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Issue of 1958 overprinted horizontally in red "BICENTENARIO / DE UPATA / 1762-1962 / RESELLADO / AEREO / VALOR Bs 2,00".
Upata is a Venezuelan city inside the bulk of Guayana at the north of the Bolívar State. It is the capital and most important town of Piar Municipality. It is located between the basins of the rivers Orinoco and Cuyuní. The name of Upata is an indigenous word, probably of the Kamaracoto ethnic group, means in Spanish “Rose of the mountain” name of an Indian chief's daughter. it was on July 7, 1762 when Fray Antonio de Cervera founded the city with the name of "Village Yocoima of Saint Anthony of Padua"
