{"id":480,"date":"2025-12-27T19:48:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T19:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filateca.com\/?post_type=articulo&#038;p=480"},"modified":"2026-01-07T16:45:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T16:45:06","slug":"tribute-on-the-world-philatelists-day","status":"publish","type":"articulo","link":"https:\/\/filateca.com\/en\/article\/tribute-on-the-world-philatelists-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute on World Philatelist's Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>In the framework of World Philatelist Day, Correos de Costa Rica honors the outstanding career of Mr. Alvaro Castro-Harrigan, a national and international reference in the field of philately, by issuing a commemorative postmark and a postcard with his image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tribute, held May 5-9, 2025, recognizes Castro-Harrigan's dedication to the study and promotion of postal history. His passion and commitment have been instrumental in placing Costa Rica on the world philatelic map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-898d70c8\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alvaro-Castro-Harrigan-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alvaro-Castro-Harrigan-scaled-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alvaro-Castro-Harrigan-scaled-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alvaro-Castro-Harrigan-scaled-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alvaro-Castro-Harrigan-scaled-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alvaro-Castro-Harrigan-scaled-1-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alvaro-Castro-Harrigan-scaled-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(34, 34, 34, 0.2);\"><b><i>\u00c1lvaro Castro-Harrigan inherited his father's passion for philately and has represented Costa Rica in several world championships.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-fc722366\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20250507_205503520_iOS-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20250507_205503520_iOS-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20250507_205503520_iOS-1536x1152-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20250507_205503520_iOS-1536x1152-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20250507_205503520_iOS-1536x1152-1-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/filateca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20250507_205503520_iOS-1536x1152-1.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Postcard and commemorative postmark<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-d184dcda\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u00c1lvaro Castro Harrigan\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1K-bFErr5hQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-element-2be25233\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mauricio Rojas Cart\u00edn\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jwd1Dft6DSE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Adapted from note published in: <a href=\"https:\/\/velero.cr\/2025\/05\/reconocido-coleccionista-costarricense-recibe-homenaje-en-el-dia-mundial-del-filatelista\/\">Sailboat.cr<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","pais_region":[],"periodo_era":[],"temas":[],"class_list":["post-480","articulo","type-articulo","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Homenaje en el D\u00eda Mundial del Filatelista - Filateca<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/filateca.com\/en\/article\/tribute-on-the-world-philatelists-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Homenaje en el D\u00eda Mundial del Filatelista - Filateca\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"En el marco del D\u00eda Mundial del Filatelista, Correos de Costa Rica honra la destacada trayectoria de don \u00c1lvaro Castro-Harrigan, referente nacional e internacional en el \u00e1mbito de la filatelia, mediante la emisi\u00f3n de un matasellos conmemorativo y de una tarjeta postal con su imagen. 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