From stamps page at UNESCO's Year Of The Ocean
For more info contact:
Comision Colombiana de Oceanografia
Calle 41 N46-20
Piso40
Bogota, Colombia
Tel: (57) 2220436 or 2220449
Fax: (57) 2220416
Customer Service Contact from the UPU:
Administración Postal Nacional
M. Helio José Orduz Pico
Subgerente de Mercadeo
Edificio Murillo Toro - Piso 6° - Oficina 607
Carrera 8A entre Calles 12 y 13
SANTAFE DE BOGOTA, D.C.
COLOMBIE - S.A.
Colombia was occupied by the Spanish in the early 16th century. It was governed by Spain within the Viceroyalty of Peru, later the Viceroyalty of New Grenada. Colombia became independent in 1819 after the campaigns of Simon Bolivar. (note: there's a good biographical timelime of Bolivar's life at this link; see below - aj)
The first postage stamps were issued in 1859 as the Grenadine Confederation and 1861 as the United States of New Grenada. Stamps for the Republic of Colombia were first issued in 1886.
Division de Filatelia, Sala de Ventas Administracion Postal Nacional Edificio Murillo Toro Oficina 208 Santafe de Bogota DC, Colombia
and from Malte: ADPOSTAL Jefe de Valores Postales y Filatelia Edificio Murillo Toro - Piso 6, Carrera 8A entre Calles 12 y 13 SANTAFÉ DE BOGOTÁ, D.C
Dr. Norman Hubbard, world-renowned authority on the Classics of Latin America, writes:
"The depth of the research on the Colombian States is truly remarkable.
Studies of such magnitude have never been produced for the
Colombian States... Some of the findings are available for the
first time in this extremely valuable monograph.
It is essential for anyone interested in the postage stamps
of the Colombian States in particular or in classic imperforate
issues in general."
Author:
Dr. Gene Scott
P.O.Box 1, Los Angeles, CA 90053
order via: Dolores Press, Inc., 1501 S. Glendale Ave.,Glendale, CA 91205
Location: Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama
