World Heritage

World Heritage Sites are cultural, historical, or scientific significance, places considered of outstanding value to humanity and that need to be preserved for future generations.

To be classified as a World Heritage Site, a member state needs to register it with the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a specialized agency of the United Nations.

If a site is approved, it will be given funding for maintaining, as well as legal protection under international treaties. Generally, UNESCO sites become tourist destinations and bring in significant revenues for the member state.

The stamps on the first three rows depict six UNESCO World Heritage Sites, all of them in Australia.

Note

The stamps from the second and third rows came from a nice brochure booklet. I felt bad removing them from the booklet. I may scan the booklet and post it here. I probably should have done that before I removed the stamps. I could post them like I do first-day covers for some U.N. stamps.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

World Heritage Site

1.1	✓	754	Wilandra Lakes Region	33c (mar 1999) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	755	Queensland Wet Tropics	60c (mar 1999) comm., multicolor
2.1	✓	756a	Tasmania Nature Reserve	15c (mar 1999) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	756b	Queensland Wet Tropics	15c (mar 1999) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	756c	The Reef	15c (mar 1999) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	756d	Uluru-Kata Tjuta Natl. Park	15c (mar 1999) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	756e	Kakadu Natl. Park	15c (mar 1999) comm., multicolor
3.3	✓	756f	Wilandra Lakes Region	15c (mar 1999) comm., multicolor

Other

4.1	✓	752	U.N. Definitive	33c (feb 1999) definitive, multicolor
4.2	✓	753	U.N. Definitive	5$ (feb 1999) definitive, multicolor

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.

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