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Miniature Sheet Royal Botanic Gardens Kew – Great Britain 2009.
The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew are located in Richmond upon the Thames in South West London. In 2018 it had 1,858,513 Public visitors. It became UNESCO World Heritage Site on 03 Jul 2003.
The Royal Mail issued a miniature sheet with four stamps on 19 May 2009 to mark the 250th Anniversary of Royal Botanic Gardens.
1st Class -Palm House 1st Class ( 39p) – Millenium Seed House
90p – Pagoda 90p – Sackler Crossing.
Stamps on Canadian Rivers – Canada 1991.
Canada issued a set of Five 40c Se-tenant stamps featuring Canadian Rivers 0n 20 Aug 1991.
40c- South Nahanni River 40c – Athabasca River 40c – Voyageur Waterway
40c – Jacques -Cartier River 40c – Main River Moose.
Stamps on Crater Lake – Wonders of USA.
The USA issued a set of 40 Stamps on Wonders of America on 27 May 2006. Two stamps from that set are listed.
39c – CraterLake – Deepest Lake– It is crater Lake in South-Central Oregon in the Western United States. It is the Deepest Lake in the USA (1949 feet) and ninth deepest in the World. It fills the crater created by the collapse of a volcano Mount Mazama. It is now the main feature of Crater National Park.
39c – Pacific Crest Trail – Longest Hiking Trail – It is known as Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail and is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail. It is closely aligned with the highest portion of the the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges. Its southern terminus is on USA- Mexico border and the Northern terminus is on USA -Canada border. Its length is 4,270 km. It passes through 25 National forests and 7 National Parks.
Miniature Sheet on Char Dham Uttarakhand –Gangotri – India 2019.
Char Dham are Four holy sites in Uttarakhand which are revered by Hindus and devotees undertake a holy pilgrimage to these sites.
Gangotri Dham – the temple devoted Goddess Ganga stands facing River Bhagirathi which originates from Glacier Gaumukh. A sheetlet containing 16 stamps on Gangotri is listed.
India Post issued four stamps on 29 Nov 2019 on these Char Dhams in the form of Sheetlets and a mixed sheetlet containing four Se-tenant blocks of Four. Each Sheetlet contains 16 stamps and 25000 sheetlets of each variety have been issued.
Miniature Sheet on Char Dham Uttarakhand – Yamunotri- India 2019.
Char Dham are Four holy sites in Uttarakhand which are revered by Hindus and devotees undertake a holy pilgrimage to these sites.
Yamunotri – On the banks of Yamuna River.a temple built by King of Tehri in 1839 houses the idols of Goddess Yamuna and Goddess Ganga. Hot water spring Surya Kund is also here. A sheetlet containing 16 stamps on Yamunotri is Listed.
India Post issued four stamps on 29 Nov 2019 on these Char Dhams in the form of Sheetlets and a mixed sheetlet containing four Se-tenant blocks of Four. Each Sheetlet contains 16 stamps and 25000 sheetlets of each variety have been issued.
Miniature Sheet on Char Dham Uttarakhand – India 2019.
Char Dham are Four holy sites in Uttarakhand which are revered by Hindus and devotees undertake a holy pilgrimage to these sites.
Yamunotri – On the banks of Yamuna River.a temple built by King of Tehri in 1839 houses the idols of Goddess Yamuna and Goddess Ganga. Hot water spring Surya Kund is also here.
Gangotri Dham – the temple devoted Goddess Ganga stands facing River Bhagirathi which originates from Glacier Gaumukh.
Kedarnath – The Farthest Dham located at 3500m above sea level is situated in Rudraprayag District of Uttarakhand. Shiva temple adorns this Dham.
Badrinath – The Badrinarayan temple in Badrinath devoted to LordVishnu is the most visited temple in India. This Dham is located in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand alongside Alakhnanada river.
India Post issued four stamps on 29 Nov 2019 on these Char Dhams in the form of Sheetlets and a mixed sheetlet containing four Se-tenant blocks of Four. Each Sheetlet contains 16 stamps and 25000 sheetlets of each variety have been issued.
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.
