This is the second-largest country in South America in area, and the third largest in population.  Argentina has a long, tapered shape and occupies most of the southern part of South America. The Andes Mountains stretch along the country's western border, with a bare, windswept plateau called Patagonia, which extends across the south. A grassy plain, called The Pampa, lies near the middle of the country. Most Argentines are of Italian or Spanish ancestry. Indians--the original inhabitants--make up only a small part of the country's population. Argentina's name comes from the Latin word for silver, argentum, because the first Spanish settlers came to Argentina in search of silver and gold during the 1500's. For almost three hundred years, Argentina was a Spanish colony. It finally gained its independence in the early 1800's.  Argentina began printing its own stamps in 1858.

 

	DATE	SCOTT	Y&T	ARTIST	DESCRIPTION	STAMP
1	01-31-1944	517	437		Stella Maris Issued to commemorate sea week
2	12-22-1951	CB 6	41	Michelangelo  (1475-1564)	The Pieta Surtax as Eva Peron Foundation
3	11-12-1960	722	628		Virgin of Lujan Patroness of Argentina
4	05-12-1962	738	657		Church of the Virgin of Lujan 75th anniversary of the Pontifical Coronation of the Virgin of Lujan
5	12-16-1961	B 38	653	Ana Maria Moncalvo	Flight into Egypt The surtax is for Child Welfare
6	12-16-1961	B 39	654	Ana Maria Moncalvo	Flight into Egypt The surtax is for Child Welfare
7	12-27-1969	917	861	Raul Soldi (1905-1994)	Madonna and Child
8	12-19-1970	949	877	Horacio Gramajo Gutierrez	Nativity
9	12-18-1971	970	909	Horacio Butier	Tapestry in Basilica of St Francis, Buenos-Aires
10	12-15-1973	1011	960		Virgin and Child  Window, La Plata Cathedral
11	12-15-1973	1012	961	Bruno Venier (1914 -	Nativity
12	12-21-1974	1054	994	Raul Soldi (1905-1994)	St Anne and Virgin Mary
13	12-23-1975	1084	1034		Nativity Nueva Pompeia Church
14	12-18-1976	1141	1074	Edith Chiapetto	Nativity
15	12-17-1977	1158	1106		Adoration of the Kings
16	12-16-1978	1226	1160		Virgin and Child San Isodoro Cathedral
17	12-01-1979	1256	1206		Nativity
18	10-01-1980	1284	1230		Madonna and Child Congress Emblem National Marian Congress (Mendoza)
19	11-29-1980	1288	1234		350th anniversary of Apparition at Lujan Lujan Cathedral
20	11-29-1980	1289	1235		150th anniversary of the apparition of Holy Virgin to St. Catherine Laboure Medal
21	12-12-1981	1329	1272		Nativity Window Tucuman Church
22	12-17-1983	1463	1404	Silke	Tapestry
23	12-17-1983	1464	1405		Stained-Glass Window Bariloche
24	12-07-1985	1549	1513	Carlos Cortes	Birth of Jesus
25	12-07-1985	1550	1514	Hector Viola	Nativity
26	10-13-1986	1574	1552	Aniko Szabo (1945	Naif Retable
27	12-05-1987	1610	1609	Alisia Frega	Nativity
28	10-09-1988	1633	1639		Our Lady of Carmen, Cuyo
29	12-17-1988	1637	1656		Fresco in Ukranian Cathedral, Buenos Aires Virgin Patroness
30	12-17-1988	1638	1655		Fresco in Ukranian Cathedral, Buenos Aires Virgin of Tenderness
31	04-22-1989	1644	1663		Jesus encounters his Mother La Quebrada Village San Luis
32	04-22-1989	1645	1664		Our Lady of Sorrows Church of Mumahuaca Jujuy
33	12-02-1989	1675	1705	Maria Carballido	Nativity
34	11-26-1988	B 136	B/F 39		Immaculate Conception A statue in the Isaac Blanco Museum, Buenos Aires

Legend:    SCOTT = Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue issued by: Scott Publishing Co.
                  Y&T = Catalogue Yvert et Tellier
                  B/F = Bloc/Feuillet

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