Mountains And Volcanos On Stamps

Mt. Apo

Sorry about the double entry :(

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Mountain view, Tolpagorni, near Kebnekaise, Lappland, designed and engraved by Martin Mörck after a photograph by T. Abrahamsson, and issued by Sweden on March 27, 1984, Scott No. 1495, Facit No. 1294.

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Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, is a dormant volcanic mountain in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest free-standing mountain in the world at 5,895 m (19,341 ft) above sea level. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Mount Kiliminjaro, engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in the British royal colonies of Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika on June 1, 1954, Scott No. 114.

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I've noticed a few members have posted NZ related stamps but this one from 1960 has not been posted



This 3 shilling stamp features Tongariro National Park and the Chateau. Tongariro National Park, located in the central North Island, is the oldest national park in New Zealand and was the fourth National Park established in the world. The active volcanic mountains Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro are located in the centre of the park.

In April 1964, a colour version of the Tongariro National Park stamp was issued which replaced the original grey toned stamp.

$2 Pohutu Geyser - Colour (Issued December 1968)



This stamp features the Pohutu Geyser. Whakarewarewa (a geothermal area within Rotorua city) which has around 500 pools and 65 geyser vents. Seven geysers are currently active. The most famous, Pohutu Geyser, - - meaning big splash or explosion, can erupt up to 30 meters usually every hour.

PERU - 1932 - Scott 308
Misti (volcano) near Arequipa city

Mount Hurd is a Canadian mountain in the Ottertail Range of the Rocky Mountains in British Columbia. It was named after Major Marshall Farnam Hurd (1823-1903) a Canadian Pacific Railway engineer and explorer. It was featured on a 1928 Canada Post 10¢ stamp based on a painting by Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith. Scott 155

Mount Edith Cavell is a mountain located in the Athabasca River and Astoria River valleys of Jasper National Park, Canada. The mountain was named in 1916 for Edith Cavell, an English nurse and executed by the Germans during World War I for having helped allied soldiers escape from occupied Belgium to the Netherlands, in violation of military law. It was previously known as la montagne de la Grande traversée (the Mountain of the Great Crossing) because it stands above Athabasca Pass.

Stamp issued Dec 4, 1930. Scott 177

I THINK this is a volcano... if it isn't, it may be a sort of furnace

Here is an image of a stamp depicting Blue Mountain Peak, Jamaica's highest point at 2256 m (7402 ft), engraved and printed by Thomas De La Rue & Co., Ltd., and issued for use in Jamaica on November 15, 1956, Scott No. 167.

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Mount Rainier

Here is an image of a stamp depicting a view of Mount Mikeno, an extinct volcano of 14,557 feet (4,437 metres), located in Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the Rwanda border, designed by Belgian artist Jean Van Noten (1903-1982), engraved by Jean De Vos, and issued by Rwanda on October 24, 1966, Scott No. 182. Note: The perched bird in the foreground is a Yellow-crested Helmetshrike (Prionops alberti).

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