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Issue information:
Country: Uruguay
Date: July 22nd, 2014
Printed: 15.000 copies
Stamp Shape and Size: Rectangular [39 mm. x 27 mm.]
Perforation: Circular
Gum: Water Activated
Block Configuration: 25 stamps [5 x 5]
Block Shape and Size: Rectangular [Unknown]
FDC Type: Official Cover from Post Office
FDC not sent Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]
FDC sent on issue day Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]
Cover Shape and Size: Rectangular [240 mm. x 160 mm.]
Catalogue information:
Michel: No Data Available
Ivert: No Data Available
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available
Topics:
Issue:
As Main Topic: I think Geography is the most representative, also History could be, and Centenaries too.
Then, more in particular it Geography of Uruguay, Cities of Uruguay, and the City of Tranqueras itself, that in the stamp issue day began to be a Centenary City, and of course History of Uruguay too as a concretization of the wider History Topic..
Then, surrounding the main topic, could be found the followings: The Rivera Department, a department of the northern region of Uruguay, that has an area of 9,370 km2 (3,620 sq mi) and a population of 103,493, and whose capital city name is also Rivera, because Tranqueras City is located in that department.
Bridges and Rivers, could be another topics for this release, as during the first decades of the 19th century the area was known as Paso de Tranqueras because of the homonymous Bridge over the Tacuarembó Grande river.
Another Topics that emerges from Tranqueras City History are: Trains, Railways, France, and Personalities, because French Marcos Bourré donated to the state some land for the construction of a Railway Station. The arrival of the Railway became the birth point of a village which grew rapidly with hotels, stores and small industry. This cause that, on July 22nd of 1914 it was declared a "Pueblo" (village) by the Act of Law Nº 5.107, and on October 15th of 1963, its status was elevated to "Villa" (town) by the Act of Law Nº 13.167, and finally, on December 13th of 1994, its status was elevated to "Ciudad" (city) by the Act of Law Nº 16.667.
Now, regarding the desing of the stamp: Besides reinforcing the Topic Geography showing a Landscape of Tranqueras City, it also add two complete new topics.
The first are Geology or Earth Science, by showing a Plateau in the background, surely one from the Sierra "Cuchilla Negra", that is nearby the city.
And the second is quite obvious, as the Head of this Animal takes the focus of the stamp, so Fauna or Animals, more precisely Birds or Flightless Birds, and in particular Greater Rhea or Rhea americana, also named Grey Rhea, Common Rhea, or American rhea, and Ñandú in Guaraní and Ema in Portuguese.
One of two species in the Genus Rhea, in the Family Rheidae, the Greater Rhea is endemic to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It inhabits a variety of open areas, such as Grasslands, Savanna or Grassy Wetlands. Weighing 50–55 pounds (23–25 kg), the Greater rhea is the largest bird in South America. In the wild, the Greater Rhea has a life expectancy of 10.5 years, It is also notable for its reproductive habits, and for the fact the that a group has established itself in Germany in recent years.
The Greater Rhea derives its scientific name from Rhea, a Greek Goddess, and the Latinized form of America. It was originally described by Carolus Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, Systema Naturae under the name Struthio camelus americanus. He identified specimens from Sergipe, and Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, in 1758. They are from the Family Rheidae, and the Order Struthioniformes, commonly known as Ratites. They are joined in this order by Emus, Ostriches, Cassowaries, and Kiwis, along with the extinct forms Moas, and Elephant birds.
Rhea, as the Greek Goddess, is the Titaness daughter of the earth goddess Gaia and the sky god Uranus and Sister and Wife to Cronos in Greek mythology. In early traditions, she is known as "the mother of gods" and therefore is strongly associated with Gaia and Cybele, who have similar functions. The classical Greeks saw her as the mother of the Olympian goddesses and gods, but not as an Olympian goddess in her own right. The Romans identified her with Magna Mater (their form of Cybele), and the Goddess Ops.
The design of the stamp, besides other components of a Countryside Landscape, like Woods, Trees, Bushes, and a Farm House, it also add the Flag of the City of Tranqueras, so Flags Topic is included in the release too.
The design of the Flag resembles the first "Tranquera", Farm Gate in english, that gave name to this city, and it was selected, with over 60% of the votes, in August of 2011, as the winner of the design creation of Tranqueras flag. This design is the work of Miriam Darin, a plastic artist from Tranqueras, and it cames the official Flag of Tranqueras since November 30th of 2011 by an act of Law of the Departament Goverment of Rivera.
Finally, in a more symbolic way: besides that all Centenaries, specially in a Country relatively young as it is Uruguay, reinforces the History, and in this case the Uruguayan History, Topic, I think that the selection of the Greater Rhea as the main element of the stamp design, put the stamp focus on Fauna or Animals, and also in Ecology, and in particular the Care of Extintion Threatened Animals, as the Greater Rhea is in the Near Threatened category, in The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List, the World's most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of biological species. Then, also the almost wild environment shown in the stamp reinforces the focus of the release in Ecology Topic.
Block:
The block: Only reinforces the Flags Topic, and could be also a very peculiar Doors or Gates, and an even peculiar and precise Farm Gates, as the Flag of the City of Tranqueras is the icon used to show the ink colours used in the printing of the stamps.
FDC:
The desing of the First Day Cancelation: Is the Logotype selected to promote the Centenary of the City of Tranqueras.
By the design of this Logotype, it adds to the release the Sun, with it Stars and Astronomy Topics, also introduce Mountains and not just Plateaus as the stamp does, and reinforces the Farm Gates and Trees topics, with the particulary that that for the last one, it is clearly shown one particular type of Tree, that is the Pine-Tree, that are Conifer Trees, in the Genus Pinus, and in the Family Pinaceae, that is the only Genus in the Subfamily Pinoideae.
If you consider that there are another topics in this stamp, that were not spot in this review, you are encouraged to telling me about them, so please do not hesitate to post a comment. I would appreciate your help very much.
