Sello Venezuela 1950 – Alonso de Hojeda – 5c Marrón Aéreo Usado

Description

Alonso de Hojeda and map

País:

Venezuela

Serie:

Discovery of Lake Maracaibo, 450th Anniv.

Código de catálogo:

Michel VE 602

Stamp Number VE C316

Yvert et Tellier VE PA310

Stanley Gibbons VE 878

Temas:

Aniversarios y Jubileos | Descubridores | Descubrimientos | Lagos | Personajes Famosos

Fecha emisión:

18-12-1950

Colores:

Marrón

Impresores/Imprentas:

Courvoisier (Helio Courvoisier) S. A.

Formato:

Sello

Emisión:

Correo Aéreo

Perforación:

peine11¾

Impresión:

Fotograbado

Papel:

Granite

Valor facial:

5 c – Céntimo Venezolano

Tiraje:

500.000

Puntuación:

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Descripción:

Lake Maracaibo is a large brackish tidal bay in Venezuela and an “inlet of the Caribbean Sea”. It is connected to the Gulf of Venezuela by Tablazo Strait, which is 5.5 kilometres wide at the northern end. It is fed by numerous rivers, the largest being the Catatumbo. At 13,210 square kilometres it was once the largest lake in South America; the geological record shows that it was a true lake in the past, and as such is one of the oldest lakes on Earth at 20–36 million years old. The first European to discover the bay was Alonso de Ojeda on August 24, 1499, on a voyage with Amerigo Vespucci.

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