Popper Mining Tools 10c carmine-rose

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US$7

From Tierra del Fuego's very first stamp issue, January 1891.

ConditionMint never hinged, perforated

CatalogueSG 1

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Issue background

In the icy wilderness where Argentina and Chile meet the sea, the remote island of Tierra del Fuego issued just one stamp, ever. Created in 1891 by Romanian explorer Julius Popper, this privately produced stamp wasn’t a government issue but a practical solution for his isolated gold mining camps. Printed…

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