World Heritage Sites

2001: National Parks (Design - Studio Mean)

I'll start off in my home county with a view of the English Lake District which was recently awarded a UNESCO designation in 2017.  The lake is Crummock Water and a larger aerial view can be seen here.  There is nice low level walk around the lake and its companion Buttermere, perfect in summer  when one can picnic at the half way point or take a trip into the Fish Inn.  Some stamp collecting wags have called the National Park series of stamps the National Car Park set.

2020: Roman Britain (Design - Up)

Head for the wild frontier and  Hadrian's Wall, or what remains of the 84 miles of wall and forts across the country built in an attempt to keep out the Picts and Scots.  There is still lots to see.  I wonder what those Roman soldiers thought in the middle of winter up here, probably wishing they were home by the warm Mediterranean so lets grant them their wish and sail into

2015: Sea Travel (Design - Andy Tuohy)

Venice although this city came of age in the maritime era and in Roman times was just a marshy lagoon inhabited by fishermen.

1961: Tourist Publicity

Travel on to Greece and the magnificently situated Delphi We would all probably welcome someone like the Delphic Oracle to divine the future at the moment, or maybe not depending what is in store.

2008: World Heritage Sites

A satisfyingly large stamp from South Africa showing a mountain ridge in the dramatic Drakensberg Park..

 

1961: Tourist Publicity - Olympia

 

Sunday Stamps theme this week is World Heritage Sites - travel to See It On A Postcard