1400 Bolivianos - Miguel de Cervantes 1590-1960


1400 Bolivianos - Miguel de Cervantes 1590-1960
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : Bolivia Airmail stamp.
Imaginary portrait of Miguel de Cervantes as no official authenticated portrait
Back in Spain, Cervantes spent most of the rest of his life in a manner that contrasted entirely with his decade of action and danger. He would be constantly short of money and in tedious and exacting employment; it would be 25 years before he scored a major literary success with Don Quixote. On his return home he found that prices had risen and the standard of living for many, particularly those of the middle class, including his family, had fallen. The euphoria of Lepanto was a thing of the past. Cervantes's war record did not now bring the recompense he expected. He applied unsuccessfully for several administrative posts in Spain's American empire. The most he succeeded in acquiring was a brief appointment as royal messenger to Oran, Algeria, in 1581. In vain he followed Philip II and the court to Lisbon in newly annexed Portugal.
Face value 1400 bolivianos
Catalog code (Michel) BO 658
Catalog code Stamp Number BO C230 Yvert et Tellier BO PA211 Stanley Gibbons BO 724
Stamp colour Grey green / Olive brown
Stamp use Airmail stamp
Print run 1000000
Issue date 13/10/1961
Print technique photogravure
Printed by Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre
Perforation 13
Height 33.00 mm
Width 33.00 mm
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