ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA.

Argentine Provinces.
Sierra de la Ventana, Buenos Aires Province.
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 08.10.1977.
Face value: 30 Argentine pesos ley.
Printed by Casa de Moneda, Buenos Aires.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 500,000 copies.
Size: 66 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- Cefiloza No. 1321.
- Götig and Jalil No. 1799.
- Michel No. 1312.
- Scott No. 1151.
- StampWorld No. 1336.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1570.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1101.

The Ventania System belongs to the Southern Sierras of Buenos Aires Province. The mountain range system has a length of 195 km (121.16 mi) from northwest to southwest. Its highest peaks are Cerro Tres Picos, 1,239 m (4,065 ft), Destierro Primero, 1,172 m (3,845 ft), Cerro Ventana, 1,134 m (3,720 ft), Napostá Grande, 1,108 m (3,635 ft), Cura Malal Grande, 1,037 m (3,402 ft), and Cura Malal Chico, 1,000 m (3,281 ft). British naturalist Charles Darwin described his ascent of the Sierra de la Ventana range in the sixth chapter of his work The Voyage of the Beagle.