PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PAPUA NEW GUINEA / PAPUA NIUGINI - PAPUA NIU GINI.

Mount Hagen and Father William Anthony Ross.
Stamp issued on 28.10.1976.
Face value: 7 Papua New Guinean toea.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 36 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 314.
- Scott No. 441.
- Sevem Seas Stamps No. 315.
- StampWorld No. 315.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 313.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 317.

Mount Hagen is an old eroded stratovolcano, located on the border between the Western Highlands and Enga Provinces, about 24 km (15 mi) northwest of the town of Mount Hagen, which is named after the mountain. The mountain was also named after the German colonial officer Curt von Hagen (1859-1897). Its height is 3,765 m (12,352 ft) and it is the second highest volcano in Papua New Guinea. It is estimated that its last eruption took place about 210,000 years ago.

William Anthony Ross (1895-1973) was an American Catholic priest who served as a missionary in the area.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).