01/05/2021

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC


CHINA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC / 华人民共和国

Tian Shan Mountains (天山).
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 08.08.1996.
Face value: 50 Chinese renminbi fēn.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 31 x 51 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2739.
- Scott No. 2702.
- StampWorld No. 2790.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 4129.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 3415.

The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山), meaning the Mountains of Heaven or the Heavenly Mountain, is a large system of mountain ranges located in Central Asia, in the border region between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the People's Republic of China, specifically with Xinjiang. The highest peak in the Tian Shan is Jengish Chokusu (in Chinese: 托木尔峰), at 7,439 meters (24,406 ft) high, on the border with Kyrgyzstan. Its lowest point is the Turpan Depression, which is 154 m (505 ft) below sea level. In 2013, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee chose the eastern part of the Tian Mountains, in the Chinese Xinjiang region, as a World Heritage Site.

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