Coat of Arms (Colombia 1866)

01 September (Colombia ) within release 1866/67 Definitives goes into circulation Stamp Coat of Arms face value 50 Colombian centavo

Stamp Coat of Arms in catalogues
Michel:	Mi: CO 42
Stamp Number:	Sn: CO 48
Yvert et Tellier:	Yt: CO 37
Leo Temprano:	Lt: CO 39

Stamp is square format.

Private perforations (11) known. Forgeries exist. In yellow-green, on thick white wove paper, and also in dark green, on thin wove paper,both rather soft. The shield is surrounded by nine very large white stars, on a ground of crossed lines,with the figures 50 in a small dark oval placed both above and below the shield. In a curved White band, outside the central design, there are four inscriptions; at the top are the words E.U. DE COLOMBIA, to the left CORREOS, to the right NALES, and at the bottom 50 CENTS. The latter is in a curve, and in smaller type. The outer corners of the stamp are filled up with white scroll-work, and there is also a small scroll outside CORREOS, and a similar one outside NALES.

Also in the issue 1866/67 Definitives:

• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 50;
• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 10;
• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 1;
• Stamp - Coat of Arms face value 5;