Postage stamps and postal history of Chile
Chile has produced stamps for national use since 1853.[1] The first stamps of Chile were inscribed Colon Chile.[2]
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First 1853 issue
1912 stamp of Bernardo O'Higgins
In 1894, Chile was one of the few countries to issue a stamp for the Avis de réception service.[3]
See also
- List of people on stamps of Chile
References
- Stamps of the World. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. p. 632.
- Blank, Gerhard (1989). Chile first issues of postage stamps 1853-1867. London: Royal Philatelic Society of London. ISBN 978-0-900631-21-4.
- Challenge of acknowledgment of receipt stamps is use on cover by Janet Klug, linns.com, 13 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013. Archived here.
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