Visitors' Center Borgund Stave Church

Tourist Stamps (Year of Architecture 2011) A Europe

Visitors' Center Borgund Stave Church 

NK: 1786
Date of issue: 15 April 2011
Values and subjects:
A-Priority Europe: Visitors’ Center Borgund Stave Church
Architect: Askim/Lantto Arkitekter AS
Photo: Jiri Havran
Design: Lars Håvard Dahlstrøm, Neue Design
Method of printing: Offset Printing house: Royal Joh. Enschedé, Netherlands.

This year’s tourist stamps feature buildings with a special architectural style. They range widely from the Borgund Stave Church Visitors’ Centre to the world’s best insulated freezer on Svalbard. The architect firms responsible for designing the buildings (as listed below) are Barlindhaug Consulting, Helen & Hard and Askim/Lantto.

The Borgund Stave Church Visitors’ Centre was opened in 2005. It houses a comprehensive exhibition of Norwegian stave churches in general and of Borgund Stave Church in particular. We can, for example, find copies of carvings and details from the church. Borgund Stave Church was first mentioned in written sources in 1342, but growth rings show that the timber used to build the church was felled in the winter 1180-81. The church was probably built soon after that, i.e. before 1200. The stave church was in regular use until 1858, when the new Borgund Church beside it was completed. The stave church and the visitors’ center are run by the Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Ancient Monuments.

The stamp issue also marks the centenary of the National Association of Norwegian Architects. The Year of Architecture 2011 is Norway’s largest architectural event ever, a nationwide project with over 100 small and large events.

Old town of Regensburg

On 3 February 2011 the German Post has issued a set of two stamps illustrating two famous world heritage sites of UNESCO - Yakushi-ji Temple of Nara (Japan) and old town of Regensburg (Bavaria, Germany).


The Old Town of Regensburg was registered in 2006. The occasion was unique for Germany: Romanesque and Gothic buildings of Regensburg represented an authentic image of a single European trading city of the Middle Ages. The valley is dominated by the Gothic Old Town of Regensburg with the Cathedral of St. Peter. Other major landmark of the city is a stone bridge built in 1135-1146, a masterpiece of Roman engineering and a long time the only brick bridge crossing Danube. Another interesting finding is the Old Town Hall, one of the most important medieval, local secular buildings in Germany. The stamp illustrates St. Peter's Cathedral surrounded by medieval buildings.

Euro 2008 Logo

Date of Issue	22 January 2008
Primary theme	Sport (Soccer)
Subject	Euro logo
Width	25.0 mm
Height	30.0 mm
Denomination	0.65 €
Number in set	4
Layout/Format	self adhesive coil of 25
Perforations	15 by 15
Stamp issuing authority	Osterreich Post AG
Printer	Joh Enschedé Security Printers

Wildcat

The Wildcat (Felis silvestris), sometimes Wild Cat or Wild-cat, is a small cat (Felinae) native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa. It is a hunter of small mammals, birds, and other creatures of a similar size. There are several subspecies distributed in different regions. Sometimes included is the ubiquitous domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus), which has been introduced to every habitable continent and most of the world's larger islands, and has become feral in many of those environments.
In its native environment, the Wildcat is adaptable to a variety of habitat types: savanna, open forest, and steppe. Although domesticated breeds show a great variety of shapes and colours, wild individuals are medium-brown with black stripes, between 45 and 80 cm (18–32 inches) in length, and weigh between 3 and 8 kilograms (6–17.6 pounds). Shoulder height averages about 35 cm (14 in) and tail length is about 30 cm (12 in). The African subspecies tends to be a little smaller and a lighter brown in colour.
The Wildcat is extremely timid. It avoids approaching human settlements. It lives solitarily and holds a territory of about 3 km².

Tehnical details:
Release Date: 2010-01-13
Number of Copies: 6.110.000
Printing Style: Offset
Design: Hannes Margreiter
Printed by: Joh. Enschedé Stamps B. V.
Type: Self Adhesive Stamps

United Arab Emirates

Date of Issue	31 January 2007
Primary theme	National symbols
Subject	5th Definitive Series - United Arab Emirates
Width	30.0 mm
Height	40.0 mm
Denomination	3.00 AED
Number in set	7
Layout/Format	sheet of 50
Perforations	13 by 13
Stamp issuing authority	Emirates Post
Printer	Oriental Press - Bahrain

The "Hunting falcon" definitive stamp.

Falcon is the national bird of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman and several other countries and is a symbol of force, Power, Free spirit, Royalty and Courage. Hunting by falcons or Falconry is one of the most important means of hunting in Arab tradition and culture (mostly for Royalty and noblemen).

Centenary of Girl Guides

Centenary of Girl Guides
Date of Issue : 31 August 2010

Bay of Fires, Tasmania

Set : Australian Beaches

Date of Issue : 28 June 2010


Three of Australia's most renowned and beautiful beaches are featured on this new international stamp issue.
The Bay of Fires in north-eastern Tasmania is located within Mt William National Park. The rocks and stones along the beach are visible reminders of the land bridge once connecting Tasmania to the mainland.

Koalas

Set : Australian Bush Babies

Date of Issue : 01 July 2009

This stamp issue features four species of some of the most popular Australian marsupials and their young.
The four marsupials featured on the stamps are:

• Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
• Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
• Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
• Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)

One of Australia's iconic animals, the Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is found in the eastern Australian states excluding Tasmania. Koalas spend most of their life in eucalypt trees which also provide the species' entire diet.