ITALY

ITALY / ITALIA.

National Parks.
Gran Paradiso National Park and Alpina Ibex (Capra ibex).
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 22.04.1967.
Face value: 20 Italian lire.
Design: Corrado Mancioli (1904-1968).
Printed by I.P.S. (Istituto Poligrafico dello Stato), Officina Carte e Valori, Roma.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 25,000,000 copies.
Size: 30 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1226.
- Sassone No. 1040.
- Scott No. 953.
- StampWorld No. 1202.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1177.
- Unificato No. 1040.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 964.

Gran Paradiso National Park (Italian: Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso; French; Parc national du Grand Paradis), is located in the Graian Alps, between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions, and borders France in its western part. The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain, which is located in the park; it is contiguous with the French Vanoise National Park. The land the park, created on December 3, 1922, encompasses was initially protected in order to protect the Alpine ibex from poachers. Its area is 703 km² (272 sq mi) of alpine terrain. 9.5% of the park's surface area is occupied by 57 glaciers.

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Thanks to Fadda Giuseppe for his contribution.