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ARGENTINA - 1890: 2 centavos violet postage stamp depicting portrait of Santiago Derqui. Santiago Rafael Luis Manuel José María Derqui Rodríguez was president of Argentina from March 5, 1860 to November 5, 1861. He was featured on the 10 australes note, which is now obsolete. Derqui accepted the revised national constitution with the changes that would favour Buenos Aires, and named the country República Argentina. This and other unpopular policies towards the rest of the country provoked a general discontent in the provinces that led to the Battle of Pavón
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: 2900px × 3500px
Location: Argentina
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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