Linn’s Stamp News reports: 1927 six-pointed star overprints hint at Bolivia’s political past Stamps of Latin America — By Thomas P. Myers Beginning in 1919, with Scott 118, Bolivia initiated a series of definitive stamps featuring the coat of arms of Bolivia. At first, the stamps were printed by the American Bank Note Co.; then…
Tag: Chaco War
Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, unsung hero
Jorge Espinoza writes in El Diario: Bernardino Bilbao Rioja, unsung hero Bernardino Bilbao Rioja was a prominent personality in the political-military sphere in Bolivian history. Born in Arampampa, Potosi, May 20, 1895. At 17, he entered the Military Academy of the Army in the city of La Paz, before being awarded a scholarship to Chile,…
A wonderful exhibition: “Masamaclay”, history of the Chaco War
El Diario reports: “Masamaclay”, history of the Chaco War The different perceptions of a war, in this case the Chaco that faced Bolivia and Paraguay are the leitmotif of the exhibition entitled “Masamaclay” which brings together the work of 16 Bolivian artists selected by the curators, Helena Malatesta of Paraguay with Joaquín Sánchez and José…
A Bolivian hero: Froilan Tejerina, defender of our frontier.
Interesting story provided by: “On February 24 and 25, 1927 the Bolivian sergeant Froilan Tejerina entered the pages of history. This is part of the story. The Tarija hero, near the Sorpresa Bolivian fort, met with a patrol of the Paraguayan army that had entered Bolivia. [this event took place before the Chaco War,…
Bolivian Thoughts 