PARAGUAY.
International bridge over the Paraná River, between Paraguay and Brazil.
Fourth stamp in a set of 5, issued on 26.01.1961.
Face value: 0.75 Paraguayan guaraní.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Printed by Casa de Moneda de Chile.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 872A.
- Scott No. 575.
- StampWorld No. 908.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 894.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 591.
Known
as the International Friendship Bridge (Spanish: Puente Internacional de la
Amistad; Portuguese: Ponte Internacional da Amizade) it was built
between 1959 and 1965 over the Paraná River, and
connects the cities of Foz do Iguaçu
(Brazil) and Ciudad del
Este (Paraguay). It is 552.4 m (1,812 ft) long and 78 m (256 ft) high. It
was officially inaugurated on March 27, 1965 by the presidents of Paraguay, Alfredo Stroessner,
and of Brazil, Humberto
de Alencar Castelo Branco.
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