" SIEGE OF CUAUTLA   "

16 - SEPTEMBER - 2009

Between 19 February and on 2 May 1812, the insurgent forces of José María Morelos resisted the siege of the royalist troops of Brigadier Calleja in Cuautla in the south of the capital of New Spain. Very difficult were the conditions of the besieged, without adequate weapons and little food, just enough to not be defeated. In a famous letter, dated April 4, 1812, Morelos said to Calleja:
" To die for true religion and his country, but does not die infamous, but die gloriously. You, who wants to die as Napoleon, pointing out theof other way..."

 

 DESIGNER: RODOLFO ESPINDOLA BETANCOURT

TECHNIQUE: COMPOSITION DIGITAL

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IMPRESSION: OFFSET

SIZE: 72 X 30 MM

ERFORATION: 13 COMB

LEAVES WITH: 15 STAMPS

PAPER: PAPER: WHITE MATT COUCH, ONE SIDE OF GLUED 110g/m2

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ISSUE: 100,005 ( STAMPS 2 OF 5)

YEAR: 2009

FACE VALUE: $6.50