El Misti, Peru.
Towers 5,822 m above the city of Arequipa.
Possibly last erupted in 1870.
Most of the eleven questionable eruptions since the 15th century
have been of VEI magnitude 2.
Stamp below (courtesy Lisa Heiman) was issued in 1934
Interestingly, it is postmarked 20th May 1925
Either I'm missing something or post office was a little slow
in getting the correct decade.
Two more stamps from the same series which was issued from
1932 to 1934
The same series overprinted for the Unemployment Fund
The next stamp was issued in 1951 for airmail.
It is overprinted U.P.U 1874-1949
The next souvenir sheet was issued in 2004
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