Show Your Stamps With Maps On Them

modern set off of a cover I received recently

Map of Greece showing the country's borders in 1830, and in 1930, engraved and printed by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., Ltd., and issued by Greece on April 1, 1930 as one of a set of 18 stamps commemorating the centenary of Greek independence, Scott No. 359.

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Here are images of the four stamps in a set depicting creative maps of Africa, designed by various Tunisian artists, engraved by various French engravers, and issued by Tunisia on April 15, 1961 to publicize "Africa Day," Scott Nos. 392-95.

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Woman and animals, designed by Jalila Mohsen, engraved by Jean Pheulpin.


Black woman and Arab man, designed by Zeïneb Ben Youssef, engraved by André Frères.


Arab inscription and Guinea mask, designed by Hatem El Mekki, engraved by Claude Durrens.


Black and Arab hands joined together, designed by Hatem El Mekki, engraved by Jacques Combet.

Here are images of the three stamps in a set depicting a map of Laos and various symbols of telecommunications, designed by Laotian artists, engraved by French engravers, and issued by Laos on June 15, 1965 to commemorate the centenary of the International Telecommunications Union, Scott Nos. 109-111.

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Designed by Manoutham, and engraved by Michel Monvoisin:

Telewriter and globe,


Satellite communications


Designed by Soutavong, and engraved by Jean Pheulpin:

Globe and radio

Hungary 1980; Seven Wonders of the World

two from Russia:
SC #2188 Globe and Route of Luna 1 Launched Jan 2 1959


SC# 3180 Modern Transportation: Map of the Lenin Volga-Baltic Waterway, Admiralty, Leningrad, and Kremlin


and one of my favorite stamps (fills three spots in my topical collections ... maps, astronomy, scientific instruments) James Cook and the transit of Venus

Here are images of a couple of airmail stamps whose designs include maps of the Americas, printed by photogravure, and issued by Mexico on March 12, 1955 to publicize the 2nd Pan American Games, hosted in Mexico City from March 12 to 26, Scott Nos C227 & C228.

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Tezcatlipoca, a major Aztec god, and map


Stadium and map

BELGIUM 2012
Souvenir sheet with map

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a map of a portion of the Americas showing the locations of several national capitals, and the coat of arms of Ecuador, engraved and printed by American Bank Note Company, and issued by Ecuador on October 9, 1943 to commemorate a good will tour in 1942 by Ecuadorian President Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río (1893-1969), Scott No. 417.

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Here is an image of a map stamp showing the locations of Soviet Antarctic bases, designed by Russian artist Evgeny Nikolaevich Gundobin (1910-1975), printed by lithography, and issued by Russia (USSR) on October 22, 1956 to publicize the Soviet Scientific Antarctic Expedition, Scott No. 1884, Zagorski No. 1864. Bonuses: Ships and penguins.

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about Antarctic expeditions ... Now in Antarctic waters endures disaster Russian research vessel "Akademik Shokalsky" ... Australian and Chinese icebreakers could not free him from the ice and the crew will be evacuated.

Andorra, 1998, 18th century maps of the country.

Eduard Suess (1831-1914) was an Austrian geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps. Dr. Suess (sorry, couldn't resist!) is responsible for hypothesizing two major former geographical features, the super continent Gondwana (proposed in 1861) and the Tethys Ocean. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Suess and a geological map of Europe, designed and combined engraved by Werner Pfeiler and photogravue, and issued by Austria on April 26, 1989 to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Eduard Suess's death, Scott No. 1454. Note: The crater Suess on the Moon and a crater on Mars are named after the good professor.

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Kozler Peter (1824-1879)



is Slovenian lawyer, geographer and politician, worked as lawyer in different towns in Istria (Rovin, Labin, Vodnjan and Pazin), in Tolmin, Gorizia and Trieste. Later together with his sister and brothers he established the largest brewery in Carniola at the time. He got involved in politics in 1848 as a member of the Slovenia Society in Vienna. He researched to just exactly where the Slovenes were living in Istria, in the Gorizia district, Carinthia and Hungary, and lectured on Slovene linguistic borders. He described the Slovene ethnical border in Kratki slovenski zemljopis (Short Slovenian Geography) published in 1854. This material was the basis of Zemljovid Slovenske de¾ele in pokrajin (A map of the Slovenian Country and Regions) - the first map of Slovene regions - which was confiscated by the Austrian military authorities.

A few 1991 Sweden Old Maps engraved by Piotr Naszarkowski.