Arches, Columns & Gates On Stamps

United States
Lincoln Memorial
February 12, 1923
The Lincoln Memorial is located in Potomac Park, Washington, D.C. It was designed by Henry Bacon; the style is that of a Greek Doric temple. The 36 Doric columns, each measuring 44 feet tall, represent the 36 states of the Union at the time of President Lincoln's death in 1865.

Jordan
Definitive Issue 1992 - 2009
Triumphal Arch of Hadrian
The Triumphal Arch of Hadrian was built in ca. 130 A.D. in the city of Jerash (Gerasa), in honor of the visit by the Roman Emperor. The main entrance is 6 m wide and 11 m high, while the side entrances are 2.5 m wide and 5 m high.

Syria
Definitive Issue - Arch of Triumph at Latakia
December 17, 1961
Latakia (Laodicea ad mare) is a port city of Syria on the Mediterranean Sea coast. The Arch of Triumph was built by Roman Emperor Septimius Severus in 194 A.D.

Austria
Impressions from Austria
March 1, 2015
Carnuntum was a Roman army camp on the Danube in the Noricum province and after the 1st Century the capital of the Pannonia Superior province, with 50,000 people. A triumphal monument was built next to the camp and city between 354 and 361 A.D. After Carnuntum disappeared, the monument remained as an isolated building in a natural landscape and led Medieval people to believe it was the tomb of a pagan giant. Hence they called it "Heidentor" (pagan gate). Only one side of the monument remains today.

Algeria
Capitol of Timgad
April 5, 1969
Timgad is located on the northern slopes of the Aures Massif, about 170 km south of the Mediterranean coast. It was built in 100 A.D. by the Roman Emperor Trajan as a military garrison town, controlling one of the main passes through the Aures Mountains to the Sahara. Established on a perfect square grid, it is a prime example of Roman town planning.
The stamp shows the remains of its capitol temple. The temple podium is 53 x 23 m. It stood against the western wall of the city and was supported on vaults and ringed with columns 14 m high.

Libya
Tourism - The Forum at Cyrene
December 24, 1965
Cyrene was an ancient Greek and Roman city near present-day Shahhat, Libya. It was founded in 630 B.C. by Greeks from Thera (Santorini). From 74 B.C. it went on to prosper as a Roman province. The Forum of Proculus is believed to have been built by the Romans at ca. 1 B.C.

Algeria
Archaeological Sites
June 14, 2009
The stamp design features the Forum novum at the Khemissa ruins, the site of the Roman city of Thubursicu Numidarum during 1st to 3rd Century. The site has a well preserved Roman theater (built 2nd or 3rd Century) as well as other Roman and Byzantine structures.

Egypt
Definitive Issue - Archaeological Sites
July 23, 1978
The Column at the Amud El-Sawari Temple site is a Roman triumphal column in Alexandria, Egypt. Made from Aswan granite, it is the only known free-standing column in Roman Egypt and one of the largest monolithic columns ever erected. The 27 m-high, 285 tonne Corinthian column was built in 297 A.D., commemorating the victory of Roman emperor Diocletian over an Alexandrian revolt.

Syria
Definitive Issue - Temple of Jupiter
July 28, 1962
The Temple of Jupiter in Damascus was built by the Romans, beginning during the rule of Augustus and completed during the rule of Constantius II. The stamp design shows the gateway arch of the temple with the Umayyad Mosque in the background.

Spain
Ancient Rome Culture
June 25, 1974
The 2nd Century B.C. Roman temple at Bohonal de Ibor, Cáceres, was commissioned by the Emperor Augustus. The remaining structure Portico of Curia was relocated to the southern bank of the Valdecañas reservoir along the highway EX-118 in 1963.

Greece
The 50th Anniversary of the United Nations
June 21, 1995
The Tholos of Delphi is a 4th-Century-B.C. rotunda that adorned the Sanctuary of Athena Pronaia in Delphi. The architect, Theodorus from Phokaia in Asia Minor, built the circular structure which was 13.5 meters in diameter with two layers of columns and a circular wall. Three of the 20 Dorian columns on the outer layer stand today.

Here are images of the two similar stamps in a set depicting the Rabat Hilton Hotel, a Roman arch, and a map of Morocco, designed by Jean Dandine, engraved by Jean Miermont (1915-1973), and issued by Morocco on March 3, 1967 to publicize the opening of the hotel.

- nethryk

Monaco
Preservation of historical Architecture
September 6, 1971
Tropaeum Alpium (Trophée des Alpes) was built ca. 6 B.C. in honor of the Emperor Augustus for his victory over the ancient tribes who populated the Alps. The stone monument stands in the commune of La Turbie (France), a few kilometers from the Principality of Monaco. The rotunda of 24 columns with a statue of an enthroned Augustus is 49 m high.

Greece
Tourism
February 15, 1961
The Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Columns of the Olympian Zeus, is a colossal ruined temple in the center of the Greek capital Athens. Construction began in the 6th Century B.C. but was not completed until the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian in the 2nd Century A.D. The temple was approximately 96 x 40 meters in size, with a total of 104 Corinthian columns made from the Pentelic marble, each column would stand 17 m high and 2 m in diameter. Only 15 columns remain standing.

Greece
Airmail - National Youth Organization
August 3, 1940
The Temple of Athena Nike is a temple on the Acropolis of Athens completed around 420 B.C. The Temple, 8.2 x 5.6 x 7 m in dimension, was designed by the architect Kallikrates and built from white Pentelic marble. It has eight monolithic Ionic columns and is the earliest fully Ionic temple on the Acropolis.