Number by catalogue:  Michel: Bl104   Yvert: BF98   Scott: 992  

Perforation: Harrow   Perforation type: 13 ¼x13 ¼

Subject:

On fields of the souvenir sheet - the Description of issue and figure of the Dutch landscape, generalized by symbols of Holland: bridges on channels, color coastal facades, fields of tulips and windmills.
On definitive stamp of 1999 type - bridg

Additional:

*Tsing Ma Bridge is a bridge in Hong Kong, China. It is the world's seventh-longest span suspension bridge. The bridge was named after two of the islands in Hong Kong, namely Tsing Yi and Ma Wan . It has two decks and carries both road and rail traffic, which also makes it the largest suspension bridge of this type. The bridge has a main span of 1,377 metres (4,518 ft) and a height of 206 metres (676 ft). The span is the largest of all bridges in the world carrying rail traffic.

The 41 metres (135 ft) wide bridge deck carries six lanes of automobile traffic, with three lanes in each direction. The lower level contains two rail tracks. There are also two sheltered carriageways on the lower deck for maintenance access and as backup for traffic when particularly severe typhoons strike Hong Kong. Though road traffic would need to be closed in that case, trains could still get through in either direction.

Size (of sheet, booklet) mm: 130x75

Topics: Stylized mills Windmills