ALBANIA

ALBANIA / SHQIPERIA.

Tourism.
Maja e Thatë Peak.
Fifth stamp in a set of 6, issued in 3.1965.
Face value: 5 Albanian lek.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 80,000 copies.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 930.
- Scott No. 805.
- StampWorld No. 939.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 891.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 756.

Maja e Thatë is a 2,406-metre-high (7,894 ft) mountain peak. It lies within the massif of Kolata, in the eastern part of the Albanian Alps, within Valbonë Valley National Park, roughly 2 km (1 mi) northwest of Valbonë, n the municipality of Tropojë, Kukës county (near Montenegro’s border), and rises more than 1,500 m (4,921 ft) above the village. The mountain's southern and western lower slopes are relatively rich in beech and pine forests, while the higher slopes consist of very steep dolomite and limestone rock walls, suitable for mountaineering and rock climbing.