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Gorges du Tarn, Lozère.
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 10.07.1965.
Face value: 0.75 French franc.
Design: Pierre Gandon (1899-1990).
Printing. Recess.
Print: 14,915,000 copies.
Size; 26 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1542.
- Michel No. 1517.
- Scott No. 1128.
- StampWorld No. 1510.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1686.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1438.

The Gorges du Tarn (Occitan: Gòrjas de Tarn) is a canyon formed by the Tarn river between the Causse Méjean and the Causse de Sauveterre, in southern France. The canyon, mainly located in the Lozère département, and partially in the Aveyron département, is about 53 kilometers (33 mi)-long, from the village of Quézac to Le Rozier, with a depth of 400 to 600 m (1,312 and 1,968 ft). The Tarn has its source on Mont Lozère and it is immediately at the exit of this granite mountain range that the river reaches the plateaus of the Great Causses.

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Thanks to Daniel Mathieu for his contribution (http://lettresdumonde.blogspot.com/)