BRAZIL

BRAZIL / BRASIL.

Jump of the 7 Falls of Guaíra (5ª queda de Guaíra).
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 29.04.1982.
Face value: 17 cruzeiros.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1895.
- Scott No. 1795.
- StampWorld No. 1912.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1952.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1533.

The Guaíra (or Guairá) Falls (Portuguese: Salto das Sete Quedas do Guaíra; Spanish: Saltos del Guairá) were a series of immense waterfalls on the Paraná River along the border between Brazil and Paraguay. They ceased to exist in 1982, when they were completely submerged by the reservoir of the Itaipu dam. There were 19 jumps, 7 of them primary (the stamp shows the fifth). The falls were about 380 m (1,250 ft) wide and about 114 m (375 ft) high.