Canada -

" UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOUNTAINS."

MNH ~ Odd - Shaped Miniature Sheet !

These are Self - adhesive stamps.

Miniature Sheet depicts the highest peaks on the seven continents and Mount Logan.

Stamps on the MS depict the following Mountains:

Mount Everest 8850m

The roof of the world, the highest of the highest. A unique place, the boundary between earth and space. High above the clouds, its summit lies at the limit of habitable earth.

It poses the greatest mountaineering challenge. Venerated, celebrated and honoured, its peak is real, symbolic and mystical all at the same time.

Puncak Jaya 4884 m,

Elbrus 5633 m,

Mount Logan 5959 m,

Mount McKinley 6194 m,

Aconcagua 6962 m,

Vinson Massif 4897 m &

Kilimanjaro 5894 m.

This mountain has the greatest diversity of ecosystems on the planet. From jungle to alpine prairies to the barren glacial rock walls of the crater at its summit, Kilimanjaro is a romantic mountain that has inspired artists around the world. 

Year: 2002.

(PLO14).