Stamp 1948 Uruguay MiNr0732 pm B002

Uruguay · 1948 ·

Stamp of Uruguay; 1948; commemorative stamp of the issue "(Unveiling of) Monument to Jose Enrique Rodo"; Meant is the Uruguayian Poet and Writer ("Essayist") of the Moderne with full name: "José Enrique Camilo Rodó Piñero" (1871-1917); stamp motive with the quotation from him "...un gran amor es el alma misma quien ama..." (= "...a great love is the soul itself who loves..."); Depicted is an figures group from the monument for him in Montevideo ("Parque Rodo"). (Main motive on the stamp is a phantasy depiction (right side of the monument) after old-Greek Hellenistic paragon (probably a figures group with the archangel Ariel, creator of this monument: the Uruguayian sculptor José Belloni (1882-1965)); stamp postmarked Stamp : Michel: No. 732; Yvert & Tellier: No. 586; Scott: No. 559 Color : red violet / orange brown Watermark : none Nominal value : 5 Cent. (Céntisimos) Postage validity : from 30 January 1948 date QS:P,+1948-01-30T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1948-01-30T00:00:00Z/11 Stamp size (printed area of a single stamp without signature line): 31.0 x 21.5 mm