Coats of Arms (Colombia 1865)

01 January (Colombia ) within release 1865 Definitives: Arms of Colombia goes into circulation Stamp Coats of Arms face value 5 Colombian centavo

Stamp Coats of Arms in catalogues
Michel:	Mi: CO 28
Stamp Number:	Sn: CO 37a
Yvert et Tellier:	Yt: CO 29
Leo Temprano:	Lt: CO 29

Stamp is square format.

Coat of arms with condor and banner. Ten different types known. Variety: printed in yellow (SN CO 37) Forgeries known. Lithographed on white, and also on bluish-white wove paper, rather thin. There are nine lines of shading in the top compartment of the shield, if those be reckoned which run into the middle peak of the shield. The cap of Liberty, though small, is very distinct, and shaded with oblique lines running down from right to left. The two seas in the bottom compartment are both larger than the isthmus which separates them. There is a distinct ship in the lower sea, and a mark something like a ship in the upper one. The label or ribbon above the top of the shield is bent down in the middle so as to touch the top point of the shield ; and the forked ends of the ribbon do not touch the oval outside them. The neck of the condor is very much narrower than the width of the ribbon. The eye is very small and round, and there is a distinct ring of white feathers round the base of the neck. There are eighty-nine little pearls round the white oval. They are all distinct, and moderately uniform in size and shape. Between these pearls and the inscription there are nine eight-pointed asterisks or stars, placed in the following positions: the first is exactly above the head of the bird, and one of its points touches the stop after "Colombia" ; the second comes below the space between "RE" of "CORREOS" ; the third below "NA" of "NACIONALES" ; the fourth below "ON" of "NACIONALES" ; the fifth below "s" of "NACIONALES" ; the sixth under "E" ; the seventh under the "E" of "DE"; the eighth under the "L" of "COLOMBIA" ; and the ninth below "MB" of "COLOMBIA". There is a stop after the words "E.U, COLOMBIA" and "CENT or PESO", but none after the other words. At the bottom of the coloured oval there are two little white branches, very easily seen, and with their bottom ends crossing. All the lettering is distinct, and the letters nicely formed. The "A" of "COLOMBIA" is pointed at the top.

Also in the issue 1865 Definitives: Arms of Colombia:

• Stamp - Coats of Arms face value 5;
• Stamp - Coats of Arms face value 1;
• Stamp - Coats of Arms face value 50;
• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 1;