When Eva Peron died at age 33 the postal system issued a whole series of stamps bearing her likeness..and decreed that no other stamps would be sold for 1 year ! The order went out in postal channels that clerks had to be extremely careful not to cancel the face of Evita under severe penalties ! When Peron fell in September 1955 the Evita stamps were still in circulation..and some cancellations with dates after September 1955 show a deliberate attempt to cancel the stamp squarely on Evitas face !
Posted 02/08/2011 7:48 pm
