CorreosChile celebrates 60 years of IFOP with a Commemorative Postcard issue
January 6th, 2025
– The company detailed that 15 thousand copies will be issued, with a value of $720 each, which are available from Monday, December 23 in the main branches of the company throughout the country.
CorreosChile presented a commemorative postal issue to celebrate the 60 years of the Institute for Fisheries Development (IFOP), an organization specialized in scientific research in fisheries and aquaculture.
The postmarking ceremony of the first day of issue, held in Valparaíso, was led by the Executive Director of IFOP, Gonzalo Pereira, and the Retail Manager of CorreosChile, Leonardo Balmaceda, who agreed to highlight the legacy of an organization that since its beginnings has ensured the use and sustainable exploitation of the country’s marine resources.
Gonzalo Pereira, Executive Director of IFOP, said “we are very happy about this ceremony and this event, because this is the last activity celebrating IFOP’s 60 years. This year we have had activities throughout the year, we held an international activity on an ecosystemic approach, an activity on women in science, we received a donation of two libraries from former IFOP directors, and now we close in the best way with the launch of the commemorative postage stamp for these 60 years. This is historic, since it is the first time that CorreosChile has made an edition celebrating IFOP. The stamp was a joint work of IFOP designer Natalia Golsman and CorreosChile designer Mauricio Navarro. It shows two ships with a sunset in Valparaíso and the silhouettes of the main fisheries in Chile. This has a tremendous symbolic and dissemination value, since it is an edition of 15 thousand stamps that will be sold in 13 CorreosChile sales points, and will also be available to stamp collectors. Therefore, it will have an expansive effect on the knowledge of our institution, because it also comes with an explanatory brochure on what IFOP does.”
For his part, the Retail Manager of CorreosChile, Leonardo Balmaceda, highlighted that for the company “it is a source of deep pride to be part of the celebration of this transcendental milestone in the history of IFOP through two postage stamps that, in addition to being kept in our rich philatelic history, are the most evident example of the living legacy of this important institution.”
The “60 Years of the Fisheries Development Institute” postal issue is made up of two illustrated postage stamps that show the scientific vessels Dra. Barbieri and Abate Molina, respectively. At the bottom of each stamp are represented the most emblematic species studied by each vessel during their research cruises. In the background, the sky can be seen framed within a wave shape, with a sunset joining both stamps.
CorreosChile detailed that 15 thousand copies will be issued, with a value of $720 each, which are available from Monday, December 23 at the main branches of the company throughout the country.
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