France: Pyrénées

The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain. It separates the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of continental Europe, and extends for about 491 km from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea.

For the most part, the main crest forms a massive divider between France and Spain, with the microstate of Andorra sandwiched in between. The Crown of Aragon and the Kingdom of Navarre have historically extended on both sides of the mountain range, with smaller northern portions now in France and larger southern parts now in Spain.

There's a lot of old nice stamps on this cover:

Famous Frenchmen: Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), issued on 14.02.1970.
Famous Frenchmen: Général Delestraint (1879 - 1945), issued on 16.10.1971.
Famous Frenchmen: Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736-1806), issued on 22.05.1961.
Famous Frenchmen: Pierre Puget (1620-1694), issued on 22.05.1961.
Stained glass window of St. Madeleine Church at Troyes, issued on 09.09.1967.
Tapestry Lurçat "The moon and the bull", issued on 21.11.1966.


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