09 August 2026

Sunday Stamps | Mountains & Volcano


Piton de la Fournaise (='Peak of the Furnace') is a shield volcano on the eastern side of Réunion island, a French overseas department and region, in the Indian Ocean. With a height of 2621, it is currently one of the most active volcanoes in the world, along with Kīlauea in the Hawaiian Islands, Stromboli and Etna in Italy and Mount Erebus in Antarctica. Stamp issued in 2025.

1993 stamp featuring mixed coniferous and broadleaf forest in the Changbai Mountains. Most of ithe peaks of this mountain range exceed 2,000 m in height. The second stamps, from 2000, features Shibao mountain, in Dali (Yunnan Province). It is 3038 m high. 

1984 stamp featuring Kluane National Park and Reserve in Yukon, Canada. The Reserve includes the highest mountain in Canada, Mount Logan (5,959 metres).

2026 stamp honouring the 150th anniversry of Colorao Statehood. It features a photograph of Jagged Mountain, located in the Weminuche Wilderness area of the San Juan National Forest. 

Inside this envelope sent by Phillip (USA), there was a postcard with a map of the state of Colorado, the shape of which has always fascinated me.


Today you can see more Mountains on stamps going to Sunday Stamps.

15 comments:

  1. Lovely collection! Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada.

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  2. Another nice postmark. And it is also too warm here!

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    1. I love the starkness of the Canadian stamp

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    2. I concur. That is really a beautiful composition.

      Someone forgot to turn off the heat around here too...:-(

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    3. The snow on the Canadian mountain makes me daydream!

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  3. Nice that you have the flower selvedge on the French stamp. AI tells me it is the native/endemic Fleur Jaune des Hauts.
    We have both travelled to the Yukon with our Canadian stamp this week!

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    1. What a coincidence! I received the Canadian stamp not long ago :)

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  4. Snow and flowers! (yes, it is rather hot here too). I hadn't known about the volcano on Reunion, it doesn't get enough respect like the others.

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    1. A humble volcano? But it is undoubtedly very important for the island's inhabitants.

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    2. I meant world-wide respect - the others are mentioned all the time. Yet this island is dominated by volcanoes. Maybe it's more this part of the world that hears less about it.

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  5. The colors on the two Chinese stamps captured my attention immediately! I love turquoise....

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  6. The Chinese stamps are very pretty.

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