COLOMBIA

COLOMBIA.

Colombian postage stamps centenary,
Map of Colombia with postal routes and old stamp.
Special delivery mail. Last stamp in a set on 8, issued on 01.12.1959.
Facial value: 10 cents of Colombian peso.
Design: Imre Mosdóssy (1904-1995).
Printed by Staadtsdruckerei, Wien.
Printing: Photogravure.
Print: 5,000,000 copies.
Size: 25 x 40 mm.

Catalogs
- Leo Temprano No. 956.
- Michel No. 891.
- Scott No. C354.
- StampWorld No. 873.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 996.
- Yvert et Tellier No. PA 344.

The first Colombian postage stamp was issued on September 1, 1859. It had as its central image and in green the Coat of Arms of the Granadine Confederation (Confederación Granadina). It was the first value of a set of three. On this stamp is represented the second value of the set, in its violet variety.

The map shows the existing postal routes in the country in 1859.