CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

CHINA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国

Huanglong Scenic Area (Sichuan Province).
Marvelous Flying Waterfall.
Second stamp in a set of 3, issued on 27.08.2009.
Face value: 1.20 Chinese renminbi yuan.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 50 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 4075.
- StampWorld No. 4150.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 5379.

Huanglong Valley (黄龙沟) is a scenic area located in Songpan County, Sichuan Province. It was listed as a World Heritage Site in 1992. The area, which extends over 700 km² (270 sq mi), contains two parts: the Huanglong and Mounigou. This scenic spot is the result of the formations of tepatate which give a special color to ponds and beaches. Together with high mountains, snow covered peaks, valleys, waterfalls, lakes and forests, these tepatates look especially marvelous. The Marvelous Flying Waterfall (飛瀑流輝) is represented on the stamp.

Thanks to Krystyna Betiuk for his contribution (https://pocztowkowezbiory.blogspot.com/)

INDIA

INDIA / भारत.

15th Anniversary of Indian Mountaineering Foundation.
Mount Everest.
Stamp issued on 15.05.1973.
Face value: 20 Indian paisa.
Printed by India Security Press, Nashik.
Printing: Photogravure.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 565.
- Scott No. 581.
- StampWorld No. 568.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 685.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 358.

Mount Everest (in Nepali, सगरमाथा [Sagarmāthā]; in Tibetan, ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ [Chomolungma]; in Chinese, 珠穆朗玛 [Zhūmùlǎngmǎ]), in the Himalayas, 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) high above sea level, it is the highest mountain on the earth's surface. It is located on the border between Nepal (on its south face) and Tibel, in China (on its north face). After several attempts, the Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and the New Zelander Edmund Hillary were the first to officially reach the summit, via the southeast ridge, on May 29, 1953. The first ascent up the north ridge was made by the Chinese mountaineering team of Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo and Qu Yinhua on May 25, 1960. The name by which the mountain is universally known, adopted by the Royal Geographical Society in 1865, is that of the British George Everest, who had been General Surveyor of India.

Indian Mountaineering Foundation is an apex national body which organize and support, mountaineering and rock climbing expeditions at high altitudes in the Himalayas. The organization also promote and encourage schemes for related adventure activities and environmental protection work in the Indian Himalayas. IMF was formed in 1957 as the Sponsoring Committee of the Cho Oyu Expedition. The foundation was registered on November 3, 1961.

SOVIET UNION

SOVIET UNION / СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК.

Soviet Mountain Climbing.
Mount Khan Tengri (now in the Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and China border).
First stamp in a set of 3, issued on 28.12.1964.
Face value: 4 Soviet kopeks.
Design: N. Kruglov and E. Aniskin. 
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 4,000,000 copies.
Size: 38 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 3002.
- Scott No. 2982.
- StampWorld No. 2793.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3077.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2899.
- Zagorski No. 3055.

Khan Tengri (Kyrgyz: Хан-Теңири; Kazakh: Хан Тәңірі; simplified Chinese: 汗腾格里峰; Uighur: خانتەڭرى) is a mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range. It is on the China—Kyrgyzstan—Kazakhstan tripoint, east of lake Issyk Kul. Its geologic elevation is 6,995 m (22,949 ft), but its glacial icecap rises to 7,010 m (22,999 ft). It is a massive marble pyramid, covered in snow and ice. Peter Semenov was the first European to see the Tian Shan and its peak in 1857. The first ascent of the peak was made in 1931 by Mikhail Pogrebetsky, Boris Tyurin and Franz Sauberer. In the worldview of the ancient peoples of Turkic-Mongolian origin, Tengri is the supreme deity, the organizer of the world, along with the goddess Umai.

NEPAL

NEPAL / नेपाल

Tourism.
Mount Cho-oyu.
Third stamp in a set of 3, issued on 30.12.1983.
Face value: 6 Nepalese rupee.
Design: M. N. Rana.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 36 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 437.
- Scott No. 419.
- StampWorld No. 433.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 441.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 407.

Cho-oyu (Nepali: चोयु; Tibetan: ཇོ་བོ་དབུ་ཡ; Chinese: 卓奥友峰) is the sixth-highest mountain in the world at 8,188 meters (26,864 ft) above sea level. It is the westernmost major peak of the Khumbu sub-section of the Mahalangur Himalayas 20 km west of Mount Everest. The mountain stands on the China–Nepal border. The northern and southern slopes of the mountain are part, respectively, of the Qomolangma Nature Reserve (Tibet) and the Sagarmatha National Park (Nepal). The mountain was first climbed on October 19, 1954, via the north-west ridge, by Herbert Tichy, Sepp Jöchler and Sherpa Pasang Dawa Lama of an Austrian expedition.

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

CHINA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国.

Tian Shan Mountains (天山).
Tianchi Lake.
First stamp in a sef of 4, issued on 08.08.1996.
Face value: 20 Chinese renminbi fēn.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 51 x 31 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2737.
- Scott No. 2700.
- StampWorld No. 2788.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 4127.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 3413.

Tianchi (Chinese: 天池; Uighur: بوغدا كۆلى) is an alpine lake in Xinjiang, Northwest China. It  lies on the north side of the Bogda Shan range of the Tian Shan. It is an alpine drift lake shaped in the Quaternary Glacier period. The lake is 1,907 m (6,257 ft) above sea level, covering 4.9 km² (1.9 sq mi), 105 m (344 ft) deep at the deepest point. Formerly known as Yaochi ("Jade Lake"), it was named Tianchi in 1783 by Mingliang, the Qing Commander of Urumqi Command.

CHINA REPUBLIC (Taiwan)

REPUBLIC OF CHINA (Taiwan) / 中華民國 (臺灣).

Yangtze River.
Fouth stamp in a set of 5, issued on 15.05.1993.
Face value: 5 Taiwanese new dollars.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 8,900,000 copies.
Size: 41 x 25.5 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2120.
- Scott No. 2899.
- StampWorld No. 2112.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2130.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2056.

The Yangtze or Yangzi (Chinese: 長江) is the longest river in Asia. It is the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country (the current People's Republic of China). It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows 6,300 km (3,900 mi) in a generally easterly direction to the East China Sea. Its drainage basin comprises one-fifth of the land area of continental China. The Yangtze has played a major role in the history, culture and economy of China. For thousands of years, the river has been used for water, irrigation, sanitation, transportation, industry, boundary-marking and war. The Yangtze flows through a wide array of ecosystems and is habitat to several endemic and threatened species including the Chinese alligator, the narrow-ridged finless porpoise and the Yangtze sturgeon, but also was the home of the extinct baiji and Chinese paddlefish. In recent years, the river has suffered from industrial pollution, plastic pollution, agricultural runoff, siltation, and loss of wetland and lakes, which exacerbates seasonal flooding. Some sections of the river are now protected as nature reserves. A stretch of the upstream Yangtze flowing through deep gorges in western Yunnan is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

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

BULGARIA

BULGARIA / БЪЛГАРИЯ.

First Bulgarian Mount Everest Ascent.
Mount Everest.
Stamp issued on 31.05.1984.
Face value: 5 Bulgarian stotinki.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 33 x 44 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 3269.
- Scott No. 2981.
- StampWorld No. 3279.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3150.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2844.

Mount Everest (in Nepali, सगरमाथा [Sagarmāthā]; in Tibetan, ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ [Chomolungma]; in Chinese, 珠穆朗玛 [Zhūmùlǎngmǎ]), in the Himalayas, 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) high above sea level, it is the highest mountain on the earth's surface. It is located on the border between Nepal (on its south face) and Tibel, in China (on its north face). After several attempts, the Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and the New Zelander Edmund Hillary were the first to officially reach the summit, via the southeast ridge, on May 29, 1953. The first ascent up the north ridge was made by the Chinese mountaineering team of Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo and Qu Yinhua on May 25, 1960. The name by which the mountain is universally known, adopted by the Royal Geographical Society in 1865, is that of the British George Everest, who had been General Surveyor of India.

The mountaineer Hristo Prodanov (Bulgarian: Христо Проданов), born in Karlovo on February 24, 1943, died on Mount Everest on April 22, 1984. A member of the first Bulgarian expedition to Mount Everest, he was also the first Bulgarian to reach the summit of the mountain on April 21, 1984, doing it via the most difficult way (the West Ridge) as well as alone and without oxygen. Climbing the summit at 18:15 local time, he had to descend overnight and got lost shortly after that. On the next afternoon, I have reported he had lost his gloves and soon would be unable to hold the radio button long enough to talk. His body of him was never found.

CHILE

CHILE.

1st anniversary of the Chilean expedition to the Himalayas.
Mount Gasherbrum II.
Stamp issued on 09.07.1980.
Face value: 15 Chilean pesos.
Printed by Casa de Moneda de Chile.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 933.
- Scott No. 572.
- StampWorld No. 906.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 853.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 544.

Chilean mountaineers Claudio Lucero, Gastón Oyarzún, Iván Vigoroux, Jorge Bassa, Jorge Quintero, Héctor Zúñiga, Rubén Lamilla, Nelson Muñoz and Claudio Gálvez participated in the first Chilean expedition to the Himalayas, and stated that on June 9, 1979 they reached the top of Mount Gasherbrum II. However, some specialists questioned the authenticity of this feat, which has been called into question.

Mount Gasherbrum II (Urdu, گاشر برم -2; Chinese, 加舒尔布鲁 木 山), also known as K4 or Moravi II, is the thirteenth highest mountain on Earth and is located in the Karakoram mountain range (the westernmost sector of the Himalayas), on the border between the Gilgit-Baltistan region, in Pakistan, and the autonomous region of Xinjiang, in China. Its height is 8,034 m (26,358 ft) above sea level. In 1856, Thomas George Montgomerie, a British member of the Royal Engineers, participated in the Great Trigonometric Topography Project expedition in Indian and Pakistani territory, sighted the mountain and named it K4, The first recorded ascent took place on July 7, 1956 by an Austrian expedition formed by Fritz Moravec, Josef Larch and Hans Willenpart.

PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN / پاكِستان

Golden Jubilee of First Ascent of K2.
Mount K2.
Stamp issued on 31.07.2004.
Face value: 5 Pakistani rupees.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 29 x 34 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 1215.
- Scott No. 1039.
- StampWorld No. 1232.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1252.

K2, at 8,611 m (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest. It is located in the Karakoram mountain range, partly in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir and partly in a Chinese-administered territory of the Kashmir region included in the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang. After several failed attempts since 1902, the summit was reached for the first time on July 31, 1954 by climbers Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni, members of an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio. The name K2 is derived from the notation used by the Great Trigonometric Survey of British India. In 1856, Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the Karakoram from Mount Harmukh, about 210 km (130 mi) to the south, and drew the two most prominent peaks, labeling them K1 and K2, where the K stands for Karakoram. The official name of the mountain in China is Qogir (乔戈里 峰).

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

CHINA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国

Tian Shan Mountains (天山).
Third stamp in a set of 4, issued on 08.08.1996.
Face value: 50 Chinese renminbi fēn.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 31 x 51 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2739.
- Scott No. 2702.
- StampWorld No. 2790.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 4129.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 3415.

The Tian Shan (Chinese: 天山), meaning the Mountains of Heaven or the Heavenly Mountain, is a large system of mountain ranges located in Central Asia, in the border region between Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the People's Republic of China, specifically with Xinjiang. The highest peak in the Tian Shan is Jengish Chokusu (in Chinese: 托木尔峰), at 7,439 meters (24,406 ft) high, on the border with Kyrgyzstan. Its lowest point is the Turpan Depression, which is 154 m (505 ft) below sea level. In 2013, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee chose the eastern part of the Tian Mountains, in the Chinese Xinjiang region, as a World Heritage Site.

SOVIET UNION

SOVIET UNION / СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК.

Soviet Expedition to Mount Everest.
Minisheet issued on 20.12.1982.
Face value: 50 Soviet kopek.
Design: Yury Levinovsky (b. 1933).
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 800,000 copies.
Size: 67 x 84 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. BL160.
- Scott No. 5106.
- StampWorld No. 5034.
- Stanley Gibbons No. MS 5291.
- Yvert et Tellier No. BF 159.
- Zagorski No. BL163.

The first unofficially known Soviet expedition to the Himalayas consisted of six mountaineers, who unsuccessfully attempted to climb Mount Everest from Tibet in October 1952: all of them died in the attempt, which was hidden from view public opinion and even assured that such an expedition had not been carried out.

The expedition commemorating the stamp, in 1982, led by Evgeni Tamm (1926-2008), was successful: on May 4, eleven Soviet climbers reached the summit of Everest by a new route on the southwest face that was recognized as the most technically difficult to date.

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Thanks to Kazimierz R. Leszczyński for his contribution (http://leszkarozdub.blogspot.com).

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

CHINA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国.

Peaks of Mount Huashan (華山).
Thousand-Foot Precipice.
Third stamp in a set of 4, isued on 25.08.1989.
Face value: 20 Chinese renminbi fēn.
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Size: 54 x 40 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2250.
- Scott No. 2227.
- StampWorld No. 2272.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3625.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2952.

Mount Hua or Huashan (華山, “Mount of Splendor”) is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi Province, about 120 km (75 mi) east of Xi’an. It is the "Western Mountain" of the Five Great Mountains of China and has a long history of religious significance. Originally classified as having three peaks, in modern times the mountain is classified as five main peaks, the highest of which is the South Peak at 2,154.9 m (7,070 ft). The Thousand-Foot Precipice is considered one of the most dangerous hiking trails in the world.

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

CHINA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国.

World Heritage Sites.
Wuhua Lake (五花海), in Jiuzhaigou National Park (九寨沟).
Second stamp in a set of 4, issued on 26.03.1998.
Face value: 50 Chinese renminbi fēn.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2898.
- Scott No. 2851.
- StampWorld No. 2953.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 4277.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 3568.

Jiuzhaigou or Valley of the Nine Villages (九寨沟 in Chinese; གཟི་ རྩ་ སྡེ་ དགུ in Tibetan) is a nature reserve and national park located in Nanping canton (Sichuan province). It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992 and a World Biosphere Reserve in 1997. It is part of the Min Mountains and is famous for its waterfalls, lakes and snow-capped peaks. Its elevation varies between 2,000 and 4,500 meters. Wuhua Hai (五花海, ‘Lake of the Five Flowers’) is a multi-colored lake that owes its unusual appearance to the concentration of minerals and other residues. Its waters are crystal clear and it is possible to see the logs deposited at the bottom of the lake.

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

CHINA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国.

Huangguoshu Waterfall.
Stamp issued (in minisheet) on 22.07.2001.
Face value: 8 Chinese renminbi yuan.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Size: 40 x 60 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 3263 / BL99.
- Scott No. 3123.
- StampWorld No. 3330.
- Stanley Gibbons No. MS4609.

Huangguoshu Waterfall (in simplified Chinese, 黄果树瀑布; in traditional Chinese: 黃果樹瀑布, 'Yellow-Fruit Tree Waterfalls'), is one of the largest waterfalls in China and East Asia, located on the Baishui River (白水河) in Anshun, Guizhou province. It is 77.8 m (255 ft) high and 101 m (331 ft) wide. It is in the Huangguoshu Waterfall National Park. The Water-Curtain Cave named Shuiliandong (水帘洞) is a 134 m (440 ft) long naturally formed cave located in the back of the waterfall.

NEPAL

NEPAL / नेपाल.

Mount Everest.
Stamp issued on 14.03.2007.
Face value: 5 Nepalese rupee.
Size: 40 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 881.
- StampWorld No. 878.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 895.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 849.

Mount Everest (in Nepali, सगरमाथा [Sagarmāthā]; in Tibetan, ཇོ་མོ་གླང་མ [Chomolungma]; in Chinese, 珠穆朗玛 [Zhūmùlǎngmǎ]), in the Himalayas, 8,848.86 m (29,031.7 ft) high above sea level, it is the highest mountain on the earth's surface. It is located on the border between Nepal (on its south face) and Tibel, in China (on its north face). After several attempts, the Nepalese Tenzing Norgay and the New Zelander Edmund Hillary were the first to officially reach the summit, via the southeast ridge, on May 29, 1953. The first ascent up the north ridge was made by the Chinese mountaineering team of Wang Fuzhou, Gonpo and Qu Yinhua on May 25, 1960. The name by which the mountain is universally known, adopted by the Royal Geographical Society in 1865, is that of the British George Everest, who had been General Surveyor of India.

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

CHINA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国.

Peaks of Mount Huashan (華山).

First stamp in a set of 4, isued on 25.08.1989.
Face value: 8 Chinese renminbi fēn.
Printing: Photogravure and recess.
Size: 54 x 40 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2248.
- Scott No. 2225.
- StampWorld No. 2270.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3623.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2950.

Mount Hua or Huashan (華山, “Mount of Splendor”) is a mountain located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi Province, about 120 km (75 mi) east of Xi’an. It is the "Western Mountain" of the Five Great Mountains of China and has a long history of religious significance. Originally classified as having three peaks, in modern times the mountain is classified as five main peaks, the highest of which is the South Peak at 2,154.9 m (7,070 ft).

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

 CHINA PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国.

World Heritage Sites.
Nuorilang Falls (诺日朗瀑布), in Jiuzhaigou National Park (九寨沟).
Last stamp in a set of 4, issued on 26.03.1998.
Face value: 150 Chinese renminbi fēn.
Printing: Offset lithography.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 2900.
- Scott No. 2853.
- StampWorld No. 2955.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 4279.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 3570.

Jiuzhaigou or Valley of the Nine Villages (九寨沟 in Chinese; གཟི་ རྩ་ སྡེ་ དགུ in Tibetan) is a nature reserve and national park located in Nanping cantón (Sichuan province). It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1992 and a World Biosphere Reserve in 1997. It is part of the Min Mountains and is famous for its waterfalls, lakes and snow-capped peaks. Its elevation varies between 2,000 and 4,500 meters. The Nuorilang Waterfall (诺 日 朗 瀑布), one of the largest in China, is located in the center of the valley, at an altitude of 2,365 m (7,759 ft). Its height is 20 m (66 ft) and its width is 270 m (886 ft). An observation deck built on the opposite side offers a full view of the waterfall.

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国.

Sichuan-Tibet and Qinghai-Tibet Highways.

First stamp in a set of 3, issued 30.03.1956.
Face value: 4 fen.
Design: Lu Tiankiao.
Engraver: Gao Zhengyu, Song Guangzeng and Kong Shaohui. 
Printing: Engraving.
Printed by Beijing People's Printing Works.

Size: 38 x 25.5 mm.

Catalogues
- Scott No. 287.
- Michel No. 311.
- StampWorld No. 316.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1069.

In 1950, some 110,000 people, including a large number of soldiers, were summoned to build the first highways that linked Tibet with the rest of the People's Republic of China. They had rudimentary equipment and faced many dangers: until the work was completed, more than 4,000 workers lost their lives. The Qinghai-Tibet (1937 km, 1203 mi) and Sichuan-Tibet (2142 km, 1331 mi) highways were opened to traffic in 1954: they are the highest-altitude asphalt roads in the world and the first true communication routes with Tibet.

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

CHINA PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC / 中华人民共和国.

Harnessing the Yellow River  (黃 河). Map of the river's basin.
First stamp in a set of 4, issued on 30.12.1957.
Face value: 4 fen.
Size: 44 x 22 mm.

Catalogues
- Scott No. 326.
- StampWorld No. 359.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 326.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1112.

The Yellow River or Huang He, formerly Hwang-ho, is a long river in central China that flows mainly in an easterly direction, through Qinghai, Gansu, Henan, Shandong, Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces and the autonomous regions from Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, to drain into the Bohai Sea. It is 5464 km (3,395 mi) long, making it the sixth longest river in the world. The source of the Yellow River is in the Bayan Har Mountains near the eastern edge of the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.