SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA / SUID-AFRIKA.

Beauty in Nature.
Gordon's Rock, Pearl Mountain / Paarlberg.
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 20.11.1986.
Face value: 14 cents of South African rand.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 31 x 48 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 697.
- Scott No. 678.
- South African Stamp Catalog No. 616.
- StampWorld No. 735.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 608.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 614.

Pearl Mountain (Afrikaans: Paarlberg) is a domed granite mountain located near the town of Paarl, in the Boland region, Western Cape province. The summit is 654 m (2,146 ft) high and is part of three mountain peaks that include Britannia Rock and Gordon's Rock (represented in the stamp). It is the second largest granite formation in the world, after Uluṟu in Australia. The Khoikhoi people call them the Turtle Mountains. It was discovered in 1657 by Abraham Gabemm; because it shone like a pearl in the sun, he called it Peerleberg, a name that later became Paarlberg.

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