Country - Iceland
Stamp issue date - 22 July, 2010
Printing Process - Offset Litho
What's special - Volcanic
ash silk screen printed
Denomination - 50g
The volcanic events in Eyjafjallajökull which
started in March 2010 are considered to be a single eruption divided into
different phases. The first phase started on March 20 with a relatively small
eruption on Fimmvörduháls. Additional localised disruptions continued for a few
weeks. Beginning on April 14th the eruption entered a second phase, creating an
enormous ash cloud that led to the closure of most of Europe's
IFR airspace for a few days - the highest level of air travel disruption since
the Second World War. This phase resulted in an estimated 250 million cubic
metres of ejected tephra with the ash plume rising to a height of approx. 9
kilometres. Thick layer of ash fell on some Icelandic farms and pastures,
making it very difficult to continue farming, harvesting or grazing livestock.
Hundreds of farmers and their families in the worst affected areas had to be
evacuated. By 21 May 2010, the second eruption phase had died down, indicating
that the volcano had become dormant again.
My stamp was sourced from Iceland Post.
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