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Mountain Lakes.
Lake Moesola (Laghetto Moesola).
First stamp in a set of 2, issued on 16.12.1991.
Face value: 50 Swiss centimes of franc.
Design: Hermann Schelbert (1927-2003).
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 84,154,000 copies.
Size: 25 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1441.
- Michel No. 1459.
- Scott No. 904.
- StampWorld No. 1453.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1236.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1387.
- Zumstein No. 819.

Lake Moesola (Italian: Laghetto Moesola) is located in the Lepontine Alps, at 2,063 m (6,768 ft), at the top of the San Bernardino Pass, in the municipality of Mesocco, canton of Grisons, near Italian border. Its length is 315 m (1,033 ft) and its width is 150 m (492 ft). Its depth varies between 5 and 10 m (16 and 33 ft). It is fed by the Moesa River and by various streams. In the lake there is a large island, in the shape of a fish, and two smaller islands. On the stamp you can see, in the background, the Piz Uccello.