Mining Stamps

Australia
Definitive Issue - Broken Hill
September 10, 1958
Broken Hill is an isolated mining city in the far west of outback New South Wales. Broken Hill was founded in 1883 and is the longest-lived mining city in Australia. Its orebody has proved to be among the world's largest silver–lead–zinc mineral deposits.

Saar - 1922
Sc.100

Coal Miner

Chile
400th Anniversary of the Discovery of Chile
March 1, 1936
Set of 12; one stamp depicts nitrate mining.

Sweden
Swedish Industry and Commerce
September 28, 1970
Booklet of six stamps, one depicts iron mining industry.
(engraver: Czeslaw Slania)

Christmas Island
Definitive Issue 1958 - 1963
Local motif set of 10; one depicts phosphate mining.
Phosphate mining had been the only significant economic activity, but in December 1987 the Australian government closed the mine. In 1991, the mine was reopened by a consortium which included many of the former mine workers as shareholders. Balance between industrial development and environmental conservation continues to be a key issue.

Austria
The 25th Anniversary of Nationalized Enterprise
October 15, 1971
Set of three; one stamp depicts iron mining at Erzberg.
The Erzberg mine is a large open-pit mine located in Eisenerz, Styria, in the central-western part of Austria, 260 km southwest of Vienna. The mine contains the largest iron ore reserves in Austria.

Poland
Polish Miners Day
December 4, 1952
Miner with pneumatic drill
(engraver: Edward Konecki)

Czechoslovakia
Fifth Year of the New Republic II
May 9, 1950
Set of four; one stamp depicts coal mining.
(engraver: B. Dolezelova)

South Africa
Gold Mine
August 1, 1941
Stamps in English and Afrikaans inscription

Algeria
National Development
December 14, 1968
Set of three; one stamp depicts mining.

Poland
Third International Congress for Miners in Katowice
July 1, 1959
The design shows silhouette of a miner in a stylized globe.

Copper miner, printed by photogravure, and issued by Zambia on June 18, 1969 as one of a set of two stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of the International labor Organization (ILO), Scot No. 55.

- nethryk

Sweden
700 Years of Stora Kopparberget
May 17, 1988
Stora Kopparberget is a large mining and energy company which operated the Falun Mine. It produced as much as two thirds of Europe's copper needs. The Falun Mine became a UNESCO world heritage site in 2001, and today Stora Kopparberget Foundation manages the museum and tours.

Nauru
The 175th Anniversary of First Contact with the Outside World
May 21, 1974
Set of six; one stamp depicts phosphate mining.

Here are images of the three stamps in a set depicting miners and mining operations, and issued by Czechoslovakia on September 9, 1951 to commemorate Miner's Day.

- nethryk

Ostrava, the "iron basis of socialism" (a statue of a miner by A. Ivanovsky, headframe, and Ostrava City Hall) designed and engraved by Jiri Antonin Švengsbír (1921-1983), Scott Nos. 479 & 481.


Ore mining (miners at work with pneumatic hammer with support), designed and engraved by Bohdan Roule (1921-1960).