Gate Of The Sun Bolivian Stamps ??

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Hi, these were issued in 1960 with surcharges. The set was not regularly issued w/out surcharges, value for full set of 18 w/out surcharges is $47(2006).Scott#433-50.

http://www.sismondostamps.com/World...Bolivia.html

"Bolivian postage stamps are a classical illustration of the problems caused by irregularities in production and the impact of large-scale inflation. Bolivia was one of the South American countries that made efforts to commemorate pre-Columbian times in the images used on the stamps; the "Gate of the sun" set of nineteen stamps was authorised in 1926 to commemorate Bolivia's independence. The stamps were engraved and printed in Germany, and on learning that the stamps had been sold without permission in Europe, the authorities ordered the rest to be locked in a bank vault where they remained for thirty-five years; when eventually they were released in 1960, inflation had caused havoc to Bolivia's currency and they needed to be surcharged, sometimes to 10,000 times their original denomination "

(from Wiki)

Thank you very much

The full surcharged set that was released in 1960 (Sc 433-50).

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Those are neat stamps..like the design..to bad you didn't get them

These were printed (lithograph) in 1925 by E. Moster y Cía, A.G. Penkalawerke in Berlin to conmemorate 100 years of independece. Arthur Posnansky arranged the printing in exchange of 3% of the emission, came across legal trouble before the stamps enterend ciirculation so they were put into storage.

In 1960 the majority wer overcharged and put into circulation. Some of them have had additional overcharges for philatelic expositions, and similar events.

The series with overcharge has one less value than the series with overcharge.

If you place them together and add some stamps to the top row you can form the gate of the sun mosaic.