ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA.

Taking of possession of the Malvinas Islands by Argentina in 1820.
Argentine frigate "Heroína" and small map of Malvinas (Falkland) Islands.
Stamp issued on 24.04.1976.
Face value: 6 Argentine peso ley.
Design: From a painting of Emilio Biggeri (1907-1977).
Printed by Casa de Moneda, Buenos Aires.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 1,000,000 copies.
Size: 29 x 67 mm.

Catalogues
- Götig and Jalil No. 1711.
- Gz (Cefiloza) No. 1263.
- Michel No. 1268.
- Scott No. 1131.
- StampWorld No. 1292.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 1514.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 1050.

On November 6, 1820, the American colonel at the service of the United Provinces of the River Plate, David Jewett, commanding the frigate Heroína, carried out in Puerto Soledad (now Port Louis) the takeover of the Malvinas Islands (now British Falkland Islands) and raised the Argentine flag on behalf of the Government of those United Provinces, which was the name of Argentina used at that time. The islands remained under the possession of the United Provinces until the British occupation in January 1833. The archipelago was sighted for the first time in 1520 by Esteban Gómez from the San Antonio ship of the Spanish expedition of Ferdinand Magellan. British historiography maintains, however, that the islands were discovered by John Davis in 1592, a disputed claim.