When I was a boy a favourite book of mine was -
What has this to do with Argentina you might ask.
Well William's surname was Brown and two of my stamps showed an Argentine personality as Guillermo Brown - I suppose we might call him a celebrity today.
What has this to do with Argentina you might ask.
Well William's surname was Brown and two of my stamps showed an Argentine personality as Guillermo Brown - I suppose we might call him a celebrity today.
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| Argentina - 17 June 1971 |
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| Argentina - 28 October 1956 |
Guillermo lived from 1777-1857; both these stamps appear in 'Pesonalities' series of stamps. He is regarded as the father of the Argentine Navy and he served also on British and American ships.
What I haven't told you was that he was Irish born - as William Brown.
I then discovered that the 100th anniversary of his death was commemorated by stamps from Ireland.
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| Ireland - 23 September 1957 |
For other 'B' stamps you should check out the links provided by others at Sunday-stamps-b starting with a large butterfly.
4 comments:
Hi Bob - enjoyed the info you've given us ... fascinating stamps and loved the Just William cover - cheers Hilary
I'd never heard of him so had to wiki, an amazing life journey from cabin boy to father of the Argentinian Navy.
Amazing to see the surname Brown on an Argentine stamp. Fascinating piece of history. And interesting to see that Ireland used p as an abbreviation for pence versus d used in the UK at that time.
I wan't aware of the existence of this "other" Guillermo Brown! :)
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