ARGENTINA - 1892 October 12: 5 centavos dark blue postage stamp depicting Christopher Columbus fleet — "Santa Maria", "Nina" and "Pinta". Discovery of America, 400th anniversary. Spain sponsored a major exploration led by Italian explorer Christopher Columbus in 1492; it quickly led to extensive European colonization of the Americas
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World of Stamp / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4100 x 3100 px | 34.7 x 26.2 cm | 13.7 x 10.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 December 2022Location:
ArgentinaMore information:
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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