US 2016 Columbia River Gorge ; Imperf. $22.95x10 Scott. 5041aMS


US 2016 Columbia River Gorge ; Imperf. $22.95x10 Scott. 5041aMS


Series: American Landmarks Expedited Service Rate

Stamp details: Columbia River Gorge

Issued date: 17-01-2016 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: $22.95x10

Emission: Definitive (Priority Mail Express)

Format: Full Pane

First Day City: Washington, D.C.

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 5041aMS ?

Printer: Banknote Corporation of America

Printing Method: Offset printing in sheets of 150, with 15 panes of 10

Stamp Colors: Multicolor

Perforation: Imperforate

Gum type: Self-Adhesive

Themes: Landscape, Rock hill, River

Description:- The Columbia River Gorge is a canyon of the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Up to 4,000 feet (1,200 m) deep, the canyon stretches for over eighty miles (130 km) as the river winds westward through the Cascade Range, forming the boundary between the state of Washington to the north and Oregon to the south.[1] Extending roughly from the confluence of the Columbia with the Deschutes River (and the towns of Roosevelt, Washington, and Arlington, Oregon) in the east down to the eastern reaches of the Portland metropolitan area, the water gap furnishes the only navigable route through the Cascades and the only water connection between the Columbia Plateau and the Pacific Ocean. It is thus that the routes of Interstate 84, U.S. Route 30, Washington State Route 14, and railroad tracks on both sides run through the gorge.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_River_Gorge