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Tasmania Landscapes December 1899 Tasman's Arch is a tall natural bridge in the sea cliffs found in the Tasman National Park. The siltstone cliffs in this area eroded unevenly to create these unique formations.  |
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Jordan Tourism - Hiking Destinations in Jordan July 28, 2016 Wadi Rum is a protected desert wilderness in southern Jordan. It features dramatic sandstone mountains and natural arches. The stamp features one of these arches, the Burdah Rock Bridge.  |
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Czech Republic Landscape - Rock formations May 3, 1995 Panská Rock is a basalt formation located near the village of Prácheň in northern Bohemia. The pentagonal and hexagonal columns reach a height of 12 meters and a diameter of 20-40 cm.  |
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Germany Tourism December 27, 2002 The Porta Nigra is a Roman city gate in Trier and is the largest preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps. It was built in grey sandstone between 186 and 200 A.D.  |
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France Tourism - Nimes April 13, 1981 La Maison Carrée (The Square House) is an ancient building in Nîmes, southern France. It is one of the best preserved temple to be found in the territory of the former Roman Empire. The temple, measuring 26.42 by 13.54 meters at the base, is supported by thirty 10 m-tall Corinthian columns (10 free standing and 20 engaged).  |
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Austria 850 Years of Vöcklabruck May 30, 1984 The commemorative stamp shows the 14th Century gate tower of Vöcklabruck.  |
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Berlin (Germany) German Buildings in the 12th Century April 14, 1967 Osthofen Gate is a town gate located in Soest, a city in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the only existing gate of originally ten in the town wall. The reconstruction took place between 1523 and 1526.  |
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Serbia Archaeological Excavation - Gamzigrad September 21, 2007 Gamzigrad is an archaeological site and UNESCO World Heritage Site of Serbia. It is the location of the ancient Roman complex of palaces and temples. The stamp shows the remains of the palace Felix Romuliana.  |
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South Africa Landscapes November 20, 1986 Maltese Cross is a natural sandstone column in the Cederberg Mountains well known for dramatic rock formations.  |
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Built on the early XXth century, the Finca Miralles door (Barcelona, Catalonia) is considered a minor work of Antoni Gaudí.  |
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Berlin (Germany) Tourism - Externsteine February 9, 1989 The Externsteine is a distinctive sandstone rock formation located near the town of Horn-Bad Meinberg in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The formation consists several tall, narrow columns of rock which rise abruptly from the surrounding wooded hills.  |
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Here is an image of a stamp depicting a natural arch on Thalu (Talu) Island, Chumphon Province, combined engraved and lithography, and issued by Thailand om August 8, 1997 as one of a set of four stamps commemorating the 30th anniversary of ASEAN, Scott No. 1761. - nethryk  |
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Spain Tourism - Arches and Monumental Gates January 2, 2014 Puerta de San Lorenzo (Saint Lawerence Gate) is located in Laredo (Cantabria), on the coast of Bay of Biscay. This gate belongs to the extension of the medieval wall of the twelfth century. A guard tower sits above the gate.  |
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Spain Tourism - Arches and Monumental Gates January 2, 2014 Bridge Gate is located at the northern end of a Roman stone bridge across Guadalquivir River in the Historic center of Córdoba, Andalusia. The bridge and gate were originally built in the early 1st century B.C., the current structure was built by the Moors in the 8th Century.  |
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Republic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan Landscapes November 11, 2006 One of the four stamps depicts Queen's Head, a spectacular sandstone column in Yehliu Geopark on the northern coast of Taiwan.  |
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