Sunday 9 July 2017

Aerial Views

2008: Gorgeous Australia
The spectacular Grose River Gorge in the Blue Mountains of Australia, a labyrinths of gorges and and canyons which the Grose River has carved out over the millennia leaving these sheer sandstone cliffs.
2013: National Parks
A different terrain on one of Finland's attractive series of National Parks stamps, in this case a beautiful aerial view of Nuuksion National Park whose green forests and rocky crags are within easy access of those wanting to walk through nature from Helsinki.
1935/6- George V Definitives - Landscapes
I love a port so would enjoy sailing into this one because Colombo is one of the busiest ports in the world.
1963: 40th Anniversary of Sabina Airline
An aerial view requires an aircraft (or a drone) so here is an aeroplane  from what was Belgium's national airline flying over Brussels in a stamp celebrating its 40th anniversary.   Sabena went into liquidation in 2001 so didn't reach its centenary. 
1962|: Space Research (2nd Series)
For an even better aerial view lets take a rocket into space



An entry to Sunday Stamps II theme - Aerial Views - for the overview See It On A Postcard

5 comments:

FinnBadger said...

Great selection today.The Australian and Finnish stamps are stunning.

Bob Scotney said...

Great series; good to see the old Ceylon stamp.

viridian said...

Your first stamp is amazing in its geology.
And I love the space stamp too! I've never seen it before.
viridian

violet s said...

The Belgian airplane was so big it couldn't fit on the stamp!
Great views.

Mail Adventures said...

Impressive selection, especially the first and second pictures. I also like the Belgian one.