UNITED KINGDOM, Northern Ireland

 UNITED KINGDOM. Northern Ireland.

25th Anniversary of Investiture of the Prince of Wales.
Watercolors painted by Prince Charles.
Mourne Mountains, Clunty Down.
Third stamp in a set of 5, issued on 01.03.1994.
Face value: 30 British penny.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 41 x 30 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 1662.
- Michel No. 1505.
- Scott No. 1550.
- StampWorld No. 1485.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1812.
- Unificato No. 1747,
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1750.

The Mourne Mountains (Irish: Beanna Boirche), also called the Mournes or Mountains of Mourne, are a granite mountain range in County Down in the south-east of Northern Ireland. They include the highest mountains in Northern Ireland, the highest of which is Slieve Donard (Irish: Sliabh Dónairt) at 850 m (2,790 ft). The Mournes are designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and it has been proposed to make the area Northern Ireland's first national park.

UNITED KINGDOM, Northern Ireland

UNITED KINGDOM. Northern Ireland.

The Giant's Causeway.
50th Anniversary of the National Trust for Scotland.
Pictorial representation.
Forth stamp in a set of 5, issued on 24.06.1981.
Face value: 22 British pence.
Printed by Harrison & Sons (High Wycombe) Ltd.
Printed: Photoengraving.
Print: 9,920,000 copies.
Size: 41 x 30 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 882.
- Scott No. 948.
- StampWorld No. 863.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1158.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 999.

The Giant's Causeway (in Irish: Clochán an Aifir), discovered in 1693, is an area containing some 40,000 columns of basalt from the relatively rapid cooling of volcanic lava, which occurred about 60 million years ago. It is located on the north-eastern coast of the island of Ireland, in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It was declared a World Heritage Site in 1986 and a National Nature Reserve in 1987. 

According to legend, Irish giant Fionn mac Cumhaill (Finn MacCool) was challenged to a fight by the Scottish giant Benandonner. Fionn accepted the challenge and built the causeway across the North Channel so that the two giants could meet. In one version of the story, Fionn defeats Benandonner. In another, Fionn hides from Benandonner when he realises that his foe is much bigger than he is. Fionn's wife, Oonagh, disguises Fionn as a baby and tucks him in a cradle. When Benandonner sees the size of the 'baby', he reckons that its father, Fionn, must be a giant among giants. He flees back to Scotland in fright, destroying the causeway behind him so that Fionn would be unable to chase him down. In overall Irish mythology, Fionn mac Cumhaill is not a giant but a hero with supernatural abilities.