#Uruguay
Notable Uruguayan women – professor and politician Belela Herrera
FindYourStampsValue.com is glad to inform that Uruguayan Post has released a special stamp to commemorate the notable woman of the country – Belela Herrera. The stamp was issued and put into circulation on the 6th of March. Maria Bernabela " Belela" Herrera Sanguinetti, is a professor and political Uruguayan was vice chancellor of Uruguay between 2005 and 2008. Besides being mother of five childre
Special stamp issue on occasion of the 135th anniversary of the Gallego Center
According to info got by FindYourStampsValue.com Uruguayan Post launched on the 10th of September a special commemorative stamp on occasion of the 135th anniversary of the Gallego Center. The event took place at the auditorium of the Centro Gallego de Montevideo and was attended by the Director of the National Post Office, Dr. Esc. Pablo Arretche, and other honorable guests. Dr. Esc. Arretche Paul
Notable Women – Luisa Cuesta commemorated by Correo Uruguayo
Correo Uruguayo issued a stamp to honor Luisa Cuesta, tireless fighter for human rights, who was looking for her missing son for nearly 40 years. At her 93, a commemorative stamp was launched to commemorate her perseverance in the struggle for human rights. For almost 40 years, Luisa Cuesta was looking for her son, Nebio Melo, disappeared during the dictatorship. Tireless activist for human rights
Spring 2012 stamps by Uruguay
The Correo Uruguayo has issued a set of stamps illustrating the specimen of Uruguay's wildlife represented by the Red-crested Cardinal, the Vermilion Flycatcher, the Rufous-chested Plover, the broad-snouted caiman, the La Plata dolphin or Franciscan, the Carpenter bee, The Rococo Toad. The stamps were illustrated by Professor Elbio Arismendi.
World Blood Donor Day stamp by Uruguay
The new stamp issued by Correo Uruguayo is dedicated to the World Blood Donor Day 2012 officially celebrated in Seoul. "Every blood donor is a hero" is the theme chosen by the WHO for the 2012 edition in Seoul. The objectives pursued by the organization are: to convince those who do not donate and strengthen self-esteem of people who donate blood, encouraging them to do so regularly, build a new w
New stamps in honor of Frederic Chopin
Uruguay has launched a philatelic sheetlet in honor of the bicentennial from the birth of Frederic Chopin. Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage. He was one of the great masters of Romantic music. Throughout his life the musician composed: seventeen polonaises, fifty seven mazurkas, two Concertos for piano and orchestra, three Piano Sonatas, four Ballades, fo
