BRITISH EAST AFRICA

BRITISH EAST AFRICA (Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika).

Definitive stamps.
Mount Kilimanjaro and Queen Elizabeth II.
Fouth stamp in a set of 7, issued on 01.06.1954.
Printing: Recess.
Face value: 2 East African shilling.
Size: 34 x 28.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 102.
- Scott No. 114.
- StampWorld No. 72.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 177.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 98.

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 Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).