PHILIPPINES / PILIPINAS.
World Tourist Conference, Manila.
Maria Cristina Falls (Talon ng Maria Cristina).
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 18.11.1959.
Face value: 30 cents of Philippine peso.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 30 x 45 mm.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 643.
- Scott No. 808.
- StampWorld No. 649.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 838.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 491.
Maria Cristina Falls (also known as Twin Falls) is a waterfall of the Agus River in the municipality of Iligan, north of the island of Mindanao. They are 98 m (320 ft) high and their water flow, of about 130 m3 (4,591 cu ft) per second, is used by the Agus VI hydroelectric plant.
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