LESOTHO

LESOTHO.

Roof of Africa Rally.
Sani Pass.
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 26.09.1969.
Face value: 15 cents of South African rand.
Design: P. Wheeler.
Printed by Harrison & Sons Ltd.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 45 x 28 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 73.
- Scott No. 73.
- StampWorld No. 73.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 173 (?).

Sani Pass is a mountain pass about 9 km (5.6 mi) in length, located in the Drakensberg mountains, on the border between Mokhotlong, Lesotho and Underberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The route up Sani Pass starts at 1,544 m (5,066 ft), and climbs to an altitude of 2,876 m (9,436 ft). Construction work for the first phase commenced in December 2006 and was completed in September 2012.