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#494 Argentina 11/04/08
Filed under: Argentina, fauna, flora | Tags: *stamps, Argentina, cover, flowers, rose, seashells, UPAEP
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Thank you, Viviana, for sending this nice cover! It was posted in Buenos Aires on April 8 and arrived on April 19, 2011.
The stamp set on the left commemorate the shells Trophon geversianus, Epitonium fabrizioi, Odontocymbiola magellanica, Calliostoma militaris. The stamps were issued on August 23, 2008.
The right stamp commemorates the Argentinan newspaper “El Cronista”.
The bottom stamp was issued on September 27, 2008. It is the UPAEP (Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal, more info here) stamp and commemorates Argentina’s National Flower Festival. It depicts the flowers Gerbera, Gardenia, and Rose.
Argentina 2008/03/20
Filed under: Argentina | Tags: Argentina, Pre-Columbian, registered
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Registered cover from Argentina, posted in Buenos Aires on March 20, 2008.
The stamps depict several artefacts of Pre-Columbian cultures. The left stamp shows a death mask of the Tafí culture, the middle stamp depicts a ceremonial axe of the Santa María culture, and the right stamp shows ceremonial clothing of the Puna region in Argentina.
