Show Your Stamps With Maps On Them

Since a globe is a form of a map, these stamps from Haiti would qualify, too:

Here is an image of an engraved stamp featuring a map of the (still) disputed areas of Jammu & Kashmir, issued by Pakistan on March 23, 1960 (pre-Bangladesh), Scott No. 111, SG No. 111.

- nethryk

That Austrian soccer (I know, football) stamp is a fun little design.

2nd centenary of the mail between Spain and its American colonies. Stamp exhibition "Espamer'77" held in Barcelona in October 1977.

Here is an image of a stamp depicting olive branches, a map of the Mediterranean Sea, and light beams from the lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt, designed and engraved by Claude Jumelet, and issued by France on November 7, 2009 to publicize the 2nd Euromed Postal Conference, held Scott No. 3731, Y&T No. 4422.

- nethryk

Airplane and map of route of an official 1954 Portugal presidential overseas tour by Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes da Silva de Tovero (1894-1964), printed by typography and lithogravure, and issued for use in the Portuguese colony of São Tomé e Príncipe (Saint Thomas and Prince Islands) in June, 1954, Scott No. 367, SG No. 438. The areas highlighted in red denote Portuguese colonies (some of which are now independent nations).

- nethryk

Location of Gold Coast (now Ghana), engraved and printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., and issued for use in the British colony of Gold Coast on April 1, 1953, Scott No. 148, SG No. 153.

- nethryk

I think this little 1951 Canal Zone airmail is terrific. Very Art Deco.



Oh ya. It's got a map on it too.

I found some maps in my collection....



Some Closer shots...

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, which is located in Galicia, Spain, is the destination today, as it has been for over a thousand years, of the important 9th century medieval pilgrimage route, the Way of St. James. Here is an image of an engraved stamp depicting an old map of the Rutas Jacobeas, the main European pilgrimage routes, issued by Spain in 1971 as one of a set of 21 stamps celebrating the Holy Year of Compostela, Scott No. 1642.

- nethryk

Map of Niue, designed by James Berry, engraved and printed by Bradbury Wilkinson & Co., and issued for use in Niue on July 3, 1950, Scott No. 94, SG No. 113.

- nethryk

Regards!
Rodolfo

Looks like this George VI Gold Coast 1948 did double duty, as it is also found on the 1953 version above.