Stamp: Chillon Castle at Lake of Geneva (OMS/WHO overprint) (Switzerland 1948)
Chillon Castle at Lake of Geneva (OMS/WHO overprint) (Switzerland 1948)
24 June (Switzerland ) within release OMS/WHO - World Health Organization goes into circulation Stamp Chillon Castle at Lake of Geneva (OMS/WHO overprint) face value 10 Swiss centime
| Stamp Chillon Castle at Lake of Geneva (OMS/WHO overprint) in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi: CH-OMS 2 |
| Stamp Number: | Sn: CH 5O2 |
| Zumstein: | Zum: CH-OMS 2 |
Stamp is square format.
Overprinted "ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTÉ"Also in the issue OMS/WHO - World Health Organization:
- Stamp - Sealp lake with Santis mountain (OMS/WHO overprint) face value 40;
- Stamp - Colonel Ludbig Pfyffer (OMS/WHO overprint) face value 1;
- Stamp - Chillon Castle at Lake of Geneva (OMS/WHO overprint) face value 10;
- Stamp - Castagnola Church San Salvatore (OMS/WHO overprint) face value 20;
- Stamp - National park with Swiss pine tree (OMS/WHO overprint) face value 25;
- Stamp - Dying warrior (OMS/WHO overprint) face value 80;
- Stamp - Pilatus, View from Stansstad (OMS/WHO overprint) face value 5;
- Stamp - Diet of Stans (OMS/WHO overprint) face value 5;
Stamp Chillon Castle at Lake of Geneva (OMS/WHO overprint) it reflects the thematic directions:
A castle (from Latin: castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for nobility; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Usage of the term has varied over time and has been applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses. Over the approximately 900 years that castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls and arrowslits, were commonplace.
A lake is a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from the ocean, although they may be connected with the ocean by rivers, such as Lake Ontario. Most lakes are freshwater and account for almost all the world's surface freshwater, but some are salt lakes with salinities even higher than that of seawater. Lakes vary significantly in surface area and volume.
