Show Your Stamps With Maps On Them

On October 1, 1974 Japan issued a 2 stamp set to publicize the "61st Inter-Parliamentary Conference" held in Tokyo. The lower value 20 yen stamp (Sc #1181) features a projection map of the world.

Map of Sierra Leone and airplane, engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., and issued for use in Sierra Leone on January 2, 1956, Scott No. 203.

- nethryk

This 1997 issue of Mauritius depicts Admiral Mahe de La Bourdonnais (1699-1753) and a map with a route from France to India. The map does not include a route to Mahe on the west coast of India. This is the town where Admiral La Bourdonnais had the "Mahe" added to his name by virtue of his conquest of it.

Admiral Mahe de La Bourdonnais is shown on this stamp because he was Governor of "Isle de France", the French name for Mauritius at the time, for five years.

By the Treaty of London of 1839, the southern provinces of the Netherlands, independent de facto since 1830, became internationally recognized as the Kingdom of Belgium, while the province of Limburg was split into Belgian and Dutch parts. Here is an image of a stamp depicting a map showing the division of Limburg, designed by Willy Bosschem (1930- ), printed by lithography, and issued by Belgium on October 2, 1989 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the treaty, Scott No. 1327.

- nethryk

On August 9, 1974 Singapore issued a set of 3 stamps (S.G. #s 238-40) to publicize the U.N.'s World Population Year. The backgrounds of these stamps are made up of a series of stylized outlines of upper human torsos.

The 75c value features a world map defined by the shading of the torsos. From a normal viewing distance, the map is clearly visible. Under magnification, however, the torsos are visible, but the map is not clearly discernible. North and Central America are shown on the close up pic.

A world map printed in silver ink appears on this 1992 Polish stamp commemorating the World Congress of Poles.

On June 21, 1991 Poland issued a stamp commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the enactment of the U.N.'s Antarctic Treaty. There are 54 signatory nations of the Treaty. The map shown signifies the territory involved, i.e. 60 degrees latitude south.

From Wikipedia, "The treaty sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, establishes freedom of scientific investigation, and bans military activity on the continent."

Colombia
Agustín Codazzi Geographic Institute
April 19, 2016
The stamp depicts production of maps and cartography of Colombia.

Australian Antarctic Territory
Mapping the AAT
August 20, 2019
Set of four, one stamp depicts a map of Antarctica based on a cartographic survey by Douglas Mawson in his 1911-1914 expedition.

Austria
The Fussach Messenger
September 27, 2014
The stamp depicts a 16-century map showing the route for Lindau - Fussach - Milan Courier Service.

The Via Baltica Highway on a map of the Baltic States is shown on this April 20, 1995 souvenir sheet (Sc. #289) of Estonia.

This May 6, 2011 souvenir sheet of Estonia anticipates the bicentenary (2016) of the Struve Geodetic Arc. One stamp depicts F. G. W. Struve (1793-1864), and the other stamp shows the Tartu Observatory (1821). The red, vertical line is the meridian, and the ragged white line is the chain of survey triangulations.

A posting on page 34 of this thread shows Moldova's issue for the bicentenary of the Struve Geodetic Arc.

From Wikipedia, "The Struve Geodetic Arc is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, through ten countries and over 2820 km., which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian. The chain was established and used by German-born Russian scientist Friedrich G. W. von Struve in the years 1816 to 1855 to establish the exact size and shape of the earth. At that time, the chain passed merely through two countries: Sweden-Norway and the Russian Empire. The Arc's first point is located in Tartu Observatory in Estonia, where Struve conducted much of his research."

The 2.50 rubla value of the newly independent Estonia's first definitive series shows a map of the country. The stamp was issued on November 1, 1991 and it was valid for postage until June 30, 1993.

This set of two stamps (Facit #s 1207-8) was issued by Norway on September 23, 1994 to commemorate the centenary of electric trams in Oslo (then Christiania). Stamps depict old and modern trams. The backgrounds are made up of old (3.50 kr.) and new (12.00 kr.) Oslo city street maps.

Austria
Brexit
January 31, 2020
The design shows a map of the European Union without the United Kingdom.