Mexico City, Mexico — The Government of Mexico has launched a commemorative postage stamp “Mexico Tenochtitlan. Seven Centuries of Legacy of Greatness.” There will be 200,000 stamps released with a QR code with information about the meaning behind the design of the stamp.
The announcement for the new stamp was made Wednesday by President Claudia Sheinbaum. “Today we are presenting the first postage stamp dedicated to seven centuries of Mexico-Tenochtitlan’s greatness,” she said during her morning press conference.
Violeta Giorgina Abreu González, the General Director of the Mexican Postal Service (Sepomex), explained that the stamp is a graphic testimony that recalls the paynanis of pre-Hispanic Mexico, messengers of the Mexica empire who held the territory together through words.
“The 200,000 stamps that begin their journey today celebrate a profound history: the recognition of centuries of a living culture, of paths that have woven identity where communication is not just about transmitting information; it’s about building community.”
She indicated that the stamp marks a step in innovation with the inclusion of a QR code to access more information about the seven centuries of Mexico-Tenochtitlan’s greatness.
The political advisor of the General Coordination of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic, Alfonso Suárez del Real, explained that the image on the postage stamp commemorates the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan. It contains emblematic elements such as the eagle, which represents the sun, the cactus, which emerges from the Heart of Copil, the symbol of the eagle of water and the eagle of fire, which represents “war” in Nahuatl.
Sheinbaum said that the “Mexico-Tenochtitlan. Seven Centuries of Legacy of Greatness” was released to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the founding of Mexico-Tenochtitlan, a graphic, cultural and symbolic testimony to what is now Mexico City.
