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The Kaieteur Water Falls Guyana
BRITISH GUIANA 1931 FALLS PICTORIAL 4c..FIRST DAY COVER Complete cover with special First Day slogan handstamp.
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Brirish Guiana Kaieteur Waterfalls Postage Stamp Issued in the Year 1898 2c & 10c
Stanley Gibbions No (SG): 217 & 220 : American Scott No : 153 & 155
CROWN COLONY of BRITISH GUIANA 153 (Stanley Gibbons Catalogue 217 ) July 18, 1898
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Issue Kaiteur Waterfalls
Two Cents Indigo and Brown White Wove Paper with "Crown and CC" Wtmk (W1)
Perforated 14.0 x 14.0 , Engraved Printing ,Thomas De La Rue Co, London.
The Kaieteur Falls is located in the Keiteur National Park ,which is claimed by Venezuela. It is two-hundred and twenty-six meters in size. The Keituer Falls is five times higher than the Niagara falls. It is also two times the height of the Victoria Falls. The Keituer is one of the most powerful waterfalls in the world.
It is 226 meters (741 feet) when measured from its plunge over a sandstone cliff to the first break. It then flows over a series of steep cascades that, when included in the measurements, bring the total height to 251 meters (822 feet).
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Scott No : 209 Issue Date 21-Jul-1931 Denomination 1$
Stanley Gibbons : 287
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