Uruguay - 2012 - Heritage Day, Language of Uruguayans
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SERIE --- 1,10 EUR
FDC not Sent --- 2,20 EUR
FDC Sent on First Day --- 8,00 EUR
COVER Sent on First Day --- 6,00 EUR
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Issue information:
Country: Uruguay
Date: September 27th, 2012
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 Size]
FDC Shape and Size: Rectangular [165 mm. x 105 mm.]
Cover Shape and Size: Rectangular [221 mm. x 161 mm.]
Catalogue information:
Michel: No Data Available
Ivert: No Data Available
Scott: No Data Available
Stanley & Gibbons: No Data Available
Topics:
Issue:
The main topic of this stamp is the commemoration of the Heritage Day.
The Heritage day is an anual commemoration usually celebrated in October, in which many historical buildings are opened for visitors, and also multiple events take place on that day to make more available the national heritage to citizens and tourists.
Every year one subject is chosen to be the Heritage Day main theme. As in 2012 the motif was Language, the post office decided to honor the indigenous, the natives of Uruguay, because of his contribution of many words to the spanish dialect spoken in this country. The word "Uruguay" itself is a native word that means: "Bird's river" or "Snail's River".
Also honored in this stamp is Aníbal Barrios Pintos, an historian born in Minas, a city in Lavalleja, Uruguay, on November 8th of 1918, that dedicated his life to the study of the people of Uruguay, and published over 10 books, including: "Los aborígenes del Uruguay - Del hombre primitivo a los últimos charrúas" in which he talk about uruguayan indigenous. He passed away on June 1st of 2011.
Then, to show the native people, an sculpture is used. This sculpture was performed by three uruguayan sculptors: Edmundo Prati, Gervasio Furest Muñoz y Enrique Lussich, and is called "Los Charruas", that is the name of the native people more associated to the uruguayan culture.
The sculpture is made of bronce, over a basement of pink granite, and shows who are remembered as the last Charruas: Senacua Senaqué, Vaimaca Pirú, María Micaela Guyunusa with a little girl in her lap, and Laureano Tacuabé Martínez.
Finally, another topics that could be considered are: For Astronomy, The Sun, as the logo of the Heritage Day, the Tie, for clothes, and perhaps the gray hair or white hair.
FDC:
The Cancelation of the FDC includes in his design only a Typewriter, the one which Aníbal Barrios Pintos used to write his books.
Although not confirmed, the Typewritter shown in the First Day Cancelation, is the Hermes Baby.
And Hermes, was an Olympian God in Greek Religion and Mithology, then identified with the Roman God Mercury, in both cases being the patron of the Commerce.
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.
