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MAY-JUNE 2017 Issue # 439 MAY-JUNE 2017 Issue # 439 Europa 2017 "Castles" GREAT BRITAIN is back in the Europa game with a nice set of stamps featuring Windsor castle, issued 15 February 2017. As is their wont, however, only one of the stamps bears the Europa logo. The complete set is shown below, in its presen- tation pack of 2 se-tenant rows of 3 stamps each. All of the stamps in the set depict various views of Windsor Castle. The one marked Europa is shown at the right. The original Windsor Castle was built in the 11th century after It is a popular tourist attraction, The complete stamp set shows the Norman invasion of Eng- a venue for hosting state visits, three exteriors (the Long Walk, land by William the Conqueror. and the preferred weekend The Round Tower and The Nor- Since the time of Henry I, it has home of Elizabeth II. Today, man Gate) and three interiors (St been used by the reigning mon- more than 500 people live and George’s Hall, The Queen’s Ball- arch and is the longest-occupied work in Windsor Castle, making room and The Waterloo Cham- palace in Europe. Inside the cas- it the largest inhabited castle in ber). The Norman Gate view is tle walls is the 15th-century the world. the Europa stamp. St George's Chapel, considered — from Royal Mail and Wikipedia by the historian John Martin Robinson to be "one of the supreme achievements of Eng- lish Perpendicular Gothic" design. Windsor Castle was used as a refuge for the royal family during the Luftwaf- fe bombing campaigns of World War II and survived a fire in 1992. MAY-JUNE 2017 439-2 v = value(s) New Issues ms= mini-sheet ss = souvenir sheet Europa 2017 "Castles" SPANISH ANDORRA 1v IRELAND 2v ROMANIA 2v issued in ms of 6 Issue date 21 April 2017 Issue date 4 May 2017 each; also in 2 ss of 2 sets each, the only difference being the po- sition of the stamps. Issue date 12 April 2017 Dublin Castle was until 1922 the seat of the United Kingdom gov- ernment's administration in Ire- Hunedoara Castle, also known The Castell de Les Bons (Castle land, and is now a major Irish as Hunyadi Castle or Corvin Cas- of Good, also known as Moros government complex. Most of it tle, is one of the largest castles Tower) is located in Les Bons, in dates from the 18th century, in Europe. Laid out in 1446 it the parish of Encamp in Andor- though a castle has stood on the was built in a Renaissance- ra. It is currently considered an site since the days of King John, Gothic style by John Hunyadi. Asset of Cultural Interest by the the first Lord of Ireland. The current castle is the result of Government of Andorra. It was The castle today is a major tour- a fanciful restoration campaign probably a tower attached to a ist attraction and conferencing undertaken after a disastrous fortified house, of which only destination. The building is also fire and many decades of total ruins remain. used for State dinners and the — from Wikipedia Spain neglect. It is sometimes (mis- inauguration of the presidents of takenly) taken as the inspiration Ireland. SLOVAKIA 1v for Castle Dracula. Issue date 5 May 2017 — from Wikipedia King John's Castle is a 13th- The Lietava Castle is an exten- century castle located on King's The Károlyi Castle in Carei is one sive castle ruin in the Súľov Island in Limerick, Ireland, next of the main tourist attractions in Mountains of northern Slovakia. to the River Shannon. Although the area, dating back to the 15th The castle was built after 1241, the site dates back to 922 when century. Although it is not as most likely as an administrative the Vikings lived on the Island, well known even to Romanians and military center. After various the castle itself was built on the as Dracula’s Castle is, it still has a orders of King John in 1200. fascinating history of demoli- ownership disputes, it became unused, and in 1698 was unin- One of the best preserved Nor- tions and restorations. Originally habited. Today the castle is in man castles in Europe, the walls, Baroque, it is now an asymmetric the hands of a non-profit organ- towers and fortifications remain combination of styles. During ization that performs conserva- today and are visitor attractions. the communist period, the castle tion works on this ruined castle. — from Wikipedia became the town’s museum, a — from Wikipedia cultural center, and a library. — from Romania-Insider.com MAY-JUNE 2017 439-3 v = value(s) New Issues ms= mini-sheet ss = souvenir sheet Europa 2017 "Castles" AUSTRIA 1v SWITZERLAND 2v SPAIN 1v self-adhesive Issue date 9 May 2017 Issue date 11 May 2017 Issue date 21 April 2017 The history of Schönbrunn Pal- The New Castle of Manzanares ace dates back to the beginning el Real, also known as Castle of of the fourteenth century. It los Mendoza, is a palace-fortress bore the name Katterburg until erected in the 15th century in 1612, when Emperor Matthias the town of Manzanares el Re- used the estate for hunting, and al (Community of Madrid, Spain). according to a legend is sup- The castle now houses a muse- posed to have come across The Castles of Bellinzona are a um of Spanish castles and hosts the Schöner Brunnen (meaning group of fortifications located a collection of tapestries. It was ‘fair spring’), which eventually around the town of Bellinzona, declared a Monumento Histórico gave the estate its name. It was the capital of the Swiss canton -Artístico in 1931. It is owned by to grow into a palatial imperial of Ticino. Situated on the Alpine the Duchy of the Infantado, but residence over the course of the foothills, the group is composed its management is the responsi- eighteenth century. of fortified walls and three cas- bility of the Community of Ma- drid. — from Wikipedia The park at Schönbrunn Palace tles named Castelgrande (top was opened to the public stamp), Montebello (bottom around 1779 and since then has stamp) and Sasso Corbaro (not pictured). RUSSIA 1v provided a popular recreational Issue date 15 March 2017 amenity for the Viennese popu- Castelgrande is located on a lation as well as being a focus of rocky peak overlooking the val- great cultural and historical in- ley, with a series of walls that terest for international visitors. protect the old city and connect All told, the palace grounds cov- to Montebello. Sasso Corbaro, er over a square mile. the highest of the three castles, is located on an isolated rocky It was placed together with the promontory south-east of the palace on the UNESCO list of other two. The Castles of Bellin- World Heritage Sites in 1996. — excerpted from the Schönbrunn zona with their defensive walls St Michael’s Castle is a former Palace (Schloß Schönbrunn) website have been a UNESCO World royal residence in the center of Heritage Site since 2000. Saint Petersburg, and a major — from Wikipedia architectural landmark of 18th and19th centuries. It was built as Be sure to look in the a water castle for Emperor Paul I latest auction for … and look for a 2016 by architects Vincenzo Brenna some valuable finds Handbook Update in and Vasily Bazhenov in 1797– 1801. (noted in italics) ... the next EN! — from “MARKA” Russia Post MAY-JUNE 2017 439-4 v = value(s) New Issues ms= mini-sheet ss = souvenir sheet Europa 2017 "Castles" LUXEMBOURG 2v NORWAY 2v Issue date 7 May 2017 Issue date 21 April 2017 In Norway, the King’s residence is normally just called “the Pal- In 1894-95 Wynand Janssens, an Norway’s contribution to this ace.” The foundation was laid in architect from Brussels, built the year’s Europa series is The Royal 1825, but it was not until 1905, present Château Beggen in a Palace (above) and the Akershus after King Haakon VII, Queen historicist style reminiscent of Fortress and Castle (above Maud and Crown Prince Olav Vaux-le-Vicomte and Château right). moved in, that it become the de Fontainebleau. permanent residence of the Roy- It is believed that Håkon V com- al Family. In 1956 the château was rented missioned Akershus Castle and to the Soviet Union for their dip- Fortress around 1300. Since Since then, with the exception of lomatic mission in Luxembourg. then, the buildings have been periods of Norway’s occupation During the Hungarian Revolu- repeatedly renovated and ex- during WWII (when Vidkun tion of 1956 the mission was at- panded. Following a fire in 1624, Quisling used it as offices), and tacked by a group of demon- Christian IV ordered the new when it was being renovated strators, and the ground floor of town not to be built upon the after the death of King Olav V, the château sustained consider- ruins of Oslo but rather in a new the palace has served as the able damage. In 1973 the châ- area closer to Akershus. He Royal Family’s residence. King teau and an adjacent named this new town Christia- Harald and Queen Sonja have 2.8 hectare plot of land was sold nia. resided at the palace since 2001. outright to the Embassy of the The castle and fortress, which Sections of the palace are open Soviet Union. are more than 700 years old, to the public in the summer, and have survived every siege and at the anniversary in 2005 of the never been taken with weapons dissolution of the union with by a foreign power.
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