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Showing posts with label Old Man of the Mountains. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Old Man of the Mountains. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 April 2016

Mountains - Sunday Stamps II

The mountains theme enables me to show one of my favourite stamps from the USA.

USA - 21 June 1955
The Franconia Notch, the great stone face of the Old Man of the Mountain was a tourist attraction in the White Mountains in the northern part of the Appalachians. The Old Man became the New Hampshire state emblem and appeared on coins as well as on this stamp.

Unfortunately it collapsed in 2003; attempts to restore it have since been abandoned.

1967 saw the centenary of the establishment of Canada. The US commemorated the event with this stamp.

USA - 25 May 1967
The Centennial Issue series by Canada contained 7 stamps, including this one - 

Canada - 2 February 1967
The National Gallery of Canada has the painting on which the stamp is based and is worth a look - Greenland Mountains - Lawren S Harris

The Kluane National Park in the south-west corner of the Yukon contains Mt Logan, Canada's highest peak.

Canada - 27 April 1979

I do not know whether Mt Logan is on this stamp.

To climb more mountains you should visit the links at Sunday-Stamps-II-68.