August 2018 - Sneak Peek

accessed by a 15-minute walk or by a vigorous trek through
native vegetation harboring diverse bird life. Mona monkeys
are sometimes spotted in the trees. Picturesque Annandale
Falls cascading from a mountain stream may be
reached by a short walk through lush vegetation.
ed
in the northern part of
stamps [Figure 12]. The
crater lake on the sum-
La Soufriere (a name frequently
used in the Caribbean)
is best approached
on a challenging climb
through plantations and
the rain forest. After remaining
dormant since
violently in 1979. The
spectacular Salt Pond and includes a
bathing area of tidal pools continually
washed by waves and surrounded by
volcanic rocks. It has now been developed
into a popular recreation park very
-
Figure 12. St.
Vincent, Scott 230,
233 and 238.
are two volcanic rock columns
rising from the sea.
– is precipitous and dif-
– is less steep and more
featured on 1½p and 3p
-
no acknowledgment anywhere
ist
operator who was amazed
when shown a scan of the stamp.
He hadn’t heard of the falls and
vestigate
the library archives in
from the open sea.
Time to travel north to St. Lucia
well-known attraction – The Pitons –
Figure 13. St. Lucia,
Scott 122 and 100
Stamps for Tourism
Countries that have in recent years issued postage
stamps specifically aimed at tourism, especially
natural wonders, include Iceland, Canada and Thailand.
This Canada stamp (above), depicting a majestic
peak at Nááts’įhch’oh National Park Reserve in
Northwest Territories, was issued this year as part of
a set of nine.
The stamp from Iceland was issued in 2012, the
second year of its Tourist Destinations series; this
one shows the Aldeyjarfoss waterfall, Scott 1293.
A 2008 stamp from Thailand shows Phu Khao
Hin Pakarang, the coral mountain. It is part of a
miniature sheet of 10, Scott 2368. (The rocks, by the
way, are not colored blue; they are gray in normal
natural daylight.)
AUGUST 2018 / AMERICAN PHILATELIST 757