Mexico 1960 Airmail - Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

Mexico · 1960 · 80c

This airmail stamp features a portrait of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Roman Catholic priest and a leader of the Mexican War of Independence. Known as the 'Father of the Nation', his image is rendered in a classic engraved style, typical of definitive issues of the era. The stamp was part of a series honoring national heroes.

Issued in 1960, this stamp commemorates the 150th anniversary of the beginning of Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain, which Hidalgo initiated with his famous 'Grito de Dolores' in 1810.