23/12/2020

FAROE ISLANDS


FAROE ISLANDS / FØROYAR.

Mount Álvastakkur, in the Hestur Island.
Third stamp in a set of 5, issued on 07.09.1987.
Face value: 420 øre.
Design: Ole Wich (h. 1953).
Engraving by Czesław Słania (1921-2005).
Printing: Offset lithography and recess.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 156.
- Scott Mo. 163.
- StampWorld No. 150.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 163.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 150.

Álvastakkur is a 150 m (492 ft) high mountain on the southwest coast of the island of Hestur, measuring 6 km2 (2.31 sq mi).

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