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Swiss Alps.
Finsteraarhorn.
Stamp issued on 26.09.1966.
Face value: 0.10 Swiss franc.
Design: Hans Thöni (1906-1980).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 41,747,000 copies.
Size: 36 x 26.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 837.
- Michel No. 842.
- Scott No. 479.
- StampWorld No. 836.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 742.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 775.
- Zumstein No. 445.

The Finsteraarhorn, 4,274 m (14,022 ft) above sea level, is a mountain lying on the border between the cantons of Bern and Valais. It is the highest mountain of the Bernese Alps and the most prominent peak of Switzerland. In 2001 the whole massif and surrounding glaciers were designated by UNESCO as part of the Jungfrau-Aletsch World Heritage Site. To its west lies the Fiescher Glacier, the second longest in the Alps. The first ascent was for a long time a controversial matter, but it is considered that the first people to reach the top, on August 10, 1829, were two guides on an expedition organized by Franz Joseph Hugi, who had failed in his attempt a year before.