Arms of New Granada (Colombia 1861)

01 January (Colombia ) within release United States of New Granada goes into circulation Stamp Arms of New Granada face value 5 Colombian centavo

Stamp Arms of New Granada in catalogues
Michel:	Mi: CO 10a
Stamp Number:	Sn: CO 14a

Stamp is square format.

Forgeries exist. 54 varieties known. Revolutionary Issue for the southern and eastern parts of Colombia. Genuine: Lithographed on very thin, yellowish -White wove paper. The shield is divided into three portions, the central one only being white. The upper portion of the shield contains two horns of plenty, their mouths turned towards each other, and an unknown thing between them, which is of an oval shape, with an oblique line in the centre of it. This upper portion is shaded with nine horizontal lines on the left side, and eight on the right side, counting the bottom line in each case. The central portion contains a cap of Liberty on a pole. The lower portion contains an isthmus, with a ship on each side of it, though the said ships are represented merely by blotches. The left top corner of the shield is a good deal higher and more pointed than the right top corner. The portion of sea above the isthmus extends rather further to the right than to the left of the shield, and the portion of sea below the isthmus entirely fills up the lower point of the shield. The oval band outside the shield contains, at the bottom, nine eightpointed asterisks or stars, the points being tolerably easy to count. The cross-stroke of the "t" of "ESTADOS" is very short, and is of equal length each side of the perpendicular stroke. The word "de" at the top of the oval is in very small capitals, and is placed in the centre of the top. The lines in the shaded ground, outside this oval, are rather inclined to be blotchy, and are difficult to count. There ought to be fifteen in the right-hand top corner, sixteen in the lefthand top corner, fourteen in the right-hand bottom corner, and sixteen in the left-hand bottom corner, counting the outer line in each case. These lines do not form a very reliable test; because they are inclined to be blotchy,and the two top lines and two bottom lines often run together;however, I give them as they will be found on good specimens of the genuine. The second "o" of "correos" is a transverse oval, but not so markedly as the "o" of "nacionales". The letters of the outer inscription are tall and thin, and moderately regular ; those of the inner inscription are thinner, and a little taller, and more regular.

Also in the issue United States of New Granada:

• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 10;
• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 20;
• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 1;
• Stamp - Arms of New Granada face value 5;
• Stamp - Arms of New Granada face value 5;
• Stamp - Arms of New Granada face value 5;
• Stamp - Arms of New Granada face value 2½;