ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA.

Tourism.
Purmamarca (Jujuy). Cerro de los Siete Colores.
Stamp issued on 01.11.1988.
Face value: 3 Argentine australes.
Design: N. Martín.
Printing by Casa de Moneda, Buenos Aires.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 38.5 x 27 mm.

Catalogues
- Cefiloza( (Gz) No. 1931.
- Götig and Jalil No. 2387.
- Michel No. 1942.
- Scott No. 1635A.
- StampWorld No. 1968.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2090a.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1647.

Purmamarca is an andine town in the department of Tumbaya, in the Argentine province of Jujuy. The most characteristic of the landscape of the place is the Cerro de los Siete Colores (the Hill of Seven Colors), a geological curiosity that originated about 75 million years ago. It is made up of marine, lake and river sediments that were deposited in the area for centuries. The most visible colors are pink, whitish, browns, purples, red, green and mustard yellow, according to the minerals that make up the soil. In 2003 the hill was declared by UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Humanity for its cultural value.