Soufriere, Guadeloupe
Not to be confused with Soufriere Hills, Montserrat or Soufriere
St Vincent.
The volcano has yet to cause fatalities, its last eruption
being in 1976 with a VEI of 2.
The stamps below were issued in 1905 in typo.
(stamps courtesy of Stephanie Jay)
The next stamps were issued in 1949, a bit more colorful
The philatelic cover illustrated below was issued to commemorate
the 20th anniversary of the Mt. St. Helens eruption but has stamp issued
by France April 12th 1997.
(courtesy Jean-Paul Raynal)
Stamp below, issued October 19th, 1957 below shows volcano
partially hidden by palms.
Same image with change in color and value, issued on Feb 10th,
1959
Postcard below was sent in 1985, it shows volcano in 1976
(courtesy Lisa Heiman)
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