Date: 27.9.2001, 28.10.2004, 21.12.2006
Colour: Black, brown and orange on multicolor underprint.
Peru 2006 176c - Date 21 December 2006
Front: Patio of San Marcos University at center. Raul Porras Barrenechea at right, arms at upper right.
Back: Palace of Torre Tagle at left center. The Torre Tagle Palace is a Spanish Baroque palace located at Jr. Ucayali 363, in downtown Lima, Peru, a couple blocks east of the Plaza de Armas. The palace currently is home to the Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The palace was commissioned in 1715 (some say 1730) by Don Jose Bernardo de Tagle y Bracho: 1st Marqués of Torre Tagle, who at the time was treasurer of the Royal Spanish fleet, for his own personal use as his home.
Watermark: Raul Porras Barrenechea
Printer: François-Charles Oberthür
Varieties
a. 27.9.2001
b. 28.10.2004
*c. 21.12.2006
* Not listed in Krause Catalog
Catalog Value: $15.00 UNC
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