Cover #12 - Argentina - 15/11/2010

Viviana Cernjul, from Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina, sent me this First Day Cover. It was issued on September 25th, because of the World Philatelic Exhibition Portugal 2010. I liked both the stamps and the postmark, it's nice!

Thank you very much Viviana!

Cover #7 - Argentina - 27/10/2010

My good friend Carlos from Santa Fe, Argentina, sent me this cover with two stamps. This stamps are part of the issue about the 2010 Portugal International Expo.

The first one shows Querandí's Lighthouse, located in Buenos Aires province, whereas the second one shows Santa María's Lighthouse, located in Cascais, Lisboa, Portugal.

Thank you Carlos!

Cover #3 - Argentina - 06/09/2010

Stamp:

• $1,50 200th Aniversary of the creation of the Gazeta de Buenos Ayres

Thanks Nicolás

Cover #2 - Argentina - 06/09/2010

Stamp:

• $ 0,75 Punta Delgada Lighthouse

Punta Delgada Lighthouse

It's a lighthouse located in Punta Delgada, at Península Valdez, Argentina.

The construction started in September 1904, under the supervision of the Section of Hidrography, Lighthouses and Markers of Argentina, and the direction of the Frigate Lieutenant Pablo Garcia and the Lighthouse Mechanic Guillermo Cray.

It's a conical tower, made of brick-red masonry, with a guerite and a household. This lighthouse is 14 meters high. Originally, it had a white light, a battery with two bronze tanks for compressed air and petrol, and a Barbier third order device.

Source:

Servicio de Hidrografía Naval - Argentina (spanish)

Thanks Carlos