PARAGUAY

PARAGUAY.

Vindication of the Boreal Chaco.
Map of Paraguayan Chaco.
Stamp issued in 1936 (1935?).
Face value: 1.50 Paraguayan pesos.
Printing: Typography.
Size: 37 x 41.5 mm.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 404.
- Scott No. 324.
- StampWorld No. 426.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 442.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 334.

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 northern 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.