ICELAND / ÍSLAND.
Gullfoss waterfall.
Second stamp in a set of 6, issued in 1931.
Face value: 20 aurar.
Print: 4,700,000 copies.
Catalogues
- Facit No. 195.
- Michel No. 151.
- Scott No. 171.
- StampWorld No. 151.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 140.
Gullfoss (“Golden Falls”) is a waterfall located in the canyon of the Hvítá river in southwest Iceland. The Hvítá river flows southward, and about a kilometre above the falls it turns sharply to the right and flows down into a wide curved three-step “staircase” and then abruptly plunges in two stages (11 m. or 36 ft, and 21 m or 69 ft) into a crevice 32 m (105 ft) deep. The crevice, about 20 m (66 ft) wide and 2.5 km (1.6 mi) in length, extends perpendicular to the flow of the river. The average amount of water running down the waterfall is 141 m3 (5,000 cu ft) per second in the summer and 80 m3 (2,800 cu ft) per second in the winter.
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