Mexican Postage Stamps Views

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Mexico's issuance of a series of postage stamps bearing the likeness of the young black protagonist of a popular comic-book series prompted strong criticism from African-American groups in the United States just weeks after Mexican President Vicente Fox found himself forced to apologize for remarks many black Americans found offensive.

Mexico's postal system has its roots in the Aztec system of messengers which the Spanish adopted after the Conquest. During the 18th century, Spain established a formal postal system with regular routes. In 1856, Mexico issued its first adhesive postage stamps, with district overprints , a unique feature among postal systems worldwide, employed to combat theft of postage stamps. From the late 19th century, Mexico's stamps were generally conservative in design and often manufactured abroad. The Mexican Revolution and ensuing Civil Wars (1910–1920), however, threw Mexico into upheaval and resulted in numerous provisional and local stamps issued by the factions in control of different areas of the country. In the years preceding World War II, the look of Mexico's stamps changed dramatically, with many stamps displaying the works of modern Mexican abstract and mural artists.

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