Iquique

Chilean stamps used along the route of the conquering army and postmarked with the names of the towns occupied are much sought after by specialists.

These postmarks include Arica, Cajal, Iquique, Lima, Paita, Pisagua, Pisco, Tacna, ICA, etc.

And so the stamp collector may turn over the pages of his stamp album and point to stamp after stamp that marks for him some development of art, some crisis in a country's progress, some struggle to be free, or some great upheaval amongst rival powers.

In fact, every stamp issued by a country is, more or less, a page of its history.

Chilean stamps used along the route of the conquering army and postmarked with the names of the towns occupied are much sought after by specialists.

These postmarks include Arica, Cajal, Iquique, Lima, Paita, Pisagua, Pisco, Tacna, ICA, etc.

And so the stamp collector may turn over the pages of his stamp album and point to stamp after stamp that marks for him some development of art, some crisis in a country's progress, some struggle to be free, or some great upheaval amongst rival powers.

In fact, every stamp issued by a country is, more or less, a page of its history.