Uruguay’s 2021 stamps and cancels are interesting. I like a country that offers lots of cancels to chase and Uruguay scratches that itch. Not only does Correo Uruguayo issue a postmark for each stamp, they have a couple of special cancels. Cataloging them was fun 😎.
Many of the links I’ve posted are not in English, but that shouldn’t be an obstacle for any collector. I have an app installed that translates automatically for me. I highly recommend every stamp collector do the same. Yes, the translations are often wonky, but they are useable.
Lots of histories of the country abound on the internet, but I’m not sure how good many are. I’m taking a trip to the Reference Library next week to find some good books. If I find one I like, I’ll share it with you. In the meantime, if you have a good book or site to share, please drop me a note in the comments. I’m sure other stamp collectors would as thrilled.
But, what about Uruguay’s 2021 stamps?
I forgot how magical Uruguay’s first stamps are. The famous “Diligencia” and later “Montevideo Suns” don’t get nearly the universal admiration they should. A unique set of stamps for the 1800s.
Diligencia – October 1, 1856
Topics for this year include quite a few strong women who have made a difference, endangered bees, the Olympics, the Lunar New Year and yes penguins. We have penguins.
30th Anniversary of the First Antarctic Naval Mission souvenir sheet
And cancels?
Lots of choice when it comes to cancel hunting. The best? This quirky beast by Álvaro Rodríguez.
Es Mercat Restaurant and Bar
I know it’s for a restaurant and I’m pretty sure it’s this one Es Mercat – The best fish restaurant in Montevideo – Guru’Guay (guruguay.com). The cancel falls under the category of “special postmarks”, which is something like Germany’s “self-promotion postmarks”, cancels that are sponsored by businesses or organisations. No stamp is issued with them, so finding the cancels takes a lot of effort. This one? Oh it would so worth having.
The best official cancel comes with the Beneficial Insects stamp by Daniel Pereyra.
Beneficial insects cancel
The detailed clover leaves make this a great one.
I am looking forward to the rest of the year. On to the 2021 collection.
Uruguay’s 2021 stamps for January
Lunar New Year – Year of the Ox
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
Designer: Daniel Pereyra
See all Year of the Ox stamps
Release date: January 2, 2021
February
20th anniversary of Communications Services Regulatory Unit
Special cancel
URSEC regulates and controls telecommunications and postal services in Uruguay
Designer: Alvaro Rodríguez
Release date: February 23, 2021
50 years of Unity – Broad Front
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 25
Designer: Alvaro Rodriguez
Release date: February 4, 2021
March
Susana Sienra
Notable Women Series
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
Designer: Eduardo Salgado
Release date: March 8, 2021
San José Technical School – María Espínola Espínola
Notable Women Series
1 stamp, FDc, cancel, sheet of 8
María Espínola – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The rich history of the Uruguayan Public School. The dawn of Rural Public Education: Teacher María Espínola Espínola (fumtep.edu.uy) – This 10 page pdf explores Espínola’s life and her philosophy about education.
«… Learning should be done whenever possible, practically, and all practical work needs your laboratory. The laboratory of the rural school must be nature, which presents itself before it abundant, economical and beautiful.” (Spinola, 1922:132)
Designer: Gabriel Casas
Cartoonist: Mary Porto Casas Portal Candombe – information, history, news, news, photos and videos, among others, of Candombe del Uruguay
Check this brief video with Mary Porto Casas. I must be getting better at understanding Spanish. I could follow this with my meagre abilities. Enjoy.
Release date: March 18, 2021
May
100th Anniversary of Uruguayan Fencing Federation
3 stamps, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
Designer: Daniel Pereyra
Release date: May 27, 2021
July
110 years of the National Commission of Physical Education
Special postmark
Designer: Gabriel Casas
Release date: July 7, 2021
Dr. Adela Reta (1921-2001)
Notable Women Series
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
… Reta left her memory as “lawyer, government minister, Red leader, as a sensitive woman, direct in the word and simple in the proceedings, but being at the same time a clear democratic reference of this country.” At the age of 79, Adela Reta died on Tuesday – Noticias Uruguay, LARED21 Diario Digital (lr21.com.uy)
Designer: Osvaldo Leita
Release date: July 9, 2021
Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 25
Designer: Alejandro Muntz
Release date: July 14, 2021
It’s Mercat
special postmark
For the Mercat Restaurant and Bar in Montevideo.
Designer: Álvaro Rodríguez
Release date: July 26, 2021
100th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations with Japan
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
Designer: Alejandro Muntz
Release date: July 27, 2021
MERCOSUR Issue – Beneficial Insects
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
Designer: Daniel Pereyra
Release date: July 29, 2021
August
30th Anniversary of Talice Reserve and Ecopark
1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel
Designer: Sebastian Perez Lamela
Second cancel designer: E.S.C
Release date: August 11, 2021
150th Anniversary of Clean Water Supply in Montevideo
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 10
Designer: Martin Azambuja
Release date: August 17, 2021
Manuel Espinola Gomez (1921-2003)
1 stamp, FDC, cancel, sheet of 25
You can see some of his artwork here Manuel Espinola Gómez | Artnet
Designer: Alvaro Rodriguez
Release date: August 19, 2021
30th Anniversary of the First Antarctic Naval Mission
1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, FDC, cancel
Designer: Eduardo Salgado
Release date: August 30, 2021
Uruguay’s 2021 stamps for September
César Cortinas, Luis Sambucetti, Ramón Rodríguez Socas – National Composers
3 stamps, FDC, cancel, sheet of 9
César Cortinas | The Classical Composers Database | Musicalics
“Elegía” by César Cortinas (1890-1918)
Sambucetti, Luis (Nicolás) (1860–1926) | Encyclopedia.com
Introduction to St. Francis of Assyes by Luis Sambucetti.
I haven’t found satisfactory video for Socas yet.
Designer: Eduardo Salgado
Release date: September 1, 2021
Heritage Day: José E. Rodó
1 stamp, cancel
Designer: Álvaro Rodríguez
Release date: September 23, 2021
95 years of the Philatelic Club of Uruguay
Special postmark
Designer: Club Filatélico del Uruguay
Release date: September 25, 2021
Club Atlético Peñarol – 130 Years of Glory
1 stamp, cancel
Designer: Estudio Güin (armed Lic. Gabriel Casas)
Release date: September 28, 2021
Centenary of the Birth of Dr. Roberto Caldeyro-Barcia
1 stamp, cancel
Designer: E.S.C. (Eduardo Salgado)
Release date: September 29, 2021
October
150 years of the Rural Association of Uruguay
1 stamp, cancel
Designer: Mary Porto Casas
Release date: October 3, 2021
Xacobeo 21-22
2 stamps
XACOBEO 21·22 (consejojacobeox21.es)
Designer: Alejandro Muntz
Release date: October 18, 2021
30 years of Mercosur
1 stamp
The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR for its Spanish initials) is a regional integration process, initially established by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and subsequently joined by Venezuela and Bolivia* -the latter still complying with the accession procedure. MERCOSUR in brief – MERCOSUR
Designer: Martín Azambuja
Release date: October 18, 2021
Prof. Carlos Julio Pereyra
Series: Democracy Day
1 stamp
Designer: E.S.C. (Eduardo Salgado)
Release date: October 19, 2021
I say yes to young people in Parliament!
Series: Democracy Day
1 stamp
Designer: E.S.C. (Eduardo Salgado)
Release date: October 19, 2021
125 years of the Bank of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay
3 stamps + 3 vignettes on a souvenir sheet
Designer: Álvaro Rodríguez
Release date: October 22, 2021
Centenary of the Battalion Gral. Celestino Bové de Ing. de Cbte. No. 4
2 stamps on a souvenir sheet, cancel
Designer: E.S.C (Eduardo Salgado)
Release date: October 27, 2021
Bad Thoughts – 30 Years
Special postmark
Designer: Image courtesy of the Bad Thoughts program
Release date: October 29, 2021
Tourist Destinations – Durzano
2 stamps on a sheet of 8
Durazno: History of the City and Legends from the area (welcomeuruguay.com)
Designer: Daniel Pereyra
Release date: October 29, 2021
November
José Gervasio Artigas
Permanent Series – Orange & Magenta
2 stamps, sheets of 25
Biografia de José Gervasio Artigas (biografiasyvidas.com)
Artist: José Luis Zorrilla de San Martín
Designer: Alejandro Muntz
Release date: November 5, 2021
America UPAE
Series – Tourism
2 stamps, 1 sheet of 24, cancel
Designer: Álvaro Rodríguez
Release date: November 10, 2021
Democracy Day – Prof. Carlos Julio Pereyra
Special postmark
Designer: E.S.C. – Eduardo Salgado
Release date: November 15, 2021
100 years of Diplomatic Relations between Uruguay – Czech Republic and Slovakia
2 stamps on a souvenir sheet, cancel
Designer: Alejandro Muntz
Release date: November 17, 2021
Laboratorios Libra – 60 years
Special postmark
Designer: Gabriel Casas
Release date: November 17, 2021
700 years of Dante Alighieri
1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, cancel
Designer: Daniel Pereyra
Release date: November 24, 2021
Bicentennial of the birth of Anita Garibaldi
1 stamp, cancel
While the figure of Giuseppe Garibaldi is widely known and often admired for his fierce personality and his role in the unification of Italy, another figure, very close to him, is mostly ignored. No wonder, it’s a woman (!). Anita Garibaldi, Giuseppe’s wife, was such a profound inspiration for him, and a big personality in her own right, a revolutionary herself, who fought alongside Giuseppe in South America and in Italy. Anita Garibaldi: The Heroine of Two Worlds (Author Interview) | ITALY Magazine
Designer: José Carlos Braga
Cancel designer: Alejandro Muntz
Release date: November 25, 2021
December
Association of Notaries of Uruguay
Special cancel
Release date: Gabriel Casas
Release date: December 1, 2021
100 years of the Naval School Building
1 stamp on a souvenir sheet, cancel
Designer: Eduardo Salgado
Release date: December 9, 2021
Crabs
Series: Spring
2 stamps on a souvenir sheet of 8, cancel
Designer: Daniel Pereyra
Release date: December 17, 2021
Christmas 2021
1 stamp, sheet of 25, cancel
Designer: Alejandro Muntz
Release date: December 17, 2021
If you liked Uruguay’s postmarks, you’ll go crazy over Peru’s
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