Mountains And Volcanos On Stamps

Hi,
I think that you had to split this topic on two: mountains and volcanos.

In my country is no active volcanos (only one old some million years) but a lot of mountains and I can participate with stamps of mountains from my country.

There s a link to colector of volcanos and his stamps: http://www.iomoon.com/

Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740-1799) was a Swiss aristocrat, physicist and Alpine traveler who in 1760 offered a reward to the first man to reach the summit of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the Alps. In 1786, two Chamonix men, Dr. Michel Paccard and Jacques Balmat, attained the summit by way of the Grands Mulets, and in 1787 Saussure himself made the third ascent of the mountain. Here is an image of a stamp featuring a portrait of Sassure and an illustration of the route of the first ascent, designed by Jean Chesnot, engraved by Claude Haley, and issued by Monaco on October 28, 1986 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of this mountain climbing feat.

- nethryk

Tristan Da Cunha issued a set of stamps depicting the volcanic eruption in August of 1961.

Sakurajima is an active stratovolcano and a former island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyushu, Japan. The lava flows of the 1914 eruption caused the former island to be connected with the Osumi Peninsula. Here is an image of a stamp depicting Sakurajima and Kagoshima Bay, printed by photogravure, and issued by Japan on April 30, 1962, Scott No. 758, plus a photo of the volcano and the bay.

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Mount Momotombo, engraved and printed by American Bank Note Company, and issued by Nicaragua on January 1, 1900, Scott No. 123. Bonus: Train.

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Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting the high Vallée d'Inclès in the Pyrenees Mountains, with a passenger airplane flying above, designed and engraved by Claude Durrens, and issued by Andorra (French Administration) on April 25, 1964, Scott No. C8.

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The Kapsiki are an ethnic group of Cameroun who inhabit the Mandara Mountains in the country's Far North Province. Mokolo is the largest city in the province. Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting a group of Kapsikis and a flock of birds in the Mandara Mountains, designed and engraved by Claude Durrens, and issued by Cameroun on June 15, 1962, Scott No. C44.

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Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting the spectacular Rhumsiki Peak, a 1,224 m (4,016 ft) tall volcanic plug in the Far North Province of Cameroun, a native village and an airplane, designed and engraved by Pierre Gandon, and issued for use in Cameroun on February 16, 1953, Scott No. C30. One of my favorites!

- nethryk

Lots of beautiful stamps in this thread!

I think it is obvious which is the more beautiful of these two:

A cirque is an amphitheater-like landform created by erosion at the head of a valley glacier. Here is an image of a stamp depicting the Cirque de Gavarnie, located in the Pyrenees National Park in south-western France, designed by Huguette Sainson, engraved by Claude Durrens, and issued by France on July 23, 1988, Scott No. 2119, Y&T No. 2547, plus a photo of the Cirque de Gavarnie.

- nethryk