ALBANIA

ALBANIA / SHQIPERIA.

Tourism.
Mount Arapi in Theth Valley.
Third stamp in a set of 6, issued in March 1965.
Face value: 3 Albanian lek.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 80,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 928.
- Scott No. 803.
- StampWorld No. 937.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 889.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 754.

Mount Arapi (Albanian: Maja e Arapit ot Maja e Harapit) is located in the north of Albania, near the border with Montenegro. It is 2,217 m (7,274 ft) high, with an 800 m (2,600 ft) south wall. It is one of the landmarks of Theth Valley, on the edge of the Theth National Park (Albanian: Parku Kombëtar i Thethit), with an area of 26.3 km² (10.15 sq mi), established in 1966 to protect various ecosystems and the biodiversity and cultural and historical heritage of the region. The park is centered on the Albanian Alps (a subrange of the Dinaric Alps), encompassing the larger portion of Shala Valley. In 2017, Theth has been further declared a Protected Historic Center.