MERCOSUR issue on cover from Uruguay

Mercosur, officially Southern Common Market, is a South American trade bloc established by the Treaty of Asunción in 1991 and Protocol of Ouro Preto in 1994. Its full members are Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Venezuela is a full member but has been suspended since December 1, 2016. Associate countries are Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname. Member countries issue MERCOSUR stamps, and this train stamp is issued on 10.10.2017. in Uruguay.


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Cover from Uruguay

I received my first cover from Uruguay, country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. Uruguay is home to an estimated 3.44 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. With an area of approximately 176,000 square kilometers, Uruguay is geographically the second-smallest nation in South America, after Suriname. Stamp on cover is one of two stamps from Mercosur Issue : National Museum, issued on 28.8.2018.

Inside cover was this beautiful minisheet International Conference on Small Bodies of the Solar System, in Montevideo, Uruguay, issued on 9.4.2017.


Thank you Jorge!