People We Only Know From Stamps
There are two classes of historic figures:
- folks that 'everybody' seems to hear about, sooner or later, eg, Abraham Lincoln;
- folks about whom only stamp collectors (and locals) will ever know
Allow me to introduce people who ...
a) are not Mexican, and
b) are not friend or family to Mexicans, and
c) have not traveled well in Mexico, and
d) do not collect Mexico ...
... to Jesus Garcia,
the hero of Nacozari, a guy so (justifiably) famous in Mexico that you cannot walk a dog without stopping at one of his statues.
Quote:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C..._Garc%C3%ADa ... Jesús García Corona (13 November 1881 – 7 November 1907) was a Mexican railroad brakeman who died while preventing a train loaded with dynamite from exploding near Nacozari, Sonora, in 1907. As el héroe de Nacozari he is revered as a national hero and many streets, plazas, and schools across Mexico are named for him.
http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/...-of-nacozari ... to go beyond-the-wiki
Our stamp (Michel MX 1078) was issued on the 50th anniversary of his death, in 1957, at the airmail rate.
http://www.danstopicals.com/cahill.htm ... "the words at the bottom of the stamp, Talleres de Imp. De Est. y Valores Mexico is "Workshops for the Printing of Postal Stamps and Stocks." a/k/a TIEV
His ride:
Where they buried his boot:
Q/ What historic figures do you (could you) only know from stamps?
Cheers,
/s/ ikeyPikey
Posted 10/06/2015 12:07 am
