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Chile Valparaiso - World Heritage July 12, 2010 Arco Británico is a monument in Valparaíso, Chile. It was donated to the town in 1910 by the British community there to mark the centenary of the Independence of Chile. Designed by the Chilean architect Alfredo Azancot, the arch was unveiled in 1911.  |
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Japan World Heritage December 20, 2002 The stamp shows the gate of the Zakimi Castle, a 15th century stone rampart located in Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.  |
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Turkmenistan Archaeology August 1, 2020 The stamp depicts the remains of the entrance to a mosque in Dekhistan, a thriving medieval city in the Misrian Valley near the Caspian Sea.  |
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On August 4, 1966 Iceland issued a set of four, photogravure-printed stamps depicting some of the country's natural landscapes. The 6.50 kr value (Facit #440), shown here, features the natural stone arch at Dyrholaey. From wikipedia, "Dyrholaey (Icelandic for 'door hill island'), formerly known by seamen as Cape Portland, is a small promontory located on the south coast of Iceland. In fact, Dyrholaey is the southernmost point in mainland Iceland."   |
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This 200 millemes stamp (Sc #293) of Libya shows the ancient ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Cyrene. It is from a set of five Attractions stamps issued on December 24, 1965. From wikipedia, "Cyrene was an Ancient Greek and later Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was the oldest and most important of the five Greek cities in the region. It gave eastern Libya the classical name Cyrenaica that it has retained to modern times." Photo shows a panorama of the ruins at Cyrene.   |
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On March 2, 1947 Egypt issued a set of six semi-postal stamps to commemorate its hosting of the International Exposition of Contemporary Art. Egyptian antiquities are shown on these stamps. The 15 +15 milliemes value (Sc #B10), shown here, depicts the 48-column hypostyle hall at the center of the Temple of Ramses at Thebes. From wikipedia, "Rameses II modified, usurped, or constructed many buildings from the ground up, and in accordance with New Kingdom royal burial practices, would have been his memorial temple: a place of worship dedicated to Pharaoh, god on earth, where his memory would have been kept alive after his death."  |
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The 3c value of St. Christopher, Nevis and Anguilla's 1963 pictorial definitive series depicts the gateway of Brimstone Hill Fort on St. Kitts. Brimstone Hill was first used as a location for cannon placement by the French in 1689 during the Nine Years War, but the fortress was designed by British military engineers in the early eighteenth century. From whc.unesco.org, "Brimstone Hill is an outstanding British fortress, built by slave labor to exact standards during a peak period of European expansion in the Caribbean."  |
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A tall, iron gate stands before a white, palatial building on this July 22, 1957 stamp (Sc #399) of Egypt commemorating the first meeting of the new National Assembly in Cairo. The architecture of the palace dates to the 1920's.  |
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Algeria Casbah in Algeria June 26, 2012 Porte Sarrasine is a Moorish style gate in the port city of Bejaia, on the western end of Gulf of Bejaia. The 13th century gate allowed access to the city by the sea.  |
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Bolivia World Heritage Sites November 10, 1989 Cobija Arch is the entrance to the colonial city of Potosi in the southern highlands of Bolivia. The stone arch is dated to the 17th century and has been reworked over time.  |
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On December 28, 1973 Peru issued a set of three "Classical Paintings of Peru" airmail stamps. The low value 8 sole stamp (Sc #C387) depicts Bridge at Yananacu by Enrique Camino Brent (1909-60).  |
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Hungary Budapest Zoo February 24, 1961 Set of ten, one stamp depicts the main gate of the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden.  |
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Japan Local Government Law October 15, 2012 The stamp depicts the Yomeimon Gate of Toshogu Shrine, the final resting place of the founder of the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Japan from 1600 to 1868.  |
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