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1970: Football World Championships
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The impressive
Stockholm City Hall, the tall tower is the one nearest the water (Lake Malaren) and is topped by the three crowns, Sweden's national symbol.
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1980: 50th Anniversary of the National Hospital
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If unlucky enough to be in hospital this looks to be a very pleasant place to stay. I think the building has been preserved but today there is a new National Hospital that dwarfs this one in size and no doubt equipment.
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1988: Centenary of Urania Science Museum
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This stamp shows both the old and new buildings of the Urania Science Museum in Berlin.
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2000: Opening of Singapore Post Centre - History of the Central Post Office
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The only way to end is with some post offices. The official launch in 2000 of the new Singapore Post Centre gave them the opportunity to celebrate their buildings from the
first in the 1800s when Singapore welcomed its first mail steamer but as volumes of post increased a new building was required and the General Post Office was built in 1897.
The GPO moved to the new Fullerton Buildings in 1928, which was also when the first airmail flight was dispatched from Singapore. The mail sorting operation was eventually moved in 1998 to a new facility and then the shiny new SingPost Centre opened in 2000
Sunday Stamp theme - Public Buildings - visit See It On A Postcard