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Issued in 1928, this stamp highlights the
continent on a 10° grid system. The map shows the outline of Liberia
on the west coast of Africa and six major rivers, the Senegal, Niger,
Nile, Congo Zanbezi and the Orange River. The Orange River is the
largest river in South Africa.
A careful examination of the map shows
the Orange River flowing into the Indian Ocean rather than the
Atlantic Ocean. The stamp is shown on piece with a German Seapost
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Sweden 902
In 1561 Eric XIV ordered
that the orb created for his coronation should be engraved as a
terrestrial globe. The orb was cast and jeweled by Cornelius ver
Weiden, a Flemish goldsmith who had lived in Stockholm since 1551.
Franz Beijer, an engraver from Antwerp, produced the engraving. Beijer
muddled the geography of the northern hemisphere, engraving much of
the detail in reverse. For example, the whole of the Mediterranean Sea
is located in Asia, Gibraltar is in the mountains of India, the Red
Sea is oriented northeast-south west east of Arabia, the Nile River
flows into the Mediterranean in the far east, and the rivers of India
empty into northern Africa.
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