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The Collector | Robert Shaw | Paraguay

The 1864 Stern essays showing the Paraguay coat of arms

Robert Shaw has been a collector of the early stamps and postal history of Paraguay for over forty years, with a particular focus on the War of the Triple Alliance. This was the deadliest inter-state war in Latin America’s history, with a huge number of casualties, pitching Paraguay up against the alliance of Brazil, Argentina […]

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