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05 April 2020

Sunday Stamps | High Mountains & Volcanoes

Today's theme in Sunday Stamps is Geology, Rocks. A nice excuse to visit some fascinating mountains and volcanoes...

Canada, 2017. This stamp depicts Dinosaur Provincial Park (Alberta), which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1979 for its exceptional fossil specimens of Cretaceous dinosaurs, as well as undisturbed badlands and riverside habitat. The Dinosaur Park Formation, which contains most of the articulated dinosaur skeletons, was laid down between about 76.5 and 74.8 million years ago.

Hungary, 2019. Magyar Posta issued a commemorative stamp in honour of the centenary of the birth of Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, the legendary mountain climber, explorer and diplomat. Hillary and the Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the top of the highest mountain in the world.

Indonesia, 2017Gunung Bromo or Mount Bromo, is an active volcano and part of the Tengger massif, in East Java, Indonesia, 2,329 meters high.

Japan, 2018. 富士山 ('Fujisan') or Mount Fuji, is the highest volcano in Japan at 3,776.24 m and symbol of the country, on this Overseas Greeting stamp.

Spain, 2018. Don't forget your boots!

17 comments:

  1. Beautiful mountains, and surprising (and wise advising) last stamp :-)

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    1. I didn't find any stamp with mountains from Spain, but I did find this one :)

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  2. I like the description - the Badlands. Love the Java view.

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    1. I copied that from the Canada Post site, and it made me smile, too :)

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  3. I would love to visit that part of Canada in the future!

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    1. That landscape must be really amazing to see.

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    2. I visited the badlands a long time ago - they are aptly named.

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  4. Lovely stamps. Good to see the tribute to Hillary and Tenzing.

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    1. I thought I would see more stamps about this theme last year.

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  5. Good to see that Tenzing Norgay was included on the stamp; Hillary would never have made it without him, but perhaps Tenzing could have made it without Hillary. It's interesting to see how they spell his name, too!

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    1. That's what I like most on this stamp, both names :)

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  6. Great stamps, hard to choose between mount Fuji and the Hungarian stamp as my favorite.

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