Unesco site Hangzhou, China

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The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou, comprising the West Lake and the hills surrounding its three sides, on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

The inscribed landscape has inspired famous poets, scholars and artists since the 9th century. It comprises numerous temples, pagodas, pavilions, gardens and ornamental trees, as well as causeways and artificial islands.

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( left) Yalongwan National Tourism and Resort Zone

(right) Sanya Phoenix International Airport

Algeria 1955

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Bab el-Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre. Towards the end of the Algerian War of Independence, the neighbourhood became the stronghold of the Organisation de l'Armee Secrete.

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50th Anniversary of National Day of Moudjahid  20 August 1955. The Battle of Philippeville was part of the Algerian War between France and Algerian rebels, primarily the National Liberation Front (FLN) The battle took place on August 20, 1955 and centered on the Algerian town of Philippeville.

Algerie – Les Touaregs

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The Touareg live in what is known as the central Sahara, which includes a big chunk of Algeria. The Sahara is huge – it’s nine million square kilometres. That’s as big as the United States.

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(on the left) Silver brooches from Saoura, a valley in southwestern Algeria.

(on the right) Commemorating the basketball world championship in Indianapolis 2002.

Luxembourg

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(upper left) On the Place Clairefontaine stands the monument to Grand Duchess Charlotte (1896-1985)

(upper right) Notre-Dame Cathedral. It was originally a Jesuit church, and its cornerstone was laid in 1613.

(middle) The Municipal Park  is a public urban park in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg

(bottom left) Philharmonic Orchestra

(bottom right) Henri Moore’s “Locking piece”  and Place Guillaume.

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Europa-stamp 2011, from a set of two stamps.

Oklahoma and Louisiana | USA

Postcard #1 Louisiana

Bald Cypress tree at sunset in Louisiana.

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The Project Mercury stamp depicts Shepard, the Mercury capsule Freedom 7, and the Redstone launching rocket. The MESSENGER Mission stamp depicts the MESSENGER spacecraft in orbit around the planet Mercury.

Postcard #2 Oklahoma

Each year many of the Native American tribes in Oklahoma host Pow Wow’s featuring traditional dress, dances, customs and food.

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“ With this stamp, the U.S. Postal Service is proud to pay

tribute to jazz, America’s musical gift to the world,..”

 Thx Jackie!

Medieval games in Lida Castle, Belarus

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Lida Castle was one of several citadels erected by Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania in the early 14th century to defend his lands against the expansion of the Teutonic Knights.

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Zinnia elegans, an annual flowering plant is the best known Zinnia. Zinnias are popular garden plants with hundreds of cultivars.

Helsinki, Finland

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(upper left) The Helsinki Cathedral is an Evangelical Lutheran cathedral, located in the centre of Helsinki, Finland. The church was built as a tribute to the Grand Duke, Nicholas I, the Tsar of Russia.

(upper right) The Helsinki Winter Garden has been a recreational meeting place for the residents of Helsinki for over a century.

(bottom left)  Uspenski Cathedral is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Helsinki.

(bottom right) Suomenlinna is an inhabited sea fortress built on six islands, and which now forms part of the city of Helsinki. On the WHL.

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From the series  “ jump of joy”  containing 5 stamps.

Shangri La from China and look at those birds

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Shangri-La County is a primarily Tibetan county in northwestern Yunnan province, Southwest China. Not to be confused with the fictional paradise Shangri La from the book " Lost Horizon" (1933, James Hilton).

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(left) The Xinjiang Ground-jay is restricted to sandy desert, scrub and desert poplar in the Talikmakan Desert in Xinjiang, China

(middle) The Cabot's Tragopan, is a pheasant found in south-east China.

(right) The Formosan Blue Magpie, also called the "long-tailed mountain lady", is a member of the Crow family. It is an endemic species living in the mountains of Taiwan at elevations of 300 to 1200m.

THX! Yisan

Map card from Lozere, France

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Lozère is a department in southeast France near the Massif Central, named after Mont Lozère.

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Marianne is one of the most prominent symbols of the French Republic. French stamps are often color-coded according to their purpose. Red is used for the standard first-class letter rate, blue for letters to abroad, and green for second-class post, postcards and newspapers.

New Zealand, mount Maunganui

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Mount Maunganui is New Zealand's favourite summer holiday destination with its white sandy surf beach on the ocean side, and a safe sheltered inner harbour beach. Mount Maunganui is also the name of the extinct volcano which rises above the beautiful Mount Maunganui surf beach.

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50 years of Christmas stamps.

A German folktale on a postcard from Bremen

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Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten  is a folktale recorded by the Brothers Grimm.

In the story a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster, all past their prime years in life and usefulness on their respective farms, were soon to be discarded or mistreated by their masters. One by one they leave their homes and set out together. They decide to go to Bremen, known for its freedom, to live without owners and become musicians there.

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On the left: Tagetes: The cultivated varieties are known variously as marigolds or variously as Mexican marigolds or African marigolds (in Dutch: Afrikaantje).

On the right: Fahnenmeer, a lot of German flags. Happy people and a relaxed atmosphere in a sea of ​​black, red and gold - that is the subject of the stamp "Germany" on the 60th Anniversary of the Basic Law and the establishment of the Federal Republic.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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It pictures famous landmarks in Kuala Lumpur

Top left: Jamek Mosque.

Bottom left: The former Kuala Lumpur Railway Station was built in 1910.

Right: The national monument was created by Felix de Weldon.

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Hydrangea macrophylla (Hortensia) is a species of Hydrangea native to Japan. It is widely cultivated in many parts of the world in many climates. The Malay word for it is Bunga Tiga Bulan.

Apollo's Temple and St Paul's Pillar from Cyprus

Postcard #1  Temple of Apollo

This small temple, with its simple Doric columns, was one of the most sacred shrines of ancient Cyprus. The penalty for touching its altar was to be hurled from the nearby cliffs into the sea.

Postcard #2  St. Paul’s Pillar

Paphos , sometimes referred to as Pafos, is a coastal city in the southwest of Cyprus. The town

of Paphos is included in the official UNESCO list of cultural and natural treasures of the world's heritage.

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On the right: It’s one of a series of 5 domestic animal stamps.

On the left: The Refugee Fund Tax Stamp. Every letter, postcard and parcel has to have an additional refugee postage stamp on it (cost as at January 2011 is 2 cents) in order for it to enter the sending process. The proceeds of the refugee stamps go to the refugee fund, i.e. for the Greek Cypriots who became refugees from their homes in the north of Cyprus after the invasion in 1974. See pictures above of the first refugee stamp, and the current issue which was released in 2009.

Amman, capital of Jordan

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Amman is the capital and largest city of Jordan. It’s ancient (Greek) name is Philadelphia.  The Greater Amman area has a population of 2,842,629. On the picture you see The King Abdullah I Mosque.