Komaga-Take, Hokkaido, Japan.
One of the most volcanically active of the northern Japanese
volcanoes.
It's 1640 eruption was the largest in Japan in historic time
with a VEI of 5.
Most recently it erupted in November of 2000.
More information concerning the volcano can be found at Volcano
World.
The first day cover illustrated below was issued September
15th, 1961
Also seen on the next stamp issued May 25th 1973
A better view of the volcano is provided by the next stamp
issued by the "dune state" of Ras Al Khaima.
The stamp is dated for Sapporo 1972.
(courtesy of Lisa Heiman)
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