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Description: Postage stamps honoring members of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo's family. Top left, 1934 stamp issued in commemoration of the opening of the Ramfis Bridge, named in honor of Trujillo's 4-year old son Ramfis (a second stamp showed the new General Trujillo Bridge). Bottom left: 1940 Mother's Day stamp showing Trujillo's mother Julia Molina Trujillo. Center, 1939 stamps isued in commemoration of the 4th anniversary of the death of Trujillo's father José Trujillo Valdez. Top right, stamp showing daughter Angelita Trujillo, Queen of the December 1955 International Fair of Peace and Brotherhood in Ciudad Trujillo. Botom right: Stamp showing Trujillo's son Rhadames issued to publicize a Jamaica-Dominican Republic polo match in 1959. The portrait of Rafael Trujillo's powerful third wife, Maria de los Angeles M. Trujillo, was shown on a stamp issued only weeks before his assassination in 1961.
Title: Trujillo family stamps D.R.
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