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Swiss Alps.
Piz Palü.

Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 17.09.1970.
Face value: 30 cents of Swiss franc.
Design: Alex Walter Diggelmann (1902-1987).
Engraving: Courvoisier S.A.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 30,295,000 copies.
Sizw: 36 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 926.
- Michel No. 931.
- Scott No. 519.
- StampWorld No. 925.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 799.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 866.
- Zumstein No. 486.

Piz Palü is a mountain in the western Rhaetian Alps, in the Swiss canton of Grisons, on the border with the Italian region of Lombardia. It is a large glacial massif belonging to the Bernina range, with three main peaks: the main or central summit (Muot dal Palü) 3901 m (12,798 ft); the eastern summit (Piz Palü Orientale), 3,882 m (12,736 ft) and the western summit (Piz Spinas), 3,823 m (12,543 ft). On the north side of the mountain are four glaciers.