GEORGIA

GEORGIA / საქართველო

Mount Ushba (უშბა). 
Stamp issued on 01.06.2008 (dated 2007).
Face value: 30 Georgian tetri.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 50,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 38 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 555.
- Scott No. 435.
- StampWorld No. 551.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 525.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 442.

Ushba (Georgian, უშბა; Karachay-Balkar, Ужба) is one of the most notable peaks of the Caucasus Mountains. It is located in the Svaneti region of Georgia, just south of the border with the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (Russian Federation). The north peak reaches 4,710 m (15,450 ft), while the south peak measures 4,690 m (15,387 ft). The north peak was first climbed in 1888 by John Garford Cokklin and Ulrich Almer; the southern summit, in 1903 by a German and Swiss expedition led by B. Rickmer-Rickmers. In Georgian mythology, Ushba was thought to be the home of the hunting goddess Dali.

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