Postage stamps and postal history of Paraguay

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Paraguay gained independence from Spain in 1811.

Pre-stamp era

Paraguay operated an internal postal service from 1769 to 1811. Mail travelled from Buenos Aires via Santa Fe and Corrientes to Candelaria and Asuncion.^[1]

First stamps

The republic of Paraguay issued its first stamps (1, 2, and 3 Reales) on 1 August 1870,^[2] featuring a standing lion raising a republican hat, lithographed by R. Lange (Buenos Aires).^[3]