ARGENTINA - 1899: 2 centavos slate postage stamp depicting the allegorical composition - a young woman, symbolizing Liberty, sits on the shore of the morning ocean, over which the sun rises. Liberty holds a heraldic shield with elements of the national coat of arms of Argentina. The ancient Roman goddess Libertas was honored during the second Punic War by a temple erected on the Aventine Hill in Rome. When depicted as a standing figure, she usually holds out, but never wears, a pileus, the soft cap that symbolised the granting of freedom to former slaves
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. 100 Centavos = 1 Peso (1858, 1992). 100 Centavos = 1 Austral (1985). This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image
Size: 3000px × 3600px
Location: Argentina
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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