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A 1910 stamp of Cuba. The Cuban government of the República de Cuba issued stamps from its inception in 1902 until Fidel Castro assumed control on January 1, 1959. The first issue was on September 30, 1902. There were no stamps yet printed by Cuba, but they had many of the little used 3¢ allegory stamps of 1899.
The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (Spanish: Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal; Portuguese: União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal; UPAEP) is a regional association of the postal authorities in Latin America, portions of the Caribbean, the United States, Canada, Spain, and Portugal, and is headquartered in Montevideo.
Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., S.M.E. [a] (lit. ' State Postal and Telegraph Company ' ), trading under the name Correos ( Spanish pronunciation: [koˈreos] ⓘ , "packages"), is a state-owned postal service and courier for Spain and Andorra , the latter bilateral with French-equivalent La Poste .
Garcia, Richard J.M. Looking Back: Anecdotes and Stories about the Gibraltar Post Office 1886-1985. Gibraltar: Gibraltar Philatelic Society, 1985 90p. Garcia, Richard J.M. and Edward B. Proud. The Postal History of Gibraltar 1704-1971. Heathfields: Proud-Bailey Co. Ltd., 1998 ISBN 1-872465-10-2 592p. Hine-Haycock, William. Posted in Gibraltar.
The Strait of Gibraltar [1] is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa. The two continents are separated by 7.7 nautical miles (14.2 kilometers, 8.9 miles) at its narrowest point. [ 2 ]
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The establishment of Correos de Costa Rica gained momentum with the Costa Rican constitution of 1824, which mandates that the Congress of the Republic must open roads and carry posts and general mail. On December 10, 1839, via government decree, the first rulebook for mail was drafted and the “Servicio Nacional de Correos” was created. [2]
Stamps in Spain are distributed and sold by the Spanish postal service known as the Correos y Telégrafos, and beginning in 2001 officially a governmental corporation, the Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., S.M.E. [1] [2] Since 2011 the corporation and its subsidiaries are known as the "Grupo Correos". [3]