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Miner, printed by photogravure, and issued by Hungary on September 2, 1956 to honor Miner's Day, Scott No. 1159. - nethryk  |
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Romania Miners' Day September 3, 1953 A miner using a pneumatic drill (Designed by L. Kuscenco)  |
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Kutná Hora Royal Mining Law, 700th anniversary, designed by Zdenek Mézl, combined engraved by Bohumil neider and photogravure, and issued by Czech Republic on March 1, 2000, Scott No. 3112. - nethryk  |
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Estonia Centenary of oil shale mining in Estonia June 15, 2016 Oil shale mining has been of state importance for a century. Whole dynasties of Estonians have been working in the oil shale industry and even now there are oil shale miners who have kept the trade for several generations.  |
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Suriname Definitive Issue December 1, 1954 Set of eight, one stamp depicts bauxite mining.  |
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Professor Geiger designed this image of miners which was used on some of Germany's stamps from the post-World War I era.  |
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South Africa Strategic Mineral Resources June 8, 1984 Set of four stamps; two depict open-cast mining operations.  |
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Ireland Fifty Years of Bord na Móna July 4, 1996 Bord na Móna is a state-owned company responsible for managing peat production in the nation. Peat is used in power generation, domestic heating, and agriculture. The stamp depicts a mechanical peat harvester for open-cast mining operation.  |
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Netherlands Antilles 75 Years of the Mijnmaatschappij Phosphate Mining at Curacao January 21, 1988 One of the three stamps depicts phosphate ore processing plant.  |
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India Centenary of the Kolar Gold Fields December 20, 1980 Kolar Gold Fields is a mining town in Bangarpet Taluk, 100 km east of the city of Bengaluru, in the Kolar District of Karnataka state. The town was known for gold mining for over a century and was eventually closed in 2001 due to low level of gold production.  |
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Uzbekistan The 15th Anniversary of Independence August 25, 2006 A set of 58 stamps, one shows mining in Olmalik in the Tashkent Region of central Uzbekistan.  |
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Canada The 50th Anniversary of Yellowknife March 15, 1984 The Yellowknife settlement is considered to have been founded in 1934, after gold was found in the area. The heritage of gold mining is shown in the stamp design of a gold mine and a gold pan.  |
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Fiji QEII Pre-Decimal Definitive Issue July 15, 1968 Set of 17, one stamp depicts the Emperor Gold Mine located at the northern tip of the main island of Viti Levu. The gold mine has been in continuous production since 1935.  |
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Bolivia Industries May 1, 2012 Set of four, one stamp depicts the mining industry.  |
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Rhodesia and Nyasaland Commonwealth Mining and Metallurgical Congress May 8, 1961 The stamp set depicts mining operations.  |
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