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Lake Taney and Les Jumelles Mountain.
Stamp issued on 19.01.1993.
Face value: 60 rappen of Swiss franc.
Design: Hermann Schelbert (b. 1927).
Engraving: Max Müller.
Printing: Offset lithography and recess.
Print: 84,154,000 copies.

Size: 25 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 1474.
- Michel No. 1489A.
- Scott No. 905.
- StampWorld No. 1483.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1257.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1418.
- Zumstein No. 837.

Taney Lake (in French, Lac de Taney or Tanay) is a small mountain lake on the Alps, in the canton of Valais, belonging to the Rhone basin. It is at an altitude of 1408 m (4,620 ft) above sea level. Its area is 0.17 km² (0.07 sq mi), its length is 939 m (3,081 ft), and its maximum width is 270 m (886 ft). To the northwest of the lake rise the mountains of Le Grammont (2,172 m, 7,126 ft) and Les Jumelles (2,215 m, 7,267 ft, visible on the stamp).