ARGENTINA

ARGENTINA.

Definitive stamps.
El Nihuil Dam.
Eighth stamp in a set on 12, issued on 04.05.1956.
Face value: 3 Argentine peso moneda nacional.
Design: Renato Garrasi (1915-1990).
Engraving: Volumnio Cerichelli.
Printed by Casa de Moneda de la Nación, Buenos Aires.
Printing: Recess.
Size: 37 x 26.

Catalogs
- Götig and Jalil No. 1050.
- Gz (Celogiloza) No. 720.
- Michel No. 627.
- Scott No. 638.
- StampWorld No. 649.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 874.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 548A.

The El Nihuil dam, in the course of the Atuel river (a tributary of the Desaguadero river), in the south of the province of Mendoza, is made of simple concrete and a triangular profile, and is 315 m (1,033.4 ft) long. Its construction began in 1942 and was officially inaugurated on January 11, 1948. It forms the reservoir of the same name, 1,325 m (4,347 ft) above sea level. The 9,600 ha reservoir, inaugurated in 1947, serves both for irrigation and electricity generation, and also for tourist, recreational and sports activities.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).