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U.S. #4053
Mount Washington
Wonders of America
Mount Washington
Wonders of America
Issue Date: May 27, 2006
City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 204,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: Serpentine die cut 10 ¾
Color: Multicolored
City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 204,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: Serpentine die cut 10 ¾
Color: Multicolored
Located within the Presidential Range of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Mt. Washington is the highest peak in the northeast at 6,288 feet above sea level. On April 12, 1934, a wind gust of 231 miles per hour was recorded on Mount Washington. It is the maximum wind gust ever recorded on land that was not associated with a tornado or hurricane.
Mount Washington’s climate rivals Antarctica, with hurricane-force winds that occur about every three days and an average annual temperature of 26.5 degrees. The weather observatory atop the mountain measured a record-setting minus 47 degrees Fahrenheit and wind chills as low as minus 120 degrees. Snowstorms occur every month of the year. More than 100 people have died on the mountain. Most deaths have been caused by hypothermia and other weather-related conditions.
The summit shimmers under a coating of rime ice. This feathery type of ice is formed as the supercooled water droplets in fog freeze as they hit the windward side of structures.
The Mount Washington Cog Railway has transported thousands of visitors to the summit since 1869. It is the only railroad in the world whose entire run is built on a trestle and the second-steepest railway on earth.
U.S. #4053
Mount Washington
Wonders of America
Mount Washington
Wonders of America
Issue Date: May 27, 2006
City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 204,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: Serpentine die cut 10 ¾
Color: Multicolored
City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 204,000,000
Printed by: Avery Dennison
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforation: Serpentine die cut 10 ¾
Color: Multicolored
Located within the Presidential Range of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Mt. Washington is the highest peak in the northeast at 6,288 feet above sea level. On April 12, 1934, a wind gust of 231 miles per hour was recorded on Mount Washington. It is the maximum wind gust ever recorded on land that was not associated with a tornado or hurricane.
Mount Washington’s climate rivals Antarctica, with hurricane-force winds that occur about every three days and an average annual temperature of 26.5 degrees. The weather observatory atop the mountain measured a record-setting minus 47 degrees Fahrenheit and wind chills as low as minus 120 degrees. Snowstorms occur every month of the year. More than 100 people have died on the mountain. Most deaths have been caused by hypothermia and other weather-related conditions.
The summit shimmers under a coating of rime ice. This feathery type of ice is formed as the supercooled water droplets in fog freeze as they hit the windward side of structures.
The Mount Washington Cog Railway has transported thousands of visitors to the summit since 1869. It is the only railroad in the world whose entire run is built on a trestle and the second-steepest railway on earth.