ECUADOR

ECUADOR.

Chimborazo Volcano.
Fifth stamp in a set of 9, issued in 1934.
Face value: 10 Ecuadorian centavos.
Printed by American Bank Note Co., New York.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 28 x 24 mm.

Catalogs
- Bertossa No. 356.
- Michel No. 318.
- Scott No. 324.
- StampWorld No. 320.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 496.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 307.

Chimborazo is an inactive double stratovolcano in the Cordillera Occidental range of the Andes, and it shows four summits; Whymper, Veintimilla, Politecnica, and Nicolas Martínez. Its last eruption is believed to have occurred around 550 A.D. With a peak elevation of 6,263 m (20,548 ft) above sea level, it is the highest mountain in Ecuador. Chimborazo is in the Chimborazo Province, 150 km (93 mi) south-southwest of the city of Quito. The top of the mountain is completely covered by glaciers. The English climber Edward Whymper and his Italian guides Louis Carrel and Jean-Antoine Carrel, were the first Europeans to reach the top on January 4, 1880.