23/05/2021

IRELAND


IRELAND / ÉIRE.

Europa C.E.P.T. 
Lough Tay (Loch Té) Lake.
Second stamps in a set of 2, issued on 27.06.1977.
Face value: 12 Irish penny.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 2,000,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 367.
- Michel No. 362.
- Scott No. 414.
- StampWorld No. 371.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 407.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 364.

Lough Tay Lake (Irish Gaelic: Loch Tea), of glacial origin, also known as Guinness Lake, is located on a former private property belonging to the Guinness family, in the Wicklow Mountains (County Wicklow), at an altitude of 246 m (807 ft) above sea level, between the peaks of Djouce, 725 m (2,379 ft) and Luggala, 595 m (1,952 ft), and is dominated by the granite cliffs of Luggala. Its area is 0.48 km2 (0.19 sq mi) and its maximum depth is 35 m (115 ft). It receives the waters of the Cloghoge River, which also drains it.

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