Chile Sues Over Phony Stamps From Easter Island
Chile’s postal service has filed an open-ended lawsuit against whoever might be responsible for mailing letters with fake stamps proclaiming the independence of Easter Island, the remote Chilean possession in the Pacific.
Arturo Cleveland, head of the postal office in the neighboring resort of Vina del Mar, said the suit was filed after the stamped letters were mailed there Jan. 9. Some were addressed to newspapers in Santiago.
The stamp shows the figure of a moai , the huge mysterious stone statues found on the volcanic island 2,500 miles northwest of Santiago, with the words in Spanish: “Republic of Rapa Nui. Independent Easter Island.”
Rapa Nui is the name of the island in the dialect of its 1,800 residents.
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