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Saint-Gotthard Massif (Massiccio del San Gottardo, Santk-Gotthard-Massiv).
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 16.09.1976.
Face value: 0.40 Swiss franc.
Design: Edi Hauri (1911-1988).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 13,478,000 copies.
Size: 36 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1073.
- Michel No. 1081.
- Scott No. 618.
- StampWorld No. 1075.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 921.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1011.
- Zumstein No. 578.

Saint-Gotthard Massif (German: Sankt-Gotthard-Massiv; Italian: Massiccio del San Gottardo) is a mountain range in the Alps in Switzerland, located at the border of four cantons: Valais, Ticino, Uri and Graubünden. It is delimited by the Nufenen Pass on the west, by the Furka Pass and the Oberalp Pass on the north and by the Lukmanier Pass on the east. The homonymous Gotthard Pass, lying at the heart of the massif, is the main route from north to south (seen on the stamp). Three major rivers take their source in the Gotthard Massif: the Reuss, Rhine and Ticino. A fourth river, the Rhône, takes its source in very close proximity of the massif. The highest peaks of the massif are Pizzo Rotondo (3,192 m; 10.472 ft) in the southwest, Pizzo Centrale (2,999 m; 9,839 ft) near the center and Piz Gannaretsch (3,040 m; 9,974 ft) in the northeast. There are three long tunnels traversing the Gotthard Massif: Gotthard (Rail) Tunnel, railway culmination tunnel (built 1882, 15 km); Gotthard Road Tunnel, motorway tunnel (built 1980, 17 km); and Gotthard Base Tunnel, railway lowest-level tunnel (built 2016, 57 km).