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Babele rock formations in the Bucegi Mountains, Central Romania.
Second stamp in a set of 6, issued on 16.04.1971.
Face value: 40 Romanian bani.
Design: Vlasto Stoianov.
Print: 4,000,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2922.
- Scott No. 2236.
- StampWorld No. 2925.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3800.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2597.

Babele (which means "The old women") is the name of an area on the Bucegi Mountains plateau in Romania, within the South Carpathians. The name comes from some mushroom-shaped rock formations, the result of erosion and variable hardness of the rock layers. Some researchers estimate that the shaping agents were water and wind supported by frost and thaw. The alternation of rocks, sandstones and limestones on the plateau is also taken into account. However, human intervention in finishing in more or less regular ways cannot be denied. So far, no scientific evidence has been able to fully explain this phenomenon, and therefore the legends about these rocks are still developing.