Pirin (Пирин)
Mountains.
Second stamp in a set of 5, issued on 13.03.1962.
Face value: 2 Bulgarian stotinki.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 10,000,000 copies.
Size: 34 x 26 mm.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 1315.
- Scott No. 1231.
- StampWorld No. 1295.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1306.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1148.
The
Pirin Mountains (Bulgarian: Пирин) are a mountain range in southwestern
Bulgaria, with Vihren (Вихрен),
at an altitude of 2,914 m (9,560 ft) being the highest peak. The range extends
about 80 km (50 mi) from the north-west to the south-east and is about 40 km
(25 mi) wide, spanning a territory of 2,585 km2 (998 sq mi). To the
north Pirin is separated from Bulgaria's highest mountain range, the Rila Mountain, by the Predel
saddle, while to the south it reaches the Slavyanka
Mountain. To the west is located the valley of the river Struma and to the east
the valley of the river Mesta
separates it from the Rhodope
Mountains. Pirin is dotted with more than a hundred glacial lakes and is also
the home of Europe's southernmost glaciers, Snezhnika and Banski Suhodol.
The northern part of the range, which is also the highest one, is protected by
the Pirin National
Park, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983.
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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).
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