Maps On Stamps & Covers: Cartophilately

Stamp issued by Finland in 1950, part of a set celebrating the 400^th anniversary of the foundation of Helsinki:

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From a set for the Lions Club Congress in 2000, this stamp from Senegal with an outline of the country:

A dancing allegory of the African continent on this South African circular stamp from 2002 issued for the African Union Summit:

Stamp issued by Sénégal in 2000 as part of a 2-set for the 50^th anniversary of the UN High Commission for Refugees:

España – Spain, 1982, Día del Sello

Spanish stamps issued to celebrate ‘Stamp Day’ depict an aspect of postal history. Spain’s 1982 issue paid attention to the post code that was being introduced in Spain as part of postal mechanisation since 1981.

The stamp shows a map of the island of Tenerife. Its capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, hosted the twentieth annual Exhibición Filatélica Nacional (EXFILNA, National Philatelic Exhibition) from 18 until 26 July 1982.

Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Isles (Islas Canarias). The Canary Isles are an archipelago of volcanic islands off the coast of Northeast Africa. A perspective of the archipelago appears at the top of the stamp. The lower part of the stamps shows a map of the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife of which the island is part. In the lower right corner appears a letter with a fictional post code (Granadilla is a municipality on Tenerife).



Issue: Día del Sello, Código Postal
Edifil nrs.: 2668
Date of issue: 16 July 1982
Stamp size: 40.9 mm. x 33.2 mm.
Perforation gauge: 12¾
Printing process: intaglio and offset lithography
Printer: F.N.M.T.
Numbers printed: 15,000,000

In the middle of the island of Tenerife rises a volcanic mountain. Its highest peak, Pico del Teide (3,712 m.) is Spain's highest mountain. Inside the caldera, three kilometres from this peak is the Parador de Turismo 'Cañadas del Teide' that has some spectacular views.

Air mail issue from Egypt in 1998 for the G-15 summit:

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Bravo! you are the first collector, in 25 years of my collecting that has offered a Scott "Type"  (A158)
I use them all the time for fast searching !

New series from Great Britain on Viking heritage, with some nice maps in the stamp backgrounds:

Another new series from Great Britain, this time on the theme of meteorology and weather forecasting, with again lots of maps on the stamp backgrounds:

Nauru souvenir of ANPEX 1982 Brisbane exhibition shows a neat map of Australia with vessels that carry phosphate to a number of ports.

Scott: 256 A58

From a set of stamps issued by China in 2023 to celebrate Mao's 130^th birthday, this one where he is standing next to a world map. Note the peculiar choice of projection, with China in the center, of course, but de-emphasizing the polar territories and focusing on Africa:

Just a small historical correction:

As a result of the Treaty of London, the independence of Belgium and Luxembourg, both of which previously belonged to the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, was recognized under international law.

In this treaty, the former Dutch province of Limburg was also divided between the Netherlands and Belgium.

At the same time, it was confirmed that a large part of the former Luxembourg now belonged to Belgium. This is the now Belgian Province of Luxembourg, which is located in the south-east of Belgium.





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Stamp issued by South Africa for the World Summit on Sustainable Development hosted in Johannesburg in 2001: