Wednesday, April 28, 2010

#227 Uruguay...Thanks Nico!


The two $7 stamp on the top is from 2007 issue of Old Time Professions showing El Afilador (The Sharpener).

The $8 stamp is from 2009 issue of Old Time Professions showing El Verdulero (The Greengrocer).

The $50 triangular stamp is from 2009 Flowers issue depicting Water Hyacinth,which is native to the Amazon basin,but also is an invasive species of plant in Africa,introduced by Belgian colonists to Rwanda to beautify their holdings and then advanced by natural means to Lake Victoria where it was first sighted in 1988.There, without any natural enemies, it has become an ecological plague, suffocating the lake, diminishing the fish reservoir, and hurting the local economies.

The $25 stamp is from 2009 issue of Fruits of Exportation and the $22 stamp is 2000 Christmas issue.

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