La, the longest in the country and one of the largest in the world, National Route 40 is from a few days ago an issue of own stamps, launched by the Argentine Post Office and the Ministry of Tourism of the Nation. This issue contains 11 postmark illustrating the path of the famous road, 5,244 km long, which amounts to nearly a thousand kilometers extension of the famous Route 66 crossing (currently only disjointed sections are preserved) the United States of America from east to west. The National Highway route created in 1935 playing sixty towns, crosses 18 major rivers, crosses 236 bridges, climbs from sea level to almost 5,000 meters and connects with 27 mountain passes, the main centers of southern skiing, paleontological deposits, 20 reservations natural, national parks and five World Heritage sites (of nine in the country). Une three geographic regional: North (province of Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán and Catamarca), Cuyo (La Rioja, San Juan and Mendoza) and Patagonia (Neuquén, Black River, Chubut and Santa Cruz). What is striking about the issue is that the stamps are part of a leaf block contains information about the country, flora, fauna and landscapes. This makes philatelic value addition for collectors, this series possesses an undoubted educational and instructional value. Each stamp -9 have the value of $ 1 and two from $ 0.50- offers print a landscape of geography that runs long the communication path, which still has many sections of land. The province of Mendoza is portrayed by a view of the Rio Grande in Malargüe, sandwiched between high rock walls. The route covers 701 kilometers our province, the second longest stretch in the country, second only to Santa Cruz, with 1,401 kilometers. The information is completed by the silhouettes of animals typical of each region. Further down the iron, tip to tip, a long line shows the milestones and major towns through which the road passes, and the main mountains are also mentioned, in our case the Aconcagua. The project of making this issue enthused many people who want to iconic communication channel. It is the case of the chronicler seasoned traveler, Federico Kirbus, almost known as the palm of your hand. He has traveled hundreds of times with his wife, Malru, and even the last seal of the plate is a photograph showing both owned by the ATV marriage, coming from the Puna. Actually the photo was taken by Malru Kirbus, who during the launch of the stamp was awarded for his contribution to the spread of Argentine tourism by Tourism Minister of the Nation, Enrique Meyer. For a local expert on the road, journalist Alfredo Del Giusti, now remains for National Highways concrete revaluation, pavimentándola entirely to foreign and domestic tourists enjoy the scenery being experienced.
Source: Diario Los Andes
