stamps on Walking Trails – New Zealand 1988.

Postcards of GDR- 750th Anniversary of Berlin – Marx-Engels Forum & Jungfern Bridge

Stamp on Francois Duvalier Central Hydroelectric Plant -Haiti 1970.

Stamp on Hendrik Verwoerd Dam- South Africa 1972.

Stamps on Energy Sources– Portugal 1976.

Stamps on Water Conservation – USA 1960.

Stamps on Old Rhine Bridge – Switzerland 2008

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