The philatelic bureau of
Switzerland has successfully tried their fantastic idea to get new motives for
their stamps created by the popularly known entertainers like actors,
musicians, singers etc. who are not outspoken artists, but also those who have
developed talents to draw and to paint! For example Stephan Eicher is a
musician. He has painted a colourful map of Africa, but when held up-side-down
it looks very much similar to Matterhorn! (Fig.8 & 9). In fact the base of
Matterhorn comprises sedimentary rocks (chalk limestone, shale) and ocean
crustal rocks (green rocks) from what used to be the bed of primeval “Tethys”
Sea, while the………….
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