04/01/2021

CAMEROON


CAMEROON / CAMEROUN (French territory).

Mount Mbapit (in French, Mont Papit).
Airmail. First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 10.02.1947.
Face value: 50 French Cameroon francs.
Size: 52 x 31 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 296.
- Scott No. C26.
- StampWorld No. 296.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 251.
- Yvert et Tellier PA 38.

Mount Mbapit, in the Cameroon line of volcanoes, is an extinct volcano that rises to 1,988 m (6,522 ft) above sea level in the western region of Cameroon. Its crater is occupied by a lake, about 200 m (656 ft) below the summit, to which one can access some stairs.

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