ICELAND / ÍSLAND.
Hekla volcano.
Overprinted stamp issued on 31.05.1954 (the original stamp had been issued in 1948).
Face value: 5 aurar over 35 aurar.
Print: 3,275,000 copies.
Catalogues
- Scott No. 283.
- StampWorld No. 293.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 324.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 250.
Hekla is a stratovolcano in the south of Iceland with a height of 1491 m (4,892 ft). It is one of Iceland's most active volcanoes; over 20 eruptions have occurred in and around the volcano since 874 (Information about the eruptions, here). After the eruption of 1104, stories, probably spread deliberately through Europe by Cistercian monks, told that Hekla was the gateway to Hell.
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