BOLIVIA

BOLIVIA.

Map of Bolivia (includes the Bolivian Chaco or Chaco Boreal, claimed by Paraguay).
Stamp issued in 1928.
Face value: 15 centavos of boliviano.
Printing: Engraving
Printed by Perkins, Bacon & Co., London.
Print: 4,000,000 copies.
Size: 27 x 23 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 180.
- Scott No. 191.
- StampWorld No. 192.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 223.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 163.

Paraguay and Bolivia faced each other in the so-called Chaco War (Guerra del Chaco; Cháko Ñorairõ in Guaraní) from September 9, 1932 to June 12, 1935, due to the dispute over the territory of the semi-desert region of the Gran Chaco or Chaco Boreal (Bolivian Chaco for Bolivia), where it was presumed that there were large oil deposits, a presumption that was later proven false. Finally, the Treaty of Buenos Aires, signed on June 12, 1935, awarded three-quarters of the territory to Paraguay and a quarter to Bolivia, thus ending the war. It was the bloodiest interstate military conflict ever fought in South America during the 20th century, between two of its poorest countries; both had lost territory to neighbors in the wars of the 19th century.