Postage stamps and postal history of Chile

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Chile has produced stamps for national use since 1853.^[1] The first stamps of Chile were inscribed Colon Chile.^[2]

In 1894, Chile was one of the few countries to issue a stamp for the Avis de réception service.^[3]

References

^ Stamps of the World. Stanley Gibbons. 2004. p. 632.
^ Blank, Gerhard (1989). Chile first issues of postage stamps 1853-1867. London: Royal Philatelic Society of London. ISBN 978-0-900631-21-4.
^ Challenge of acknowledgment of receipt stamps is use on cover by Janet Klug, linns.com, 13 May 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2013. Archived here.