ARGENTINA - 1858: 5 centavos red postage stamp depicting Coat of Arms. First postage stamp of Argentine. Symbolical of the Argentine Confederation, the last predecessor state of modern Argentina; its name is still one of the official names of the country according to the Argentine Constitution. It was the name of the country from 1831 to 1852, when the provinces were organized as a confederation without a head of state. The governor of Buenos Aires Province (Juan Manuel de Rosas during most of the period) managed foreign relations during this time


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 × 3500px
Location: Argentina
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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