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PERU / PERÚ.

Definitive stamps.
Písac Inca Terraces, Cusco.
Fourth stamp in a set of 8, issued on 01.01.1966.
Face value: 0.50 Peruvian soles.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Printed by I.N.A. [Imprenta Nacional de Austria], Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Wien.
Size: 38 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- Bustamante No. 533.
- Michel No. 661.
- Scott No. 500.
- StampWorld No. 649.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 924.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 481.

The Písac National Archeological Park (in Quechua: P'isaq) is an important complex of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, more than 3,000 m (9,850 ft) high, located in the province of Calca, 30 km (18.65 mi) from the city of Cusco. Among the most important elements of the place are the Andenes (agricultural terraces) of Acchapata, a set of 40 terraces that were used for the cultivation of corn, which form an inverted triangle.