UNESCO stamps from your country

[aegisW]

Fujian Tulou

Palace Museum

[vikneshkumar]

From India

[honzuki]

This stamp was supposed to celebrate the inscription of Taputapuatea marae on the UNESCO WHS list, but it only shows Raiatea, the island where it is.

[Misino]

@honzuki

This stamp was supposed to celebrate the inscription of Taputapuatea marae on the UNESCO WHS list, but it only shows Raiatea, the island where it is.

Wow. I really like this stamp.

[Prodromos]

22.04.1987 Unesco Churches in Troodos (9x stamps)

29.12.1989 Mosaics of Paphos Definitive series of 15 stamps (I share only 10 because of nudity shown on some mosaics)

[Ellesta]

We have 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Belarus. I found this stamp issued for 60th anniversary of Belarus’ entry into UNESCO:

And separately for the sites:
Nesvizh Castle:

Mir Castle Complex:

Białowieża Forest:

Struve Geodetic Arc:

[ch_nz]

I think this is really interesting. I collect UNESCO sites on stamps and it is rather challenging to identify the sites.

Just in this thread I discovered some stamps that I have but didn’t realise they were world heritage. Like Poloniny National Park in Slovakia: the UNESCO website only lists the subparks of Poloniny that are part of the world heritage… or Nesvizh castle on Belarus Europa 1998 - I only read cyrillic letters very slowly and missed this…

Germany has released about 170 different stamps (since 1949, including East Germany) with world heritage sites… and I keep discovering some.

Just last week there was a new stamp dedicated to Heinrich Schliemann which has a bit of Troy (UNESCO site in Turkey) in the background.

I tried to make a list of world heritage sites on French stamps… it is 9 pages long (starting in 1924). And some of it is really complicated. Like “banks of the Seine” world heritage site which is a central part of Paris. You really have to look at the UNESCO maps: Eiffel tower, Les Invalides, Louvre, pont neuf, Notre Dame all part of the world heritage site, Arc de Triomphe, Elysee, palace, Opera Garnier: not part of it.

Anyway, if there are other collectors out there, I would love to get in contact. Share insights or swap stamps.

Cheers,
Wolfgang

[ch_nz]

@Prodromos

2. Europa 2017 - Paphos Castle Stamp 64c (issued on 04.05.2017)

Is Paphos castle part of the world heritage site?I looked at the UNESCO maps, but don’t know the area well enough to identify the details.

Paphos

They list:

• ancient Nea Paphos (Aphrodite’s Sacred City)
• Kato Paphos necropolis known as Tafoi ton Vasileon (“Tombs of the Kings”)
• remains of the Temple of Aphrodite (Aphrodite’s Sanctuary) and Palaepaphos (Old Paphos)

Does that include the castle?

Insight appreciated.
Wolfgang

[Prodromos]

Due to the big number of historical monuments that we have in Paphos, a big part of the so called Kato Paphos (down side of the city) is a protected zone from local department of Antiquities and Unesco. The main historical monuments are:

1. St Paul Pillar archaeological site with the Orthodox Agia Kyriaki Church.
2. Paphos Medieval Castle
3. Paphos Archaeological park with the Ancient Mosaics, Odeon and Lighthouse
4. Tombs of the Kings.

There are still some monuments that are part of a current archaelogogical excavation like:

1. Fabrica’s Hill
2. Roman Theatre near the Fabrica’s Hill

There are also monuments (still) not included in the Unesco List like:

1. Agia Solomoni Catacomb
2. Panagia Limeniotissa (built in Early Christian period)

Lately due to road works in the tourist area and in the center of Paphos new archaeological finds come up to light new pieces of history. In general we can say that Paphos is a small archaeological wonderland. Sometimes those finds can be a curse because “they” cause delay to renovation… There are also many illegal excavations, but this is a long and complicate story.

[ch_nz]

I put the UNESCO map and google maps next to each other. On the UNESCO map the light green parts are the ones inscribed in the world heritage list. In a large area the green line overlaps with the blue (the whole left part of the map). But it looks to me that the castle on that little peninsula sits just outside the world heritige inscribed area…

[Prodromos]

Paphos castle

[KRR]

Some vintage and recent Sri Lankan stamps featuring UNESCO sites

1. Sacred City of Anuradhapura
   

   
   
   

2. Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
   
   

   

3. Ancient City of Sigiriya
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

4. Sacred City of Kandy
   

   
   
   
   
   

5. Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

6. Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
   

7. Sinharaja Forest Reserve
   

   

[rhuqesmail]

[JuliaBe]

Issue from 2009

[jabuka]

[Cassiopheia]

This post is a wiki, if you have any additions please add them (but stick to the format).
Only add stamps that are still valid and mark the ones which are too high of value for postcards.

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German Stamps showing German Unesco Sites

05) Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl

06) St Mary's Cathedral and St Michael's Church at Hildesheim

Using this stamp on a postcard would be significantly overpaying though

07) Roman Monuments, Cathedral of St Peter and Church of Our Lady in Trier

Using this stamp would be slightly overpaying though

08) Frontiers of the Roman Empire

10) Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin

Using this stamp would be significantly overpaying though

11) Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch

12) Mines of Rammelsberg, Historic Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System

Using this stamp on a postcard would be significantly overpaying though.

14) Town of Bamberg

Using this stamp would be significantly overpaying though

18) Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau and Bernau

Using this stamp on a postcard would be significantly overpaying though

19) Cologne Cathedral

Using this stamp would be significantly overpaying though

20) Luther Memorials in Eisleben and Wittenberg

Using this stamp on a postcard would be significantly overpaying though

22) Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin

23) Wartburg Castle

Using this stamp would be significantly overpaying though:

24) Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz

25) Monastic Island of Reichenau

26) Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen

27) Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar

Using this stamp on a postcard would be significantly overpaying though

28) Upper Middle Rhine Valley

29) Dresden Elbe Valley (Delisted 2009)

30) Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski

31) Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen

Only the right stamp shows the Unesco site

32) Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof

33) Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe

Using this stamp on a postcard would be significantly overpaying though.

35) Wadden Sea

36) Fagus Factory in Alfeld

39) Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe

40) Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey

45) Naumburg Cathedral

German Stamps showing International Unesco Sites

@ch_nz

• 2004 commem: Ecuador Galápagos islands (144+56c)
• 2007 commem: Latvia Riga (65c)
• 2011 commem: Japan anciend Jara (55c)
• 2011 commem: Romania biertan (part of villages with fortified churches WHS) (75c)
• 2019 commem: France window detail of Chartre cathedral (80+40c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2022 commem: Turkey ancient Troy (1.1€)

[ch_nz]

@Cassiopheia: There are a few more WHS on stamps that are still valid. Since some of the sites or on more than one stamp, I put together a list of all the stamps.

This is a complete list of the (still valid German) stamps:

• 2000 definitive: Regensburg (56c / 110pf)
• 2001 definitive: Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe (0.24€ / 47pf)
• 2001 definitive: Cologne cathedral (2.25€ /4.40 DM)
• 2001 definitive: Wartburg (2.05€ / 4 DM)
• 2001 commem: Stralsund (56c / 110pf)
• 2002 definitive: Bauhaus Dessau (1.6€)
• 2002 commem: Dessau-Wörlitz (56c)
• 2002 commem: Museumsinsel Berlin (56)
• 2002 definitive: Porta Nigra, Trier (1€)
• 2003 definitive: Bamberg, Reiter (2€)
• 2003 commem: Cologne cathedral (55c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2003 definitive: Wismar (4.10€)
• 2003 commem: Zeche Zollverein (55c)
• 2004 commem: Bauhaus Dessau (55c)
• 2004 commem: Wattenmeer national park (55c)
• 2005 block/commem: Prussian castles & gardens (2.2€) (gummed block & self-adhesive stamp)
• 2006 commem: Upper Middle-Rhein valley (55c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2007 commem: Bamberg (55c)
• 2007 block: Limes, frontiers of the Roman empire (55c)
• 2007 commem: Stralsund & Wismar (70c)
• 2008 commem: Reichenau island (45c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2009 commem: Luther Gedenkstätten Eisleben & Wittenberg (1.45€)
• 2010 commem: Hildesheim (2.2€) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2011 commem: Kellerwald-Edersee national park (part of beech forests WHS) (1.45€) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2011 commem: Regensburg (75c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2012 commem: Jasmund national park (part of beech forests WHS) (55c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2012 commem: Muskauer Park (90c)
• 2013 commem: Dessau (Bauhaus) (45c) (this one is a bit on the border, the design is Bauhaus)
• 2013 commem: Wattenmeer (58c)
• 2014 commem: beech forests (1.45c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2014 commem: Bremen (60c) (two se-tenant stamps)
• 2014 commem: Fagus Werk (60c)
• 2014 commem: Lorsch (60c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2014 commem: Schloss Stolzenfels (part of upper Middle-Rhein valles WHS) (75c)
• 2015 commem: Hildesheim (62c)
• 2015 commem: Marksburg (part of upper Middle-Rhein valles WHS) (62c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2016 commem: Corvey (70c)
• 2016 commem: Naumburg cathedral (45c)
• 2016 commem: Prussian castles & gardens (85c)
• 2017 commem: Rammelsberg & Goslar (1.45€)
• 2017 commem: Wartburg (70c) (gummed & self-adhesive & gummed in booklet)
• 2018 commem: castle Falkenlust, Brühl) (70c)
• 2018 commem: Dessau-Wörlitz (45c) ((two se-tenant stamps) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2019 commem: Bauhaus Dessau (70c)
• 2020 commem: Loreley, part of upper Middle-Rhine valley (80c)

German stamps showing international WHS:

• 2004 commem: Ecuador Galápagos islands (144+56c)
• 2007 commem: Latvia Riga (65c)
• 2011 commem: Japan anciend Jara (55c)
• 2011 commem: Romania biertan (part of villages with fortified churches WHS) (75c)
• 2019 commem: France window detail of Chartre cathedral (80+40c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2022 commem: Turkey ancient Troy (1.1€)

And some which are related but I think it is personal taste if you count them in:

• 2013 commem: Nofretete bust, exhibit of Neues Museum on Museumsinsel WHS (58c) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2013 commem: Ishtar Tor, exhibit of Pergamon Museum on Museumsinsel WHS (1.45€) (gummed & self-adhesive)
• 2017 commem: art from Cologne Cathedral (70+30c)
• 2018 commem: Prinzessinengruppe, exhibit of Alte Nationalgalerie on Museumsinsel WHS) (85c)
• 2019 commem: painting “Der einsame Baum”, exhibit of Alte Nationalgalerie on Museumsinsel WHS) (1.45€)

If I have missed anything it would be great if you could comment.

Cheers,
Wolfgang

[Cassiopheia]

Thanks for the addition, I will add the missing ones to my list later.

edit: I have updated my list with the ones you mentioned. It would have been helpful to only list the ones that weren’t mentioned before though

edit 2: I turned my post into a wiki, so everybody may contribute to it. So all German Unesco stamps can be in the same posting. But please stick to the format. @ch_nz Maybe you want to include the the parts I excluded on purpose (German stamps showing international sites and controversial ones like Nofrete bust) with pictures of the stamps.

[Misino]

I just found some old Czechoslovak stamps showing some Slovak Unesco WHS

Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments

• Levoča
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity

• Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica
  
  

Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area

• Hronsek belfry
  

[ch_nz]

Thank you @Misino I had missed the Hronsek belfry. Here is another one. The 1965 stamp depicting the town hall of Levoča which is part of the " Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural Monuments" world heritage site: