The Argentine Post issued a postage stamp on 29th May 2010 commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the Argentinean Coast Guard. The stamps depict the patrol craft BUENOS AIRES CG-72 and a Puma helicopter in a joint operation at sea off the coast of Argentine, saving the crew from a liferaft.
This FDC was issued on 20 Feb 2010 celebrating “South American Sails 2010”,An International Fixture Regatta for the Greatest Sailing Ships.
“Sails of South America 2010” has brought together magnificent sailing ships, among them frigates, schooners and brigs from various countries of the Americas and Europe to participate in the Bicentennial Regatta.
The event is organized by the navies from Argentina and Chile to celebrate the bicentennial of the first national governing board during the struggle of South American countries to break away from the then Spanish colonial empire.
The unique challenge has gathered thousands of navigators in the most important ports of the region, sailing emblematic places for the mariners of all times, like the circumnavigation of the mythical “Cape Horn”.
