Stamps of Chile: S4E6

A stamp from Chile sends us exploring the philatelic history of this South American country. I learn about why Christopher Columbus is featured on their first stamps, Robinson Crusoe Island, Pedro Valdivia and Saltpeter. We take an interesting look at the great Chilean nitrate industry and its collapse that left ghost towns in the Atacama desert.
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Links/Notes

Chile Collector: https://www.chilecollector.com/archwe...
Smithsonian National Postal Museum: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibitio...

Colnect- Chile: https://colnect.com/en/stamps/years/c...

More about Columbus Heads: https://risorse.issp.po.it/dbcollezio...

Linns, Islas de Juan Fernandez: https://www.linns.com/news/world-stam...
The Real Robinson Cruseo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexand...

Pedro de Valdivia (Person): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_d...
Bernardo O’Higgins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard...

More about the Valparaiso Cover (Thanks DigiP!):
Sent to Carlos Javier Jullian Demoiti: https://www.geni.com/people/Carlos-Ju...
Demoit was director of the first fire brigade in Valparaiso: https://www.cbv1851.cl/octava

Antarctic Stamps:    • Antarctic Territories - S3E8  

Chile Saltpeter/ Sodium Nitrate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_...

Saltpeter War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_...
Peru Chile Occupation (DC Stamps): http://www.dcstamps.com/peru-chilean-...
The Digital Philatelist: https://thedigitalphilatelist.com/war...

Chilean Civil War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean...

Economic History of Chile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economi...)

The Nitrate Towns of Chile: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/n...

This video shows a drive visit of Pedro de Valdivia:    • Pedro de Valdivia, a ghost town in th...  
Another drive through video:    • Abandoned town of Pedro de Valdivia, ...  
Images of the town ‘Pedro de Valdivia: https://www.123rf.com/photo_85680894_...