VENEZUELA

VENEZUELA.

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Conference, Caracas.

Angel Falls (Salto Ángel).
First stamp in a set of 10, issued as minisheet on 26.09.2000.
Face value: 300 Venezuelan bolívares.
Printed by Gráficas Armitano, Caracas.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 38 x 32 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 3394.
- Scott No. 1616a.
- StampWorld No. 3423.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3650.
- Yvert et Tellier No. F 2169A.

Angel Falls (Spanish: Salto Ángel; Pemon language: Kerepakupai Vená) is the world's tallest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 meters (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft). The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyán-tepui mountain in the Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima), a UNESCO World Heritage site in the Gran Sabana region of Bolívar State. The falls are along a fork of the Río Kerepacupai Merú which flows into the Churún River, a tributary of the Carrao River, itself a tributary of the Orinoco River. The waterfall has been known as the Angel Falls since the mid-20th century; they are named after Jimmie Angel, a U.S. aviator, who was the first person to fly over the falls on November 16, 1933.