EL SALVADOR.
Commemoration
of the centenary of Chalatenango department, February 14, 1855-1955.
Map of
Airmail. Sixth stamp in a set of 9, issued on 14.09.1956.
Face value: 20 cents of Salvadoran colón.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London.
Size: 43 x 28 mm.
Catalogues
- Michel No. 781.
- Scott No. C175.
- StampWorld No. 830.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1106.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 157.
The department of Chalatenango (Shalatenan in the Nahuat-Pipil language) is located in the north of the Republic of El Salvador and on the border with Honduras. Its area is 2017 km² (779 sq mi) and in 2018 its population was about 275,000 inhabitants. It was legally founded on February 14, 1855. In pre-Columbian times it was populated by Lenca tribes, who in the 15th century were subdued by Pipiles from Cuzcatlán. Apparently, upon the arrival of the Spaniards, three ethnic groups lived there: Pipiles, Chortis and Lencas.
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