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In 1961 the President of Italy, Giovanni
Gronchi, visited Argentina, Uruguay and Peru. In order to commemorate
that visit Italy issued a set of three stamps, showing a map of South
America, the Atlantic Ocean, and Europe and Africa, with an airplane
flying from Italy to South America on April 4, 1961. The high value,
Scott Catalog Number 834a, showed a map of Peru which was drawn
incorrectly on rose lilac. Peru complained that the "Amazon triangle,"
the territory granted to Peru in 1942 was not included in
Peruvian territory on the map. The map was withdrawn the same day.
A corrected design was
issued two days later with a violet color.
Because it was withdrawn
so quickly and very few stamps were issued, the Scott catalog gave the
redrawn stamp the primary number with the error getting the
subordinate number.
In the same set, the L. 170 value showing the territory
of Argentina shaded, does not include Tierra del Fuego, part of which
is claimed by Argentina, nor does it show the Falkland Islands, also
claimed by Argentina. No correction was made for this stamp.
Australia 283
The southern half of the
map is night and the northern half is in daylight, but day and night
would divide vertically not horizontally.
Greece 586
The area in the circle
includes Greece, the Aegean Sea and the western part of Turkey. The
meridian and parallel that cross in the middle of the Aegean Sea 25°E
and 39°N. The land areas should be moved down to the lowest
parallel on the globe, and rotated to the east approximately 45°. As
it is, it appears that Greece and Turkey are almost at the Arctic
Circle, which seems to pass through the Dardanelles, and the Black Sea
appears to empty into the Arctic Ocean.
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