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Posted 10/02/2012   9:02 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add jamesw to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Dam if I haven't found some more!
Bhakra Dam, Punjab 1967 SC#421



Shannon River Hydroelectric Station 1930 SC#83

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Posted 11/20/2012   06:40 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nethryk to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Dumbéa Dam, designed and engraved by Robert Cami, and issued for use in New Caledonia on October 22, 1956, Scott No. 303.

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Posted 11/21/2012   05:02 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add AnthonyUK to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here are three from an Austrian set commemorating the 15th anniversary of nationalisation of electricity industry

Release Date: March 26 1962
Format: set of 6
Face value 1s, 1.50s, 1.80s, 3s, 4s, 6.40s
Color violet blue, red lilac, green, brown, rose red, grey
Perforation: 13.5x14
Printing Style: recess engraved
Design: A. Pilch
Engraver: Georg Wimmer (1s, 6.40s R. Toth)
Printed by: Österreichische Staatsdruckerei

Michel: 1103-1108, Scott: 676-681, SG: 1380-1385





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Posted 11/24/2012   5:24 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nethryk to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Hydroelectric power station, printed by photogravure, and issued by Egypt (United Arab Republic) on January 9, 1960 to commemorate the inauguration of the Aswan Hugh Dam, Scott No. 495.

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Posted 01/28/2013   11:42 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nethryk to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Ayamé Dam, on the Bia River, was the first hydroelectric dam built in Ivory Coast; the reservoir was filled in 1959. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Ayamé Dam, designed by Pierre Munier, engraved by Jean Pheulpin, and issued by Ivory Coast on November 18, 1961, Scott No. 192.

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Dervendi Khan Dam and (inset) Faisal II (1935-1958), the last King of Iraq, printed by photogravure on granite paper (Courvoisier S.A.), and issued by Iraq on April 26, 1958 to publicize Development Week, Scott No. 187.

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Posted 06/12/2013   10:42 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nethryk to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Here is an image of a semi-postal (charity) stamp depicting a boy, a dam, and the rising sun, printed by lithography (A. Barreiro y. Ramos), and issued by Uruguay on September 29, 1959 to benefit National Recovery, Scott No. B7.

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Posted 06/12/2013   10:48 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add philb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
nethryk your scans are always terrific !!
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Posted 06/12/2013   12:09 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Conker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Some of these locations may be a challenge to reach by motorcycle...

Scott899, Turkey,1943, Ankara Dam



Scott 1009, Hungary, 1952, Tiszalok Dam


Scott 1351, Romania 1960


Scott 2079 Romania 1969


Scott C289 Nicaragua, 1947, Genizaro Dam
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Posted 06/12/2013   12:10 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Conker to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Some of these locations may be a challenge to reach by motorcycle...

Scott899, Turkey,1943, Ankara Dam



Scott 1009, Hungary, 1952, Tiszalok Dam


Scott 1351, Romania 1960


Scott 2079 Romania 1969


Scott C289 Nicaragua, 1947, Genizaro Dam
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Posted 06/15/2013   12:21 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add nethryk to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
philb - Thanks!

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a dam and causeway on the Euphrates River, and Iraqi and ICID emblems, printed by lithography, and issued by Iraq on September 5, 1975 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage, Scott No. 739. Note: So far I have been unable to specifically identify this dam. Does anyone know which one it is?

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Edited by nethryk - 06/15/2013 12:23 pm
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Posted 07/03/2013   09:31 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add tantsbsac to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This 4-stamp set is from Sudan, issued in 2013 for the completion of the Roseires Dam Heightening Project, celebrated on the first day of the year. Scott 643-646.

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Edited by tantsbsac - 07/27/2013 06:30 am
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Posted 07/03/2013   4:57 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add JonEBoy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I can't see this one on the thread anywhere;



Japan SG756 from 1956 commemorating the completion of Sakuma Dam

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Posted 08/23/2013   2:52 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add timbres667 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Argentina
Embalse del Nihuil
Water storage dam located near El Nihuil wich is in the province of Mendoza

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Edited by timbres667 - 08/23/2013 2:53 pm
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Posted 08/23/2013   6:47 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lorddenning to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A great topical to collect.

The Canada Post Office issued this lovely stamp in 1961 :





http://postalhistorycorner.blogspot...lan-for.html

The 1942 opening of the Shand dam in Ontario received this philatelic commemoration:





http://postalhistorycorner.blogspot...2-shand.html
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