CUBA.
Cuba and Jamaica islands in a map of Ortelius (1572).
Second value in a set of 4, issued on 12.11.1973.
Face value: 3 cents of Cuban peso.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 1926.
- Scott No. 522A. (?)
- StampWorld No. 1930.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2083.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1726.
Abraham Ortelius (Antwerp, April 14, 1527 - June 28, 1598), also written as Oertel, Orthellius or Wortels, was a Flemish geographer and cartographer. Together with Mercator, he is the father of Flemish cartography. In 1575 he was appointed geographer to Felipe II of Spain, a position that allowed him access to the knowledge accumulated by Spanish and Portuguese explorers. His best known work is the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (published in Antwerp on May 20, 1570), considered the first modern atlas. Its first version contained 70 maps: 56 for areas of Europe, 10 for Asia and Africa, and one for each continent.
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