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Maxicard from Romania, with some animal species that are living in caves.  |
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Pe#351;tera Piatra Altarului (The Altar Cave), Romania. "Piatra Altarului (Altar Cave) is probably the most beautiful cave of Romania, and one of the most beautiful caves of the world. The entrance was known for a long time, but in 1984 a narrow lead was followed for the first time, which lead to an enormous cave. Until today the cave has to be entered through this narrow passage, and thus a visit is only possible for skinny people. One part of Piatra Altarului is very well decorated with extraordinary speleothems. They are not only beautiful, they are also very fragile, thus the cave is protected very seriously." Maxicard from Romania.  |
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I saw that wt1 posted a stamp image of the Mammoth Cave. Here's a maximum card with that stamp.  |
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A much better maximum card with the Mammoth Cave, with a relevant postcard and a geographically-concordant pictorial postmark. Thank you again, Terry!  |
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Dobšinska Ice Cave - 2011
Dobšinska Ice Cave is located in the Slovak Paradise National Park.
The cave was discovered in 1870 by Eugen Ruffiny. It was formed approximately 400 thousand years ago.
The ice volume in cave reaches 120000 m3, in great hall the floor ice is almost 27 m thick.
In 2000 cave became the part of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage UNESCO. |
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Predjama Castle, Slovenia
One of the most picturesque castles in Slovenia, Predjama Castle is built into an overhanging rock
in front of a karst cave hall that is connected with a cave system underneath the castle.
Interesting is the dialogue between man-made architecture and natural structures
that combine into the castle's fortification system. visit: http://www.culture.si/en/Predjama_Castle |
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Norbert Casteret (1897-1987)
Norbert Casteret a famous French caver, adventurer and writer,
was a leading figure of French speleology between the world wars and into the middle of the 20th century. |
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Caves of Romania
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...............Ursilor Cave.............................................Closani Cave..........................................Muierii Cave
Ursilor Cave - Bears` Cave was discovered in 1975. It is located in the northwestern Romania. In cave 140 cave bear skeletons were discovered.
Closani Cave is located in Mehedinti Mountains. It is 1100 m long and has two galleries: Laboratories Gallery and Matei Ghica Gallery.
Muierii Cave - The Woman`s Cave is a cave system where cave bear remains were found. In 1952 a human skull of woman between 30000 and 40000 years old was found. |
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primoz Great posts and stamps pics. I post before in this thread when I found cave stamps in my Europa collection. Thank you.  Daniel |
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Caves of Romania II
  
.............................Meziad Cave....................................................Vantului Cave.....................................................Sura Mare Cave
Meziad Cave is one of the longest caves in Romania (4750 m long with several levels).
Vantului cave (Wind Cave) is the largest cave in Romania, with a length of almost 52 km of all passages). It is opened only to cavers.
Sura Mare cave has impressive entrance, about 40 meters high and 12 meters breit at the base. |
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11th International Cave Rescue Conference
...........equipment of cave rescuers, a helmet and a rope
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........................................................... The 11th International Cave Rescue Conference
........................................................... The Hungarian Cave Rescue Service
........................................................... The Aggtelek National Park
The Conference was organized by the Hungarian Cave Rescue Service and was hold in Aggtelek and Jósvaf#245; in the Aggtelek National Park, Hungary in 2007.
The objective of this conference was to study the organisational aspects of cave rescue as well as insurance, liability and finance. |
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100th year of the Circolo Speleologico Romano
The Circolo Speleologico Romano is an Italian speleological organization
dedicated to the exploration, research, and conservation of caves was founded in 1904.---------------- For those who collect bats: in the lower left corner is a small bat. |
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The Bellamar Caves, discovered near Matanzas in 1861, are one of Cuba's oldest tourist attractions. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Bellamar Caves, printed by photogravure (Waterlow & Sons, Ltd.), and issued by Cuba on May 5m 1936, Scott No. 328. - nethryk  |
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Vjeternica cave
Vjetrenica ("wind cave") is the largest and most important cave in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
It is located in Popovo Polje the largest karstic plain in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The cave has been explored and described to a total of about 6.7 km in length. |
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Imereti Caves
Imereti Caves is protected area in west side of Georgia
and are part of the Sataplia State Nature Reserve. |
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