Stamps!

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Stamps!


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Argentine cities are full of specialty shops. You’ll find places that specialize in just diapers and diaper-related items. Or maybe one with just cleaning supplies, or just thermoses. Here, we have a shop that deals in an essential part of Argentine life, the stamp. In bureaucracies that have not fully embraced computerized databases, the stamp serves as proof that a piece of information has been received from an authorized source. Also, like anywhere, they show that an certified authority has approved of or looked at a document. Argentines have LOTS of things to stamp.

For example, I bought a car while I was there and it took about a month and about 20 visits to a variety of city offices (each with their own special stamp) to get it properly registered. Since none of the offices (which serve as databases of physical documents) are networked, I had to prove to each office I visited that a piece of information at another office that was essential for my registration process to continue was present, in a proper status, paid for, and authorized.

I cannot communicate how frustrating that process was.

Before this bureaucratic adventure, I thought stamps were charming, beautiful, and nostalgic. While I no longer hate them (because I no longer have daily contact with them), they have permanently lost much of their charm.

Regardless, pictured here is a charming little specialty shop that deals in stamps and charming, multicolored stamp supplies. The charming young lady to the right is a graphic designer that can make any image you desire into a stamp for a low price. She also designs business cards and letterheads.

How strange that the stuffy, angry world of bureaucratic paperwork is pounded on daily by the ink-stained products of this happy face.

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Image by bortescristian
Bogdan Marisca – Cluj-Napoca – Mai 2010

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