Arches, Columns & Gates On Stamps

New Zealand
Rock Legends
August 7, 2019
Set of nine, one stamp depicts the iconic Elephant Rock, a natural arch of a rock formation near Tongaporutu on the North Taranaki coast. Part of the arch collapsed in 2016.

Singapore 2019 Gate to the Istana, the residence of the president.

Croatia
Tourism
June 4, 2020
Balbi's Arch stands on the site of the old town gate in Rovinj. The late 17th century arch features a carved head of a Turk on one side and the carved head of a Venetian on the other.

Saudi Arabia
Sept 1968
Expansion of Mecca Mosque

columned hall of Mecca Mosque

Lebanon
2nd August 2010
Traditional Buildings
Building with colonnade

Saudi Arabia
6th May 1988
Declaration of King Fahd's new title:
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques

Syria - Syrian Arab Republic
17th December 1961
Definitives
Archway and column, Palmyra

Lebanon
26th July 2016
60th Anniversary of Baalbeck Festival


designed - John Badr

Lebanon
20th March 1968
AIR Tyre Antiquities
Colonnade

Arch

Lebanon
10th December 1956
AIR Baalbeck International Drama Festival
Temple ruins at Baalbeck

Double bass, mask and columns

designed - Paul Koroleff
Printed - Imp J Saikali

Syria - Syrian Republic
1947
Definitives
Ruins of Corinthian Temple, Kanaouat


designed - Paul Koroleff

United Arab Emirates
1st October 2003
Peace Message
decorative columns of a merchant's house

Sultanate of Oman
25th May 2002
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Bausher

Entrance Gate

(the border, which appears black in the scan, is gold foil)

French Morocco
17th October 1952
Definitives
Karaouine Mosque, Fez

designed - Delpy, engraved - R Cottet

Here are two 2009 stamps issued by private courier "Nordkurier Briefdienst" of Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany. Stamps commemorate their 10 years of letter and parcel courier service in the state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern. The Nordkurier website lists approximately 470 different locations in the state where either letter service, parcel service, mailboxes, or some combination of these services is provided.

The stamps depict two gates in Neubrandenburg. The .44 euro standard letter rate stamp shows the Treptower outer gate. The same gate is depicted on the Bundesrepublik's 1966, 60 pf definitive stamp (Mi # 496) also shown here. From location scout.net, "Neubrandenburg has four of these gates. This one (Treptow) is one of the three double gates which is actually two (separate) gates. This one was built in the 14th century and is about 32 meters tall."

The 1.25 large letter rate stamp shows the Friedlander inner gate