Argentina Seebeck Issue, 1c Brown, José de San Martín
Argentina · 1892 · 1c (Argentine centavo)
This stamp features a portrait of General José de San Martín, a key figure in South America's struggle for independence from Spain. The design is typical of the Seebeck issues, characterized by its simple yet elegant portraiture and typography. These stamps were printed by the Hamilton Bank Note Company in New York as part of a controversial contract to supply several Latin American countries with postage.
The Seebeck issues were part of a deal where Nicholas F. Seebeck provided stamps to countries like Argentina for free, in exchange for the rights to reprint and sell the demonetized stamps to collectors. This practice, active in the 1890s, flooded the philatelic market and remains a point of debate among collectors.
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