Postal Museum of Cuba, Havana . Cuba

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• Avenida de Rancho Boyeros and 19 de Mayo, Havana City. Cuba
• Destination: Havana
• Open: Daily
• Telephone: (7) 8815551
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The Cuban Postal Museum, place in the ground floor of the Ministry of Informatics and Communication, near the Revolution Square. It was created in 1965. The institution shows collection of the postal history and that of the mail service, as well as the philately.

It is unique in Latin America. It has three rooms, the transitory one, the main room and Cuban Exhibition.

The main room shows significant pieces of the mail 's history, since the issue date of the first postage stamp, the Black Penny, created by Hill and issued in England, in May 6th, 1840.

It also holds ancient means of writing and valuable documents of the mail in Cuba. Among them there is one of great importance: the account book of the first Cuban post -office manager, in 1765.

One of the outstanding pieces of the museum is the postal rocket, for this event was issued a series of postage stamps. It was a curious experiment made by enthusiastic philatelists.

A sky rocket was launched, containing a postal package and propelled by gunpowder. Even if it did not have major practical results, the proposition of this fast mean of transportation for the mail use was a transcendental historical event.

The Postal Museum holds an ample worldwide philatelic collection and a room dedicated to Cuban stamps. It also has a shop to commercialize stamps, albums and accessories.

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Postal Museum of Cuba is located in Havana

Capital of Cuba and the country's administrative, political, cultural and scientific center, it is also the capital of two provinces: City of Havana and Havana. Though only around 280 square miles (727 square kilometers) in size-0.65 percent of the archipelago's total area.

The Old Havana and system of forts led UNESCO to declare it a part of world heritage in 1982. Founded on its present site in 1519, the settlement of San Cristobal de La Habana prospered mainly due to its bay, which was a natural port of call for ships sailing to and from the New World. Starting in 1634, because of its strategic location, San Cristobal de La Habana was considered the key to the New World-as attested to by royal letters patent-and the main defense of the West Indies.

The Cuban capital consists of an immense number of buildings in a wide range of architectural styles, built in the course of nearly five centuries. These styles range from the pre-baroque to the baroque, neo-Gothic, neoclassical, eclectic, art noveau and art-deco, to the modern.

Alejo Carpentier, one of Cuba's most famous authors, called it "the city of columns" and focused attention on its streets, which he considered a perennially rich show of life, humanity and contrasts that was bound to entertain any observer.

Over 14 kilometers of excellent beaches lie to the east of the Cuban capital. To the south, a green belt contributes to a healthful atmosphere.

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