THE MOUNT PELÉ BY PAUL LEMAGNY FOR IN VINTAGE STAMPS 1955

VINTAGE STAMP 1955

PAUL LEMAGNY (1905-1977)
Mount Pelée (1,397 m - 4,583 ft)
France (Martinique) 

The artist
Paul Pierre Lemagny (1905-1977) is a French painter and engraver. Between 1940 and 1958, Paul Lemagny designed more than two hundred models of stamps for the postal administration, in particular the portrait of many illustrious men, one of his specialties. Forty-five of these models gave rise to the issue of a stamp, including Madame Récamier, who received the philatelic art prize awarded for the first time at the CNEP's autumn show in 1950. He also created a series on symbolist poets (Baudelaire, Verlaine and Rimbaud) who are models of the genre both in the portraits of the poets and in the evocations of their works. Lemagny was elected to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 1949, of which he became the youngest member at age 43.

The Volcano
Mount Pelé (1,397 m - 4,583 ft ) or Mount PElée  (Le Mont Pelé (in french), is an active volcano at the northern end of Martinique, an island and French overseas department in the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of stratified layers of hardened ash and solidified lava. Its most recent eruption was in 1932.  The stratovolcano's 1902 eruption destroyed the town of Saint-Pierre, killing 29,000 to 30,000 people in the space of a few minutes, in the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. ] The main eruption, on 8 May 1902, left only two survivors in the direct path of the blast flow: Ludger Sylbaris survived because he was in a poorly ventilated, dungeon-like jail cell and Léon Compère-Léandre, living on the edge of the city, escaped with severe burns. The volcano is currently active.  On December 6, 2020, The Martinique Volcano Observatory (MVO) has raised Mount Pelee's alert level to Yellow [Restless] from Green [Normal] due to an increase in seismicity under the volcano beginning in April 2019, and observations of tremor last month. As far as is known, this is the first sign of activity since the end of the 1929-32 eruption. This volcano is, of course, highly dangerous, and great vigilance of its activity is required. Whether or not it is going to enter a new eruptive period is currently unknown. According to the MVO press release "The increase in seismicity of superficial volcanic origin (up to 4-5 km below the summit) observed since April 2019, is therefore clearly above the base level characteristic for Mount Pelée.  In April 2019, volcanic seismicity appeared at depth around and under Mount Pelée (more than 10 km below sea level). It could correspond to the arrival at depth of magmatic fluids. Finally, new recorded tremor-type signals were observed on November 8 and 9, 2020: they could correspond to a reactivation of the hydrothermal system. Even if, in the current state of measurements, there is no deformation of the volcano on the scale of the observation network, the appearance, in a few months, of these three different types of seismic signals of volcanic origin shows a clear change in the behavior of the volcanic system, the activity of which is increasing from the base level observed over several decades."

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2022 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau 

MONT DE NYANBO IN VINTAGE STAMPS

VINTAGE STAMPS

Mont de Nyangbo  (575 m-1887ft )

 République de Côte d'Ivoire

The mountain 
Mont de Nyangbo  (575 m-1887ft )  is a mountain and is located in Ivory Coast. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 575 metres. Variant forms of spelling for Mont de Nyangbo or in other languages: Pic de Niangbo, Mont de Niangbo, Mont de Nyangbo, Mont de Niangbo, Mont de Nyangbo, Pic de Niangbo.


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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau 

IZALCO VOLCANO IN VINTAGE STAMPS 1890

VINTAGE STAMPS 1890 

 Izalco Volcano (1,950m - 6,398ft)

El Salvador

In Volcan de Izalco, faro de la America Central, 1 cents stamp, 1890,  

Columbian Bank Note Company 

The volcano
The Izalco Volcano (1,950m -  is the youngest of the volcanoes in El Salvador and one of the youngest in the Americas.   The name of Izalco has its origin in the Nahuatl language (Itshalco) and means: "Place in the obsidian sands or Place in the black sands".
According to the popular version, it originated in the year 1770 when a hole in the skirt of the Santa Ana Volcano began to emit smoke and ashes. However, the historian Jorge Lardé and Larín indicates that its origins go back to March 19, 1722 when "a new crater was formed where it vomited fire, lava and ashes", 1 which made an important eruption in 1745 .
For 196 years the volcano erupted almost ceaselessly, so much that its flames could be seen until the ocean , this gave rise to that it was known with the nickname of Lighthouse of the Pacific . Its activity was such that a cone of 650 meters was formed on the neighboring plain (1,952 msnm), with a crater of 250 meters in diameter. Its last regular eruption occurred in 1958 , although in 1966 it awoke from its inactivity with a small lateral eruption. 2 Since then, there has been a gradual decrease in activity and temperature of its fumaroles.

The stamps
Correos de El Salvador is a dependency of the Ministry of the Interior in charge of offering postal services with national and international coverage. By constitutional mandate, it is up to the Salvadoran State to provide these services by itself or through autonomous institutions, and to monitor this activity when it is provided by private companies.
On March 1, 1867 stamps were mandatory in the country. These stamps were oval in shape and showed the figure of the San Miguel volcano surrounded by eleven stars representing the eleven departments in which the republic was divided at that time.
The Philatelic Society of El Salvador was founded in the city of San Salvador on January 5, 1940, at the initiative of Enrique Patiño, Antonio Pinto Lima and Ciro Rusconi. Patiño was its first president and the first meeting of the society brought together sixteen philatelists. Also in the United States The El Salvador Collectors Club was formed on May 3, 1975, which was incorporated into the Jack Knight Collectors Club, and later changed its name to Associated Collectors of El Salvador .
Both associations joined in 2004 to create the Philatelic Society of El Salvador - ACES , dedicated to the online study of stamps and postal history of El Salvador.
The institution has a quarterly online magazine called El Salvador Filatélico - El Faro.

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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
by Francis Rousseau 

MOUNT LOURA / LADY OF LOURA IN VINTAGE STAMP 1996

VINTAGE STAMPS 1996

Mount Loura  or Lady of Loura  (1,515m - 4,970ft) 

Republic of Guinea

courtesywww.mountainstamp.com/

The mountain 
Mount Loura  (1,515m - 4,970ft) , Fello Loura in the Pular language,  is the northernmost point and highest peak in the Fouta Djallon in northern Guinea. It is 7 km from the prefecture of Mali-ville. 
It is part of a complex of mountains called the Massif de Tamgue, which rises to steep cliffs on three sides, and provides views into Senegal and Mali. It is Locally nick named  Néné Fouta which means Lady of Mount Loura, because of its profile ressembles, at the top of the rock formation, to a woman's face.

TASSILI N'AJJER IN VINTAGE STAMPS

VINTAGE STAMPS (1967-1983)

Tassili n'Ajeer (2,158 m - 7,080 ft)

Algeria- Lybia - Niger  

1 & 2. In Tassili n 'Ajjer,  Algérie 2. 80 and Algérie 0,50  (1983)

3. In Touraegs du Tassili, Postes Algérie, 0,70  (1967)

Courtesy mountainstamps.com

Tassili n'Ajjer (2,158 m - 7,080 ft) literally Plateau of the Rivers) is a heavily eroded sandstone rock formation in the Sahara desert, located on a vast plateau that encompasses southeastern Algeria, western Libya and northern Niger. It features over 300 rock arches, dense clusters of eroded sandstone rock pillars, and steep cliffs and gorges, where water pools permanently at the surface.
Tassili n'Ajjer covers an area of over 72,000 km2 (28,000 sq mi) and stands over 1000 m high with a culminating summit, Adrar Afao, at (2,158 m - 7,080 ft)
The plateau is also of great geological and aesthetic interest, as the panorama of geological formations of "rock forests" of eroded sandstone resembles a strange lunar landscape.
The rock formation is an archaeological site, noted for its numerous prehistoric parietal works of rock art, first reported in 1910, that date to the early Neolithic era at the end of the last glacial period during which the Sahara was an inhabitable savanna rather than the current desert. Although sources vary considerably, the earliest pieces of art are assumed to be 12,000 years old, the vast majority dates to the 9th and 10th millennia BP or younger, according to OSL dating of associated sediments. Among the 15,000 engravings so far identified depicted are large wild animals including antelopes and crocodiles, cattle herds and humans that engage in activities such as hunting and dancing. According to UNESCO, "The exceptional density of paintings and engravings... have made Tassili world famous." The archaeological site has been designated a national park, a Biosphere Reserve (cypresses) and was induced into UNESCO's World Heritage Site list as Tassili n'Ajjer National Park.

DENT DE MAN IN VINTAGE STAMPS

VINTAGE STAMPS

Dent de Man (881m - 2, 890ft) 

République de Côte d'Ivoire

1. In Dent de Man, Série Sites touristiques,  Postes 1992, 25f.  mountainstamps.com

2. In Dent de Man, Serie 9e anniversaire de l'Indépendance, 1969, 30f. mountainstamps.com 

The mountain 

The Dent de Man  (881m - 2, 890ft)  (Tooth of Man) is a granite rock formation that dominates the town of Man, situated in the  west of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Throughout the years, this mountain became a destination for hiking and climbing enjoyed by tourists. The town of Man itself is nicknamed "The city with the 18 mountains", because located in a basin surrounded by a  mountains range. It takes the name of the sacrifice by Patriarch Gbe, chief of canton of Gbêpleu at the end of the 19th century of his daughter named Manie  "who was buried alive in the forest to favor the development of the region". The Dent de Man which actually has two summits, is situated in a very verdant environment with a canopy is very rich in biodiversity. Large evergreen trees are found alongside plantations of coffee, cocoa, cassava, mango, papayas, rice, bananas, rubber trees or palm trees.

HAUBERG MOUNTAINS IN VINTAGE STAMP 1995

VINTAGE STAMPS

 Hauberg Mountains (no elevation data) 

 Antarctica

 In Hauberg Mountains, British Antarctic Territory 1995, 
issued in the series "Geological Formations"
 Courtesy mountainstamp.com

The mountain 

The Hauberg Mountains (75°52′S 069°15′W - no elevation data) are a group of mountains of about 56 kilometres (35 mi) extent, located 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Cape Zumberge and 48 kilometres (30 mi) south of the Sweeney Mountains in Palmer Land, Antarctica.

Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, led by Finn Ronne, and named by him for John Hauberg, of Rock Island, Illinois, a contributor to the expedition.

MOUNT CAMEROON / FAKO IN STAMPS

VINTAGE STAMPS (1972, 1983) 

Mount Cameroon or Fako  (4, 040 m - 13,250 ft) 

Cameroon 

1 In Mont Cameroun en Eruption, 1983 Stamp 70F designed by Louis-Marie Lemana for 

République Unie du Cameroun 

2. In Mont Cameroun et Fleuve Wouri, 1972 Stamp 40F designed by P. Lambert for 

 République Fédérale du Cameroun

 Courtesy mountainstamp.com

The mountain 

Mount Cameroon (4, 040 m - 13,250 ft) is an active volcano in Cameroon near the Gulf of Guinea (Africa). Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako (the name of the higher of its two peaks) or by its native name Mongo ma Ndemi ("Mountain of Greatness"). It is the highest point in sub-Saharan western and central Africa,  the fourth most prominent peak in Africa and the 31st most prominent in the world. It rises from the coast through tropical rainforest to a bare summit which is cold, windy, and occasionally dusted with snow. 

The mountain is part of the area of volcanic activity known as the Cameroon Volcanic Line, which also includes Lake Nyos. More than 100 small cinder cones, often fissure-controlled parallel to the long axis of the massive 1,400-cubic-kilometre (336 cu mi) volcano, occur on the flanks and surrounding lowlands. A large satellitic peak, Etinde (also known as Little Mount Cameroon), is located on the southern flank near the coast. 

Mount Cameroon has the most frequent eruptions of any West African volcano. 

The first written account of volcanic activity could be the one from the Carthaginian Hanno the Navigator, who might have observed the mountain in the 5th century BC. Moderate explosive and effusive eruptions have occurred throughout history from both summit and flank vents. A 1922 eruption on the southwestern flank produced a lava flow that reached the Atlantic coast, and a lava flow from a 1999 south-flank eruption stopped only 200 m (660 ft) from the sea, cutting the coastal highway.  The most recent eruption occurred on February 3, 2012.

English explorer Mary Kingsley, was one of the first Europeans to scale the mountain in 1897.

The peak is frequently ascended by hikers. The annual Mount Cameroon Race of Hope scales the peak in around 4½ hours. Sarah Etonge, who has won the race seven times and is also a tour operator, has become known as queen of the mountain.

Vintage Stamps in Cameroon 
After being colonized by British and by French, Cameroon Became independent in 1960.
The independent Cameroon has issued stamps from 1960 – the first set commemorating independence. After the establishment of the federal republic, when the Southern Cameroons join Cameroon, stamps of Cameroon are, in 1961, overprinted ‘République Federale’ and a face value in the British currency for specific use in the Southern Cameroons. A set inscribed ‘République Federale’ and surcharged in the British currency is issued on 1 January 1962. Subsequent issues are in Cameroon CFA Franc currency only. Since independence, Cameroon has had a modest issuing policy with many issues with themes of national interest and a limited number of issues aimed at the topical collectors market.
General issues about Cameroon Stamps :
- German protectorate (1897-1919)
- French mandated territory (1921-1946)
- French trust territory (1946-1957)
- French trust territory, self government (1957-1960),
- Republic (1960-1961)
- Federal republic of Cameroon (1961-1972)
- United republic (1972-1984)
-  Republic  (984 - Present)

ISMOIL SOMOLI PEAK IN VINTAGE STAMPS

VINTAGE STAMPS (1986, 1997, 2003) 

Ismoil Somoli Peak (7,495m- 24,590 ft)

Republic of Tajikistan  

1. In Pik Kommunisma, 198,  issued USSR, Courtesy mountainstamp.com 

2.  In Pik Ismoil Somoni, Republic of Tajikistan 1997, Courtesy  mountainstamp.com 

3.   In Pik Ismoil Somoni from Moskvin Base Camp, Tajikistan 2003, Courtesy  mountainstamp.com 

The mountain 

Ismoil Somoni Peak (7,495m- 24,590 ft) also called  Pink Kommunizma is the highest mountain in Tajikistan. It is one of the five Snow Leopard mountains. It was within the territory of the former Russian Empire and the former Soviet Union before the area became independent as Tajikistan. 

The official name is nowadays Pik/Peak Ismail Somoni, but the name hasn't stuck and a guess is that it never will. The name of the peak is a little history of itself. It was called Pik Garmo until 1933, when it was changed to Pik Stalin.  In 1962, Nikita Krushchev decided to change the name to Pik Kommunizma. In 1998 the leadership of Tajikistan decided to baptize the peak after the founder of the original Tajik state - Ismail Somoni,  ruler of the Samanid dynasty.
Ismoil Somoni Peak is a huge peak and even though it's surrounded by other high mountains it really dominates the area. It is located in a sub-range of the Pamirs called Akademii Nauk or the Academy of Science Range. The first expedition to the mountain was done in 1932, but wasn't climbed until the year after. The first ascent was made via the east ridge in september 3, 1933. The two summiteers were Eugeny Abalakov and Nikolay Gorbunov.
Source: Summit post.org 

IBN SINA PEAK / LENIN PEAK IN VINTAGE STAMPS

VINTAGE STAMPS

Ibn Sina Peak / Lenin Peak (7,134 m - 23,406 ft)  

Tajikistan - Kyrgyzstan border 

1. In  Pik Lenin, Soviet Union 1986,  

from the series National Sports Committee Intl. Alpinist Camps- Part 1, courtesy mountainstamps.com collection

2. In Pik Lenin, Kyrgystan 2000, 

from the series International Year of Mountains, courtesy mountainstamps.com collection 

3. In Pik Lenin, Tajikistan 2011,  

from the series Old Steam Locomotives, courtesy mountainstamps.com collection  

The mountain 

Lenin Peak (7,134 m - 23,406 ft)  renamed in July 2006 Ibn Sina Peak or Avicenna Peak, rises in Gorno-Badakhshan on the border of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and is the second-highest point of both countries. It is considered one of the easiest 7000 m peaks in the world to climb and it has by far the most ascents of any 7000 m or higher peak on Earth, with every year seeing hundreds of climbers make their way to the summit.  Lenin Peak is the highest mountain in the Trans-Alay Range of Central Asia, and in the Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan it is exceeded only by Ismoil Somoni Peak (7,495 m). It was thought to be the highest point in the Pamirs in Tajikistan until 1933, when Ismoil Somoni Peak (known as Stalin Peak at the time) was climbed and found to be more than 300 metres higher. Two mountains in the Pamirs in China, Kongur Tagh (7,649 m) and Muztagh Ata (7,546 m), are higher than the Tajik summits.

The peak was discovered in 1871 and originally named Mount Kaufmann after Konstantin Kaufman, the first Governor-General of Turkestan. In 1928, the mountain was renamed Lenin Peak after the Russian revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin. In Tajikistan, the peak was renamed again in July 2006, and today it is officially called in Tajik Qullai Abuali ibni Sino or  Ibn Sina Peak or, alternatively, Avicenna Peak after Abu Ali ibn Sina (Avicenna). In Kyrgyzstan, the peak is still officially called Lenin Chokusu (Lenin Peak).  Some sources give Achiktash as the Kyrgyz name for this 7,134 m mountain on the border with Tajikistan, but it seems that Achiktash, or more properly Achik-Tash, is the name of a plateau and a base camp at an elevation of 3,600 m on a popular northern climbing route to Lenin Peak, which starts in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, a day's drive north of the border.

Initial exploration of this part of Central Asia occurred in the period 1774–82. Arguably the first recorded travel through the region is the involuntary journey of the slave Filipp Efremov (an ethnic Russian), who escaped from slavery in Bukhara. He crossed the Fergana valley, then via Osh, the Chigirik Pass and Terekdavan Pass he reached the Kashgar and finally came over the Karakorum. He was the first European who crossed the Alai Mountains.

Scientific expeditions to the Alai Mountains began in 1871, when Alexei Pavlovich Fedchenko discovered the Trans-Alai  Range and its main peak. The first geographical expedition which came nearest to the base of the future Lenin Peak in the early 20th century was arguably the expedition of Nikolai Leopol'dovich Korzhenevskiy.

In September 1928, three mountaineers - the Germans Eugen Allwein and Karl Wien, and the Austrian Erwin Schneider - from a Soviet-German scientific expedition, made the first attempt to reach the highest point of the Trans-Alai Range, which at that time had the name Kaufman Peak. At the time, Kaufman Peak was the highest summit reached by men.

The title Lenin Peak was first applied to the highest point of the Trans-Alai Range in the same year (1928). When it was renamed after Lenin it was believed to be the highest point in the USSR.

On September 8, 1934, Kasian Chernuha, Vitaly Abalakov and Ivan Lukin, three members of a Soviet expedition, reached the summit at an elevation of 7,134 metres (23,406 ft). Their attempt lasted for four days with three camps (5700 m, 6500 m and 7000 m). The expedition started climbing from the Achik-Tash canyon in the Alai valley. The summit attempt itself was started along the Western ice slope of the Lenin glacier. They continued climbing along the North Face, passing the rocks that were later given the name Lipkin's Rocks. At the end of the second day they reached the crest of the NE ridge at an elevation of about 6500 m. During the following day and a half they climbed along the NE Ridge and, utterly exhausted, reached the summit.

 In 1937: the third ascent, when eight Soviet climbers under the direction of Lev Barkhash reached the summit by the same route. This was at the beginning of mass political repressions in the Soviet Union and many of the most prominent Soviet climbers, including Lev Barkhash, were brought to trial.

Subsequent attempts to climb Lenin Peak could not begin until 1950, when the USSR began to recover from the Second World War. On August 14, 1950, twelve climbers (V. Aksenov, K, Zaporojchenko, Y. Izrael, V. Kovalev, A. Kormshikov, Y. Maslov, E. Nagel, V. Narishkin, V. Nikonov, V. Nozdryuhin, I. Rojkov) under the direction of Vladimir Racek reached the summit for the fourth time.

In 1954, the route which now is known as the classic route, via the Razdelnaya Peak and NW Ridge, was first climbed  by the team of Soviet climbers under the direction of V. Kovalev (P. Karpov, E. Nagel, V. Narishkin, V. Nozdryuhin).

In 1989, Jaan Künnap, a decorated Estonian mountaineer, reached the top of Lenin Peak. This marked the first time an Estonian flag was flown at an altitude over 7000 m.

In 1960, a group of eight Soviet climbers made a successful direct climb along the North Face (15.08.1960).

There are 16 established routes, nine on the southern side and seven on the northern slopes. The peak is quite popular with climbers due to its easy access and some uncomplicated routes. However, the peak is not without its share of disasters.

 In 1974, an entire team of eight female climbers died high on the mountain in a storm.

In 1990, an avalanche triggered by an earthquake killed 43 climbers.