Monday, 1 October 2018

Wood and Wood Paper Stamps - Update

Category - Touch
Subcategory - Stamps made from different material - Wood

Spain 2018 Discoverers of Oceana - Alvaro de Mendaña y Neira Wood Stamp Sheet



Issue date : 13 September 2018

Alvaro de Mendaña y Neira was born in Congosto, province of León in 1541. He is known as the discoverer of the Solomon Islands in 1568, the archipelago of the Marquesas.

The stamp, printed on wood paper, belongs to the Oceania Discoverers series, and shows a portrait of the discoverer and a drawing of the Solomon Islands and the Marquesas. Australia and New Zealand also appear.

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