ARGENTINA - 1955: 20 pesos dull violet postage stamp depicting Mount Fitz Roy (Monte Fitz Roy, Cerro Chalten, Cerro Fitz Roy) is a mountain in Patagonia, on the border between Argentina and Chile. It is located in the Southern Patagonian Ice Field, near El Chalten village and Viedma Lake. It was first climbed in 1952 by French alpinists Lionel Terray and Guido Magnone. The mountain is the symbol of the Argentine Santa Cruz Province, which includes its representation on its flag and its coat of arms
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: 4629px × 5830px
Location: Argentina
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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