URU - 2015 - #009 - BRIEF DESCRIPTION - SPECIAL POSTMARK: PHILATELIC EXHIBITION "FIN DEL MUNDO"

Uruguay - 2015 - Special Postmark: International Philatelic Exhibition "Fin del Mundo" ( Previous / Next )

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Issue information:

Country: Uruguay
Date: March 23rd, 2015

Cover Type: Official Cover from Post Office
Cover not sent Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]
Cover sent on issue day Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]

Topics:

Brief Description:

A brief description of the Most Popular Topics of this Release are: International Philatelic Exhibition, in particular the one called "Fin del Mundo", in English, "End of the world", named this way as it is held on Río Grande City, in Tierra del Fuego, a small city in the Southest part of Argentina Country, near the South Pole.

Then, looking more at the desing of the Issue, clearly Lighthouses and Navigational Aids Topics appears, as a Stylized Lighthouse takes most of the Philatelic Exhibition Logotype Design.

Regarding the Stylized Lighthouse included in the design, allthough not named, it surely refer to Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse (the French name "Les Éclaireurs" means "the Enlighteners" or "the Scouts"), a Slightly conically shaped lighthouse standing on the northeastern-most islet of the five or more Les Eclaireurs islets, which it takes its name from, located at 5 Nautical mile east of Ushuaia in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, southern Argentina. This Lighthouse is a popular Tourist attraction, reached on short boat tours from Ushuaia. It is known to the Argentines as the Lighthouse at the End of the World (Faro del fin del mundo), although that name is misleading. The lighthouse is often confused with the San Juan de Salvamento lighthouse on the east coast of the remote Isla de los Estados, made famous by Jules Verne in the novel The Lighthouse at the End of the World, which is actually much further east.

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