POLAND

POLAND / POLSKA.

Mountains and plants in Tatra National Park.
Mount Krzesanica.
Second 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. 3512.
- Fischer No. 3471.
- Michel No. 3619.
- Scott No. 3314.
- StampWorld No. 3625.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3646.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 3406.

Mount Krzesanica (Czech and Slovak: Kresanica), at 2,122 m (6,962 ft) in altitude, is a mountain in the Western Tatras, located on the border between Poland and Slovakia, about 8 km (5 mi) south of Zakopane. It is integrated into the Tatra National Park (Tatrzański Park Narodowy). Its top is almost a horizontal stony platform, about 100 m (328 ft) long, descending to the north side. About fifty caves have been discovered in the mountain, the deepest of which is 166 m (545 ft). Different types of plants grow in its limestone, as the Silene acaulis, the Campanula alpina, the Geum montanum, the Pulsatilla alpina, the Ranuculus alpestris and the Gentiana verna (present in the stamp).

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