Mountains And Volcanos On Stamps

South Africa
Tourism
November 13, 1975
Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. The mountain forms part of the Table Mountain National Park and is a significant tourist attraction. The 1087 m-high mountain is made mainly of sandstone and granite.

Slovenia
International Year of the Mountains
March 21, 2002
The stamp set depicts the Martuljek Mountain chain and one of its peaks, Mount Spik (2472 m).

Kazakhstan
International Year of the Mountains
October 4, 2002
The souvenir sheet features the Tian Shan (Heave Mountain) Range and one of its peaks, Pik Talgar.

Georgia
Mountains of the Caucasus
March 14, 2008
Ushba (4700 m)
Kazbeg (5033 m)
Shkhara (5068 m)

Pakistan
Mountain Peaks
May 27, 1985
Rakaposhi (Karakoram)
Nanga Parbat (Western Himalaya)

Slovenia
Mountains
January 21, 1997
Big Mount Snežnik (1796 m) is the highest non-Alpine peak of Slovenia. It is visible from many parts of Slovenia and is a popular hiking destination.

India
Conquest of Everest
October 2, 1953
The stamp set commemorates Edmund Hillary (a member of the British Mount Everest expedition) and Tenzing Norgay (a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer), who reached the summit of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953.

Kazakhstan
International Year of Mountains
August 29, 2001
The Khan Tengri is located on the border junction of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and China. At 6,995 meters, the Khan Tengri is the second-highest mountain in the Tian Shan.

Costa Rica's computer-vended stamp of November 2004 depicts the erupting volcano Arenal. 2.8272 million of the unvalued stamps were produced. This design was sold from November 2004 to April of 2005.

Mount Fuji, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on May 2, 1986 to publicize the 12th Group of Seven (G7) Summit, held in Tokyo, May 4-6, Scott No. 1673.

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Turkey
Mountains of Anatolia
July 17, 1982
Great Agri Mountain (Ararat)
Buzul Mountain (Hakkari)
Demirkazik Mountain (Nigde)
Erciyes Mountain (Kayseri)
Kackar Mountain (Rize-Artvin)
Uludag Mountain (Bursa)

The Penyal d'Ifac (Peñon de Ifach) is a massive limestone outcrop emerging from the Mediterranean Sea, rising to 332 meters, linked to the shore by rock debris, and located in Alicante province, Spain. Historically, the Penyal d'Ifac was known to the Phoenicians as the Northern Rock, to distinguish it from its southern counterpart, the Rock of Gibraltar. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Penyal d'Ifac, engraved by Juan Carlos Heras Vicario (1961- ), and issued by Spain on June 10, 1967 as one of four stamps in a tourism set, Scott No. 2515A, Edifil No. 2900, plus a photo.

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Costa Rica's computer-vended stamp of April 2005 depicts the active volcano Irazu'. 2.8728 million of the unvalued labels were produced, and they were sold from April to November of 2005.

Interestingly, this label was vended and used on the 9th of February, 2006. So it appears that Michel Automatenmarken-Spezial catalog is in error here.

Locally, Irazu' is known as "El Coloso" (the colossus) because of the colossal damage it has done throughout the last 300 years. It has erupted 23 times since 1723. At 11,260 feet, Irazu' is the highest volcano in Costa Rica.

The yellow green area in the crater is a lake, and not sulphur as I supposed.


All of this esoterica provided by Wikipedia.

Here are images of the three stamps in a set depicting mountains in the Himalayas, and a portrait (inset) of King Mahendra (1920-1972), and issued by Nepal, Scott Nos. 126-28, plus photos; No. 127 was issued on June 30, 1960, the other two in 1961.

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Mount Machha Puchhre


Mount Everest


Mount Manaslu (misspelled as "Mansalu" on this stamp)

Australian Antarctic Territory
AAT Mountains
March 12, 2013
The David Range is a mountain range 8 km west of the Masson Range, in the Framnes Mountains of Antarctica. It extends 25 km in a NNE-SSW direction, with peaks rising to 1,500 meters.