COSTA RICA

COSTA RICA.

Centennial of the annexation of Nicoya, Guanacaste.
Map of Guanacaste Province.
First stamp in a set of 7, issued on 16.07.1924.
Face value: 1 cent. of Costa Rican colón.
Printing: Lithography.
Printed by American Bank Note Co., New York.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 120.
- Scott No. 129.
- StampWorld No. 128.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 149.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 126.

Nicoya is currently a canton in the province of Guanacaste (northwest of Costa Rica, next to the border with Nicaragua), populated by about 25,000 people. On July 25, 1824, after 185 years of autonomy, the Nicoya district, made up of Nicoya, Santa Cruz and the town of Guanacaste (now Liberia), decided to annex the State of Costa Rica, which had proclaimed its independence in September. from 1821.