ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA.

Rocket launch from Argentine Antarctica.
Stylized map of the Antarctic territory claimed by Argentina, and "Centauro" rocket.
Airmail stamp issued on 19.02.1966.
Face value: 27.50 Argentine pesos.
Printed by Casa de Moneda, Buenos Aires.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 35 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 858. (?)
- Scott No. C105.
- StampWorld No. 923.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA112.

Argentina claims the sector of Antarctica between meridians 74°W and 25°W, parallel 60°S and the south pole as one of its geographical regions and as an integral part of its territory (administratively, for Argentina the area is part of the province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and the South Atlantic Islands). This sector is partially overlapped, between the South Pole and the Antarctic peninsula (Tierra de San Martín in the official Argentine cartography), with the eastern area of the sector claimed by Chile (Chilean Antarctic Territory) and totally with the sector claimed by the United Kingdom (British Antarctic Territory). Argentine Antarctic claims are based on historical and geological considerations, of continued Argentine human presence since 1904, and of proximity to continental Argentina. The exercise of Argentine sovereignty over Argentine Antarctica becomes effective in all aspects that are not limited by the signing of the Antarctic Treaty in 1959. The estimated area of the so-called Argentine Antarctica is 1,461,597 km², of which 965,314 km² correspond to the mainland.