Flag facing right (Colombia 1865)

01 January (Colombia ) within release Insured Letter Stamps goes into circulation Stamp Flag facing right face value 25 Colombian centavo

Stamp Flag facing right in catalogues
Michel:	Mi: CO-WB 1
Yvert et Tellier:	Yt: CO-VR 1
Leo Temprano:	Lt: CO-CUB 1

Stamp is horizontal format.

Printed by Lit. Avala y Medrano. Various excellent forgeries exist. Some of them measures 129.5 x 64.5. Variety: black color instead of brown. (YT CO VR1A). The Flagstaff is composed of four lines, two being the outlines, and the other two by way of shading. There is a very small transverse stroke across the flat top of the A of ESTADOS, and a larger and more distinct one over the a of Colombia. The dot over the i of sin is sensibly nearer to the upper outline of the flag than the corresponding dot over the last I of CERTiFiCACioN. Part of the head of the i of contenido, as well as the little oblique stroke projecting from that letter, shows outside the righthand outline of the flag. The hollow centre of the o of cinco is narrower than the hollow portion of the o of CENTAVOS ; and both the said letters are distinctly octagonal in their outline. The central tongue of the e of the latter word is thicker than any of the other strokes forming the back and top and bottom of it. In the inscription salio DE.. EN.. DE.. DE.. 186the accent over the o of salio is perfectly straight, and almost as long as the line projecting from the right-hand side of the o ; and the various words are joined by a thin, but distinct line, which is not dotted anywhere ; the portion of it after 186 goes to the very edge of the boundary-line. The slanting stroke before the e of en does not touch the e ; nor do the similar strokes before the d of the second and third DE touch their respective letters.The 1 of 186 is as tall as the 8,and the 6 touches the corner of the frame above it, which contains 25 c. The point of the flagstaff does not touch the frame above it ; but it is so very close to it that I fancy it might do so in heavily-printed copies. The chief difference between the genuine and the forged is in the shading of the flag. From the lower corner of the yellow part, beginning above the e of vale, there are thirty-two oblicjue lines of shading, the last one ending above the t of certificacion ; none of the long lines pass through the curved head, or the tall thin stroke of the first c of that word, but one of them just touches the top point of it ; two pass through the head of the e, but do not touch it anywhere else. The next lot of shaded lines begins above NT of veinte, and extends to the last i of certificacion. There are thirty-three of them, and none of them touch the line above the T of VEINTE. There are two lines by themselves, above in of veinte, but I have not quoted these, as they are the same as in the forgeries. The next lot of lines begins above the c of centavos, and there are thirty-one of them ; some touching the i of sin, and some touching the first o of contenido. The last lot of lines extends from the middle of the a of centavos in the blue part, right up to the top right-hand corner of the yellow; and there are thirty-three of them. The outline of the flag at the bottom, between the words EN DE, is nearer to the line below it than the corresponding convex portions on each side of en.. de.

Also in the issue Insured Letter Stamps:

• Stamp - Flag facing right face value 25;
• Stamp - Flag facing right face value 50;