MEXICO

MEXICO / MÉXICO.

50th anniversary of the Pan American Institute of Geography and History.
With a small map of the American continent.
Airmail. Last stamp in a set of 3, issued on 21.07.1978.
Face value: 4.30 Mexican pesos.
Design: J. C. León.
Printing: Photpgravure.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 40 x 24 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 1599.
- StampWorld No. 1649.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1447.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 478.

The Pan American Institute of Geography and History (Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia, IPGH) is an international organisation dedicated to the generation and transference of knowledge specialized in the fields of cartography, geography, history and geophysics. The institute was created on February 7, 1928, during a conference held in Havana, and it was established to be the host Mexico City. The Institute signed an agreement with the Organization of American States and became a specialized organization of the OAS. It publishes the Revista Cartográfica, Revista Geográfica, Revista de Historia de América, and Revista Geofísica (semestral frequency); Boletín de Antropología Americana, and Revista de Arqueología Americana y Folklore Americano (annual publications).