AUSTRIA / ÖSTERREICH.
Alm Lake (Almsee), Upper Austria.
Stamp issued on 12.12.1973.
Face value: 4 shilling.
Design: Otto Zeiller (1913-1988).
Engraving: Werner Pfeiler (b. 1941).
Size: 33 x 28 mm.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 1430.
- Scott No. 964.
- StampWorld No. 1481.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1681.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1259.
The Almsee is a mountain lake in Upper Austria, belonging to the municipality of Grünau im Almtal, at the northern foot of the Dead Mountains (Totes Gebirge), in the northern eastern Pre-Alps. It is located 589 m (1932 ft) above sea level. Its length is 2.3 km (1.43 mi), its maximum width is 700 m (2,296 ft), and its average depth is 2.5 m (8.20 ft). It has a surface area of 850,000 m2 (9,149,323 sq ft). Since 1965 it has been protected as a nature reserve.
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