Postage stamps and postal history of Peru: Difference between revisions
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[[File:SM-Peru-1871.jpg|right|thumb|A [[commemorative stamp]] from 1871, one of the first in the world]] |
[[File:SM-Peru-1871.jpg|right|thumb|A [[commemorative stamp]] from 1871, one of the first in the world]] |
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'''[[Peru]]''' declared independence from Spain in 1821 and decisively defeated colonial forces at the Battle of Ayacucho in 1824. |
'''[[Peru]]''' declared independence from Spain in 1821 and decisively defeated colonial forces at the Battle of Ayacucho in 1824.<ref>{{cite book|title=Stamps of the World Volume 3|publisher=[[Stanley Gibbons]]|date=1955}}</ref> |
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Peru began using lithographed stamps in 1857 that initially were provided by the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Most copies of Peru's PSNC stamps in circulation are forgeries. |
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Around 1860 Peru acquired a French-made device (the so-called "Lecoq" press) that was used to print, emboss and cut imperforate stamps from paper strips. The commemorative stamp illustrated to the right was one of the last Peru produced on this rare machine. |
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For a catalogue used by collectors to classify early Peruvian (imperforate) stamps, see [[Lamy (and Rinck)]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Georges Lamy and Jacques-André Rinck|title=Perou: étude des obliterations postales sur les émissions de 1857 a 1873|publisher=Self-published, trilingual, 330 copies printed|date=1955}}</ref> |
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For a catalogue used by collectors to classify early Peruvian (imperforate) stamps, see [[Lamy (and Rinck)]]."' |
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<ref>{{cite book|title=Stamps of the World Volume 3|publisher=[[Stanley Gibbons]]|date=2004|page=807}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[http://www.peru-philatelic-study-circle.com Peru Philatelic Study Circle] |
*[http://www.peru-philatelic-study-circle.com Peru Philatelic Study Circle] |
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*http://www.scribd.com/doc/45713930/El-Trencito-Peru-V3-5 |
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Revision as of 01:52, 21 February 2012
Peru declared independence from Spain in 1821 and decisively defeated colonial forces at the Battle of Ayacucho in 1824.[1]
Peru began using lithographed stamps in 1857 that initially were provided by the Pacific Steam Navigation Co. Most copies of Peru's PSNC stamps in circulation are forgeries.
Around 1860 Peru acquired a French-made device (the so-called "Lecoq" press) that was used to print, emboss and cut imperforate stamps from paper strips. The commemorative stamp illustrated to the right was one of the last Peru produced on this rare machine.
For a catalogue used by collectors to classify early Peruvian (imperforate) stamps, see Lamy (and Rinck).[2]
References
- ^ Stamps of the World Volume 3. Stanley Gibbons. 1955.
- ^ Georges Lamy and Jacques-André Rinck (1955). Perou: étude des obliterations postales sur les émissions de 1857 a 1873. Self-published, trilingual, 330 copies printed.
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