Josefa Ortiz
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Paper: Rives Lightweight Buff, 115 grams Paper Size: 10" x 13" Image Size: 4" x 5" Collage Stamp: 1910 Scott #310 Edition Size: 50 Inks Used: Dull Violet [Pantone 676U]; Rubine Red: Base: Black [10:5:0.5] Date Cut: 7-18-2020 after 3 mo, 9 da cutting |
Josefa Ortiz (1768-1829) was the wife of the Miguel Dominguez, the Corregidor of Queretaro appointed by the Viceroy as the local representative for the crown. Holders of this office were often the wealthiest, most powerful and most hated official in the colony. From this exalted position she was in a great situation to function as an undiscovered insurgent in the revolution of 1810. She was born in Valladolid (now Morelia) and orphaned in infancy. Guardians placed her in the prestigious Colegio Ignacio de Loyola Vizcaínas in Mexico City where she was schooled in the tenets of the Enlightenment. There in 1791 she met and later married her husband, who was posted to Queretaro in 1802. La Corregidora managed her household of 14 children, and visited literary societies attended by the educated classes, including Father Miguel Hidalgo from Dolores, and Ignacio Allende and Juan Aldama from San Miguel el Grande. Topics gradually shifted from literary to political themes, and just as they were just getting an insurrection on a firm footing they were betrayed to the colonial authorities. As Corregidor, Miguel Dominguez was asked by the Viceroy to conduct a search for insurrectionists, and fearing his wife’s complicity, sequestered her to keep her out of trouble. Nonetheless, she managed to get a message to local sympathizers who abandoned the town. Father Hidalgo fled to his hometown of Dolores, where on September 16, 1810 he gave a speech, “El Grito” (The Shout), proclaiming the revolution against Spain. The critical role of the Corregidora was discovered as the insurrection was put down and she was tried for treason. Unlike the other insurrectionists found guilty, she was not executed but rather imprisoned at the Convent of Santa Catalina de Siena. Dominguez moved to Mexico City to be near her, and in 1817 she was given a reprise with the promise that she would refrain from political intrigue. She died in 1829 and is buried in the Panteón de los Queretanos Ilustres in Queretaro.
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Josefa Ortiz
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The Mexican Revolution ended officially in 1836 when Queen Isabella II recognized the independence of Mexico, but for the rest of the 19th century Mexico would prove to be politically unstable. Most leaders did not finish their terms, remaining in office an average of 15 months. Foreign intrigue and intervention was common, including the USA in the Mexican-American War of 1845, and the reign of Habsburg Emperor Maximillian (1863-1867), finally overwhelmed in the Reform War by Benito Juarez. In the latter part of the century total control was exercised under the regime of Porfirio Diaz beginning in 1876. By the end of the first decade of the 20th century the population had grown tired of the dictatorial control of the Porfirato regime. The second revolution began began a century after the first when Francisco Madero challenged the results of the election of 1910. Armed struggle followed, and Diaz was defeated and driven into exile as Madero became president. After 15 months he was removed by military coup d’etat and he and his Vice President Pino Suarez were assassinated. Madero’s disloyal General, Victoriano Huerta remained in office only 17 months before he in turn was defeated by the combined forces of the Constitutionalists: Venustiano Carranza, Álvaro Obregón, and Pancho Villa. This fractious union soon split into the Carrancistas under Carranza and the Conventionalists under Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata. The latter were defeated and the victors coalesced in the PRI that would dominate Mexican politics until the 1980’s. The general unrest of the Civil War 1913-1916 resulted in numerous provisional and local stamps issued by the various factions. “Gomigrafos” (rubber stamp) overprints of the monogram GCM - “Gobierno Constitucionalista Mexicano” (Constitutional Mexican Government) were added to stocks of existing stamps, first by the Conventionalists under Villa then later by the Constitutionalists under Carranza. These were collectively called the Carranza Overprints.
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Paper: Rives Lightweight Buff, 115 grams Paper Size: 10" x 13" Image Size: 4" x 5" Collage Stamp: 1910 Scott #484 Edition Size: 10 Inks Used: Dull Violet [Pantone 676U]; Rubine Red: Base: Black [10:5:0.5] / Overprint Caligo Graphite Black 1832 Date Cut: 7-18-2020 after 3 mo, 9 da cutting |
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