80 Cent 2000 - Libertad (Argentine)


80 Cent 2000 - Libertad (Argentine)
Added by Bart Perdieus
General Description : ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a steel hulled, full rigged, class "A" sailing ship which serves as a school vessel in the Argentine Navy. One of the largest and fastest tall ships in the world, holder of several speed records, she was designed and built in the 1950s by the Río Santiago Shipyard, Ensenada, Argentina. Her maiden voyage was in 1961, and she continues to be a training ship with yearly instruction trips for the graduating naval cadets as well as a traveling goodwill ambassador, having covered more than 800,000 nautical miles (1,500,000 km) across all seas, visited about 500 ports in more than 60 countries, and trained more than 11,000 navy graduates.
Face value 80 Cent
Catalog code (Michel) NL 1807
Catalog code (Scott) NL 1054a
Catalog code Yvert et Tellier NL 1777 Stanley Gibbons NL 2036 AFA number NL 1805 NVPH NL 1909 Unificato NL 1777
Stamp colour multicolour
Stamp use Mini-sheet stamp
Issue date 21/08/2000
Designer Robert Nakata
Print technique Offset lithography
Printed by Joh. Enschedé
Perforation comb 13¼ x 12¾
Height 26.00 mm
Width 37.00 mm
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