SPAIN / ESPAÑA.
Nature.
Órganos de Montoro.
Stamp issued on 17.11.2003.
Face value: 0,51 euro.
Engraved and print by RCM - FNMT, Madrid.
Printing: photogravure.
Print: 1,200,000 copies.
Size: 40.9 x 28.8 mm.
Catalogs
- Edifil No. 4035.
- Michel No. 3897.
- StampWorld No. 3903.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 4007.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 3611.
The Órganos de Montoro is a natural set comprising a large number of stunning limestone needles over two hundred feet high, found in the Maestrazgo / Maestrat mountain region in rhe province of Teruel (Aragon). Named after the resemblance to the pipes of a church organs. Its surface is 187.60 ha. The altitude ranges between 800 m (2,625 ft) above sea level in the Guadalope River and 1,183 m (3,881 ft) in the Peña de los Órganos.
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