POLAND

POLAND / POLSKA.

Mountains and plants in Tatra National Park.
Giewont Mountain.
First stamp in a set of 6, issued on 05.09.1996.
Face value: 40 Polish grosz.
Design: Jacek Brodowski.
Printed by PWPW (Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych), Warszawa.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 43 x 31 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 3511.
- Fischer No. 3470.
- Michel No. 3618.
- Scott No. 3313.
- StampWorld No. 3624.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3645.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 3405.

The Giewont is a mountainous massif in the Tatra Mountains of Poland. Its highest summit, Great Giewont (Polish: Wielki Giewont), is 1,895 m (6,217 ft) above sea level and is the highest peak in the Western Tatras (Tatry Zachodnie), located entirely within the borders of Poland. The mountain is considered the symbol of Zakopane and the Polish Tatras and throughout history it has been the subject of many legends, poems and works of art. The mountain is located within the Polish Tatra National Park (Tatrzański Park Narodowy) and is made up of three peaks: Small Giewont (Mały Giewont, 1,728 m, 5,669 ft), Great Giewont (Wielki Giewont, 1,895 m, 6,217 ft) and Long Giewont (Długi Giewont, 1,867 m, 6,125 ft). The flora is represented on the stamp by the Leontopodium alpinum (edelweiss).

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Thanks to Kazimierz R. Leszczyński for his contribution (http://leszkarozdub.blogspot.com).