Postal history and stamps of Chile – Wikipedia
Chile’s postal history begins in 1748. This year the first monthly postal transports between the Chilean capital Santiago de Chile and Buenos Aires begin. In 1766 a city was given its own stamp for the first time. Letters from Valparaíso were with the stamp at that time Balparaiso Mistake. Since then, the postal system has been steadily expanded by the Spanish occupiers, until Chile finally became independent of Spain on September 11, 1811 and finally established itself as an independent nation in 1818.
In 1840, the Chilean post “Correos de Chile” begins with regular letter transport across the country. Packages were soon promoted. Ten years after the first South American country, namely Brazil, had dismissed stamps, the Chilean Post also decided to introduce postal marks. On July 1, 1853, the first Chilean stamps were finally available on the postal switches.
The first two Chilean stamps from July 1, 1853 showed a portrait of the Spanish seafarer Christopher Columbus on their brand. The two values for 5 and 10 Centavos (100 Centavos corresponded to 1 peso) were still printed in England. The first post stations that the brands used in 1853 were Valparaíso and Santiago. The two freest brands were still spent unspoken.
According to the law, the Chilean stamps from 1853 to 1910 were only allowed to contain portraits by Christopher Columbus. However, this law was handled by telegraph brands from 1904, the reason was the lack of low -quality postal signs. The only exception to the Columbus portrait has been the duties, as well as postage and telegraph brands since 1880.
Most of the Übersee-Post from 1865 to 1881 was sent by English postal agencies. For this purpose, British stamps were provided with a bar stamp in the ports Valparaíso, Caldera and Coquimbo. The French consulate mail with the Valparaíso stamp also falls during this period.
Peruvian brands were printed out in the saltpetry war from 1879 to 1881. Stamps (including Chilean) with stamps from the occupied areas are traded with considerable surcharges.
On April 1, 1881, Chile joined the World Post Association (UPU).
The first flight mail transport began on January 1, 1919 from Santiago de Chile to Valparaíso and was carried out by the pilot Clodomiro Figueroa with his Morane-Saulnier MS-35 carried out. In 1927 the first air post brands Chile were spent, these were Testart Used on the Santiago – Valparaíso used.
On April 8, 1957, the Chilean Post issued the first package post tax stamps. The first postal stamp was issued in 1970, followed by the Pinochet era. Chile has again had a freely elected president as head of state since 1990.
Today Chile practically only prints machine brands. However, special brands can be commissioned by financially strong interested parties. These special brands with very small runs are traded very expensive.
This collection area is one of the exotic for philatelists, there are only a few specialists in this area.
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