CHILE

CHILE.

Tribute to Chiloé and its five centenary cities.
Map of Chiloé Archipielago.
Airmail. Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 07.10.1968.
Face value: 1 Chilean escudo.
Printed by Casa de Moneda de Chile.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 2,500,000 copies.
Size: 31 x 44 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 688.
- Scott No. C283.
- StampWorld No. 667.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 601.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 248.

The Chiloé Archipelago (in Spanish: Archipiélago de Chiloé) is a group of islands found off the coast of Chile, in the Los Lagos Region. It is separated from mainland Chile by the Chacao Channel in the north, the Gulf of Ancud in the northeast, and the Gulf of Corcovado in the southeast. The islands form the province of Chiloé. The main island is Chiloé. The total area of ​​the archipelago is 9,181 km² (3,545 sq mi), and its population, in 2012, was 167,659 people. The first European to arrive on the island was the Spanish Francisco de Ulloa in 1553, and in 1567 it was conquered for Spain by Captain Martín Ruiz de Gamboa who was leading an expedition of 110 Spaniards. Gamboa named the islands Nueva Galicia (New Galicia) in honor of the place of origin of Rodrigo de Quiroga, who as governor had organized the expedition. Chiloé was the last Spanish possession in Chile. That it was not abandoned by the colonizers until 1826.