REUNION

REUNION / RÉUNION.

Definitive stamps.
Mare à Poule d'Eau and Piton d'Anchain, Salazie.
Sixth stamp in a set of 9, issued on 20.03.1940.
Face value: 1 French franc.
Design: C. Abadie.
Engraved and printed by Institut de Gravure et d'Impression de Papiers-Valeurs, Paris.
Printing: Recess.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 181.
- Scott No. 152.
- StampWorld No. 191.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 160.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 169.

La Mare à Poule d'Eau (correct name of the place) is a pond located in the volcanic caldera that forms the natural Cirque de Salazie, northeast of Reunion Island. The first settlement that was established in that place was that of a French colonist, who settled there with two slaves in 1810, and from then on other settlers arrived and populated the area. On February 10, 1929, a cyclone destroyed this first settlement, which was abandoned. Currently it is a place of attraction for fishermen.

The Piton d’Anchain (or d’Anchaing) is a 1,356 m (4,449 ft) mountain of the Piton des Neiges massif, that rises in at center of the Cirque de Salazie. It is partially integrated into the Reunion National Park.