TANZANIA

TANZANIA.

Famous East Africa Mountains.
Mount Kilimanjaro.
Minisheet issued on 24.8.2006.
Face value: 1000 + 1000 Tanzanian shilingi.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 130 x 100 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. BL595.
- Scott No. 2434.
- StampWorld No. 4439-4440.
- Stanley Gibbons No. MS 2552a.

Mount Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in northeastern Tanzania, near the Kenyan border. It has three volcanic cones: Shira, 4,005 m (13,140 ft); Mawenzi, 5,149 m (16,893 ft); and Kibo, with Uhuru Peak, 5,895 m (19,341 ft) at the rim of its crater. It is the highest mountain in Africa. It is integrated into the Kilimanjaro National Park and is drained by a network of streams and by the Lumi and Pangani rivers. Kilimanjaro is a major climbing destination: after numerous failed attempts by various climbers, Hans Meyer and Ludwig Purtscheller, with African guides and porters, were the first Europeans to reach the top on October 6, 1889.

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Thanks to Kumar Biswas for his contribution (https://kumar-omnibus.blogspot.com/).