Don't Stamp for Me Argentina

September 19, 2008 1:10 PM

Your average every day basic 5 Centavo Argentinian stamp question.

What year/provenance is this 5 Centavo Argentinian stamp? What if anything is significant/known about the symbology thereon?

posted by felix to Society & Culture (2 answers total)

Best answer: That is an 1899 Liberty Seated issue, in use between 1899 and 1909. Liberty is a big theme in Argentina; the Himno Nacional begins: "Oid mortales el grito sagrado: Libertad, libertad, libertad!"
posted by languagehat at 1:47 PM on September 19, 2008

Response by poster: Thank you very much mr. hat!
posted by felix at 2:44 PM on September 19, 2008