Coat of Arms (Colombia 1866)

01 January (Colombia ) within release 1866/67 Definitives goes into circulation Stamp Coat of Arms face value 5 Colombian peso

Stamp Coat of Arms in catalogues
Michel:	Mi: CO 44
Stamp Number:	Sn: CO 51
Yvert et Tellier:	Yt: CO 39
Leo Temprano:	Lt: CO 41

Stamp is square format.

Forgeries exist. Printed on thick, white wove paper, the face of which is surface-coloured a bright green, and highly glazed. The condor has a head just like a goose, and the eye is placed absurdly far back, quite at the back of the head in fact. The backgrounds, both inside and outside the oval, are extremely dark, so that the oval shows up very prominently. Most of the curly lines round the oval are separate from each other; indeed, on the right-hand side, towards the bottom, every curl is distinctly separate from its neighbours. There is a stop after "E.", another after "U.", another after COLOMBIA., and a very faint cross-shaped blotch after NACIONALES. The right-hand branch crosses distinctly over the left one, and has ten leaves on it. The left-hand branch has nine leaves.

Also in the issue 1866/67 Definitives:

• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 10;
• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 20;
• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 5;