13/02/2021

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Electricity for Development.
Anticoto Lake and Dam.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 27.11.1995 (stamp dated 1994).
Face value: 0.40 Peruvian nuevo sol.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Printed by Thomas Gregg & Sons de Colombia, S.A., Bogotá.
Print: 500,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1567.
- Scott No. 1131.
- StampWorld No. 1552.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1879.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1070.

Lake Antacoto is located in the Junín department, Yauli province, at an altitude of 4,410 m (14,436 ft) above sea level, in the Andes mountain range. It stores 331 million m3 (11,690 ft3) and is part of the system of reservoirs connected with tunnels to supply water to the cities of Lima and El Callao. The construction of the dam ended in 1966.

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