Cave Stamps, Underground Spaces, Caving, Speleology, Caves

Slovenia
Vilenica Cave
March 24, 2003
Vilenica Cave is located next to the village of Lokev in the municipality of Sežana on the Karst Plateau in southwestern Slovenia. Until the mid-19th century it was known as the largest, most magnificent, and most frequently visited cave of the Classical Karst. Vilenica Cave is more than 1,300 m in length with a depth of 180 m, but tourists can only visit the first 450 m of the cave.

Albania
Trenit Cave
November 19, 2007
Trenit Cave is one of the most beautiful natural attractions nearby Korçë. The limestone cave offers important evidence (artifacts and wall paintings) of the continuity of life in the area through historic ages. The cave boasts notable invertebrate fauna and numerous kinds of bats, some of which being endemic of Prespa region alone.

Jordan 2016 Karak

Here are images of the two stamps in a cave art set depicting, respectively, a woman gathering honey, Cuevas de la Araña; and a horse, Cueva de Tito Bustillo, printed by photogravure, and issued by Spain on April 28, 1975 as EUROPA stamps, Scott Nos. 1884 & 1885.

- nethryk

Barbados
Harrison's Cave
December 1, 1981
Harrison's Cave is a natural limestone cave in the country of Barbados, first discovered in 1795. The cave became a tourist attraction since 1981.
The stamp set depicts the following scenes:
10c; twin falls,
20c: stream in rotunda room,
55c: formations in rotunda room,
$2.50: cascade pool.

Gibraltar
EUROPA - Vacation
February 20, 2004
St. Michael's Cave is a network of limestone caves located within the Upper Rock Nature Reserve in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is the most visited of the more than 150 caves found inside the Rock of Gibraltar.

Serbia
European Nature Protection
May 13, 2013
Resavska Cave is a cave near Jelovac in eastern Serbia, about 20 km from Despotovac. It is one of the largest cave systems in Serbia, and has about three kilometers of passages.

Zimbabwe
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
October 16, 1991
The Chinhoyi Caves National Park is located 130 km northwest of the city of Harare. The cave system is composed of limestone and dolomite, with a pool of deep blue water in the main cave.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatia)
Archeological Treasure 2010 - Ravlica Cave
May 12, 2010
Ravlica Cave, at the source of the river Tihaljina near Drinovci, is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The cave served as a living space for a large number of prehistoric communities from the early Neolithic until the middle Bronze Age.

Aruba
Landscapes
June 5, 2000
The Guadirikiri Cave is notable for its two large dome-shaped chambers which are illuminated with sunlight through holes in the ceiling. This 150 m long limestone cave is also a nesting site for numerous small nocturnal bats.

United States
National Park Service Centennial
June 2, 2016
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico. It features more than 120 limestone caves with a large chamber 1220 m long, 191 m wide, and 78 m high.

Greece
Prefecture Capitals - Kilkis
October 12, 1992
The Cave of St. George is the major tourist attraction of the city of Kilkis. The cave system has two levels with an area of over 1000 square meters and a total length of explored paths of 300 meters. It features a rare decoration of coral material and numerous stalactites and stalagmites.

From North Korea, issued 25 May 2002, showing views of Ryongmun Cavern:





Designed Choe Chul Man.

Australia
Caves
May 2, 2017
Cliefden Caves, New South Wales
Weebubbie Cave, Western Australia
Undara Lava Tube, Queensland
Kubla Khan Cave, Tasmania

India
Caves of Meghalava
August 15, 2017
The Caves of Meghalaya comprise a large number of limestone caves in the Jaintia, Khasi Hills and Garo Hills districts in the Indian state of Meghalaya, and are among the longest caves in the world.
The stamp set features Krem Blang, Krem Khung. Krem Syndai, and Krem Lymput caves.