Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America.
Peruvian territory was home to several ancient cultures. Ranging from the Norte Chico civilization starting in 3500 BCE, the oldest civilization in the Americas and one of the five cradles of civilization, to the Inca Empire, the largest state in the pre-Columbian Americas, the territory now including Peru has one of the longest histories of civilization of any country, tracing its heritage back to the 4th millennia BCE.
The Spanish Empire conquered the region in the 16th century and established a viceroyalty that encompassed most of its South American territories, with its capital in Lima. Peru formally proclaimed independence in 1821, and following the foreign military campaigns of José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar, and the decisive battle of Ayacucho, Peru completed its independence in 1824. In the ensuing years, the country enjoyed relative economic and political stability, which ended shortly before the War of the Pacific (1879–1884) with Chile.
See also: Pacific Steam Navigation Company and War of the Pacific
Articles
Blogs
- Asociacion Filatelica Peruana
- Casa de la Gastronomía Peruana – Museo Postal y Filatélico del Perú
- Círculo Amigos de la Filatelia – CAF
- Clase Temática – Círculo Amigos de la Filatelia (Perú)
- Estampillas PERÚ
- Filatelia desde Perú – intercambio – compra – venta
- Filatelia Peru para Todos
- Filatelia Peruana
- Filatelia Peruana
- Filatelia Peruana 1857 – 2000
- Filatelia Peruana 2001 – 2020
- Grupo Filatelistas Peruanos
- Peru Inca Filatelico
- Peru Philatelic Study Circle
- Peru Philatelic Study Circle Group
- Philately Peru Exchange – Catalogue Stamp
- Sociedad Peruana de Filatelia Temática
- Sociedad Peruana de Filatelia Temática Group
Websites
- Circulo Amigos de la Filatelia
- Classic Latin America
- Federacion Inter-Americana de Filatelia
- Peru Philatelic Study Circle
- Ser Post
YouTube
- Mi Oficina Philatelic Society: Peru, 1916- 1927, Historia Postal de los once años previos a la implementacion del servicio aereo
- Mi Oficina Philatelic Society: Perú, Machu Picchu, Santuario Historico
- Mi Oficina Philatelic Society: Show and Tell – Peru
- RMPL Denver: Lima, Peru 1821-1884 – Historia Postal Republicana
- RMPL Denver: The Postal History of Lima Peru From 1821 to 1884
