Tateyama, Honshu, Japan
The third highest mountain in Japan.
A possible eruption is recorded for 1858.
A definite eruption took place in 1839 at Jigoku-dani.
The stamps below were issued as part of 1952-62 air mail postage
They were preceded in 1951-52 by the same stamps with the
value underlined.
(Stamps courtesy of Christo van Zyl)
The following stamp was issued on 10th August, 1972
to commemorate Chubu Sangaku National Park
The following souvenir sheet was issued by Ghana in 2002.
Tateyama is the upper left stamp but occupies most of the
sheet exterior to the stamps.
The following stamp from the International Year of the Mountains
was issued by Uganda in 2002
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