PPSC Projects

Projects

Currently some PPSC members are working on the following initiatives:

		A comprehensive web site about Peruvian philately and postal history.
		A catalog of postmarks of all Receptorias from the early 1800s to 1930.
		An update to the existing work on postmarks of the classic period.
		An study about the "Security seal for certified mail" of 1916.
		Digitalization of Filatelia Peruana journal
		Compilation and digitalization of all 'Boletines Postales y Telegraficos'
		published by Peru Post in the XIX & XX century.

Peru Philatelic Study Circle

The Talking Knots of the Incas

'Q uipus' are mnemonic devices made of
Alpaca hair or cotton cords with numeric and
other values encoded by knots. Quipus were
one of the many items carried by Chasquis
and are considered the oldest forms of
'written' communications used in Peru.

'Quipucamayocs', accountants of the Inca
Emire, were in charge of creating and
deciphering Quipus content.

The image on the right was taken from a
drawing made by Guaman Poma de Ayala,
Peruvian chronicler of the XVI century.

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