Saturday, August 29, 2015

The Putorana plateau | Russia


Putorana Siberia
Postcard
One Penny Black StampThe Putorana plateau is a stunningly beautiful landscape, located in the northern part of Central Siberia. It is a complex of high flat-topped mountain massifs divided by deep and wide stepped canyons.

The part of the plateau inscribed on the World Heritage List harbours a complete set of subarctic and arctic ecosystems in an isolated mountain range, including pristine taiga, forest tundra, tundra and arctic desert systems, as well as untouched cold-water lake and river systems. (source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1234)

Stamp
The 175th Anniversary of the World's First Postage Stamp - One Penny Black (issue 2015).

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