Irazu volcano, Costa Rica
The highest volcano in Costa Rica at 3432 m
At least 10 satellitic cones are located on its southern flank
No historic lava flows, all historic eruptions have been explosive.
An eruption of VEI magnitude 3 occured in 1963.
Stamp below courtesy of Lisa Heiman
The next two stamps were issued in 2004 and 2005.
They differ in the name of the printer, Gozaka S.A. and LIL
S.A.
Below is an example of an ATM
Automatenmarken (from the German, automated mark)
Produced by the Spanish Company EPELSA for Costa Rica
They are thermal self-adhesives.
The ATM includes the machine number, the name of the city
or postal office, the date and the face value.
(courtesy Stephanie Jay)
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