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title: 'Día de la Dignidad Nacional: Recuperación de La Brea y Pariñas (Peruvian stamp, 2.50 soles)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/peru-dia-dignidad-nacional-brea-parinas-stamp-1969/
description: '2.50-sol stamp: a bare-chested man holds a staff and a model oil derrick before a large Peruvian flag, with a map of the oilfield area beside the…'
section: Collection
---

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# Día de la Dignidad Nacional: Recuperación de La Brea y Pariñas (Peruvian stamp, 2.50 soles)

2.50-sol stamp: a bare-chested man holds a staff and a model oil derrick before a large Peruvian flag, with a map of the oilfield area beside the derrick, under the heading 'Día de la Dignidad Nacional' and the date 9 October 1968. The tell: a state commemoration of an expropriation is fused with the national flag and the abstract word 'dignity', so the stamp asks the holder to feel the oil takeover as the nation's honour rather than as an economic measure with costs and terms.

## Text on the object

Original (Spanish) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
DIA DE LA DIGNIDAD NACIONAL
PERU
RECUPERACION
DE LA BREA Y
PARIÑAS
D.L. Nº 4
S/. 2.50
9 OCTUBRE 1968
I.N.A.
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
DAY OF NATIONAL DIGNITY
PERU
RECOVERY
OF LA BREA AND
PARIÑAS
D.L. No. 4
S/. 2.50
9 OCTOBER 1968
I.N.A.
```

'S/.' is the sol de oro. 'D.L. Nº 4' is Decree-Law No. 4 of 9 October 1968. The meaning of 'I.N.A.' (below the design) is not stated on the stamp.

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