In our previous article on Ancient Sites Depicted on Stamps, we asked if anyone knew of any British sites depicted on stamps from elsewhere around the world. Further research on this topic has exposed an entire genre of postage stamps around the world depicting ancient sites, from Britain and elsewhere. 

Firstly, let’s look at Stonehenge, the ‘iconic British monument’. The stamp released in Great Britain in 2005, as part of the World Heritage issue was also released in other countries at the same time, specifically Australia.

Much earlier, in 1991, Bhutan issued its own Stonehenge stamp for collectors, this time hedging their bets for international sales by also including some Disney characters!

A search on the Colnet philatelic collector’s database for ‘Stonehenge’ displays a number of stamps from around the world showing the monument, from many African nations, and even as far away as Japan in 2015.

Similar searches on the same database for terms such as ‘megalith’, ‘dolmen’  or ‘neolithic’ can bring up some surprises. As you would expect, Malta has issued many stamps with neolithic sites featured on them.

Why not try your own search terms, and let us know what you can find?