Colombia is the 26th largest country by area and the fourth largest in South America after Brazil, Argentina and Peru. With over 46 million people, Colombia is the 27th largest country in the world by population and has the second largest population of any Spanish-speaking country in the world, after Mexico.
Colombia is a middle power, and is the fourth largest economy in Latin America, and the third largest in South America.
The production of coffee, flowers, emeralds, coal, and oil form the primary sector of Colombia's economy. Colombia is an emerging market and it is also part of the group of emerging countries CIVETS.
The world's third biggest bank HSBC has created a perspective on the economic outlook in 2050 where Colombia is seen playing a decisive role in the global economy, especially in the Americas.
The territory of what is now Colombia was originally inhabited by indigenous peoples including the Muisca, Quimbaya, and Tairona. The Spanish arrived in 1499 and initiated a period of conquest and colonization ultimately creating the Viceroyalty of New Granada (comprising modern-day Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, north-western Brazil and Panama), with its capital at Bogotá.Independence from Spain was won in 1819, but by 1830 "Gran Colombia" had collapsed with the secession of Venezuela and Ecuador. What is now Colombia and Panama emerged as the Republic of New Granada. The new nation experimented with federalism as the Granadine Confederation (1858), and then the United States of Colombia (1863), before the Republic of Colombia was finally declared in 1886.
Panama seceded in 1903. Colombia was the first constitutional government in South America, and an important promoter of the Pan American organizations, initially through the Congress of Panama and later as founder of the Organization of American States. The Liberal and Conservative parties, founded in 1848 and 1849, are two of the oldest surviving political parties in the Americas.
Face value | Family number | English name | Scientific name
Click on thumbnail to launch image in popup
Click on thumbnail to launch image in popup
| 1876.01 | 07.05.1876 | Definitives |
| 5c | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus |
| 1935.01 | 26.01.1935 | Barranquilla Olimpiada/Olympics | 16v set |
| 10p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus |
| 1966.01 | 16.06.1966 | History of maritime mail | 5v set |
| 50c | 23 | Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus |
| 1974.01 | 14.11.1974 | UPU, Colombian birds |
| 1p | 88 | Green-backed Trogon Trogon viridis | |
| 1.30p | 104 | Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus | |
| 2p | 120 | Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus | |
| 2.50p | 73 | Scarlet Macaw Ara macao |
| 1975.01 | 12.03.1975 | Colombian art | 4v set |
| 2p | 11 | Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus | |
| 3p | 73 | Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna |
| 1977.01 | 06.09.1977 | Colombian birds and plants |
| 5p | 108 | Crimson-mantled Woodpecker Colaptes rivolii | |
| 5p | 46 | Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus | |
| 10p | 120 | Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea | |
| 10p | 122 | Northern Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus | |
| 10p | 61 | Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana | |
| 20p | 120 | Plum-throated Cotinga Cotinga maynana |
| 1977.02 | 01.12.1977 | Surcharge on 1974.01 |
| 2p | 104 | Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus |
| 1979.01 | 16.11.1979 | Tourism | 4v set |
| 7p | 25 | Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber | |
| and | 26 | Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor |
| 1980.01 | 25.04.1980 | The alphabet | 30v set |
| 4p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus | |
| 4p | 22 | American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber | |
| 4p | 29 | Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis | |
| 4p | 73 | Scarlet Macaw Ara macao |
| 1980.02 | 27.05.1980 | Agriculture |
| 12p | 73 | Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna |
| 1982.01 | 21.10.1982 | Tourism, Rio Magdalena |
| 30p | 73 | Scarlet Macaw Ara macao |
| 1983.01 | 05.10.1983 | Paintings |
| 20p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus | |
| 30p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus | = 20p |
| 1985.01 | 12.04.1985 | Birds |
| 14p | 108 | Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus |
| 1985.02 | 06.08.1985 | Birds |
| 20p | 112 | Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus | |
| 50p | 86 | Coppery-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis cupreoventris |
| 1985.03 | 29.08.1985 | Birds |
| 55p | 94 | Whooping Motmot Momotus subrufescens |
| 1986.01 | 06.11.1986 | Definitives |
| 20p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus |
| 1987.01 | 25.05.1987 | Definitives | 1986.01 |
| 25p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus |
| 1987.02 | 08.06.1987 | Fauna | 4v set |
| 30p | 73 | Red-fan Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus | |
| 30p | 22 | American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber |
| 1987.03 | 02.09.1987 | Aurelio Martinez Mutis |
| 90p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus |
| 1988.01 | 06.12.1988 | Fauna | 3v set |
| 45p | 8 | Blue-billed Curassow Crax alberti |
| 1988.02 | 16.12.1988 | Fauna | 3v set |
| 45p | 88 | Masked Trogon Trogon personatus |
| 1989.01 | 29.06.1989 | Philexfrance '89 | 7v sheet |
| 110p | 22 | American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber | |
| and | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus | |
| and | 73 | Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus |
| 1989.02 | 07.09.1989 | Fauna | 3v set |
| 45p | 37 | Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja |
| 1990.01 | 06.08.1990 | Fauna | 4v set |
| 60p | 43 | Sunbittern Eurypyga helias |
| 1990.02 | 12.10.1990 | America |
| 150p | 29 | Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis | |
| and | 25 | Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja | |
| 170p | 8 | Salvin's Curassow Mitu salvini |
| 1992.01 | 14.04.1992 | Special services stamps | 2v set |
| B | 37 | Black-and-chestnut Eagle Spizaetus isidori |
| 1992.02 | 22.07.1992 | America | 2v set |
| 260p | 73 | Scarlet Macaw Ara macao |
| 1992.03 | 04.08.1992 | Endangered animals | 2v set |
| 100p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus |
| 1992.04 | 05.10.1992 | Columbus, paintings | 5v set |
| 110p | 37 | Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle Geranoaetus melanoleucus |
| 1993.01 | 05.08.1993 | The Amazon | 4v set |
| 150p | 73 | Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus |
| 1993.02 | 19.10.1993 | America | 4v sheet |
| 220p | 46 | Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinicus | |
| 460p | 120 | Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus |
| 1994.01 | 04.03.1994 | Birds |
| 180p | 73 | Yellow-eared Parrot Ognorhynchus icterotis | |
| 240p | 46 | Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus | |
| 270p | 103 | Toucan Barbet Semnornis ramphastinus | |
| 560p | 14 | Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera |
| 1996.01 | 12.08.1996 | Myths and legends | 4v set |
| 900p | 73 | Scarlet Macaw Ara macao |
| 1996.02 | 28.10.1996 | Los Fundadores | 2v sheet |
| 4000p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus |
| 2001.01 | 17.08.2001 | Los Katios |
| 2100p | 73 | Red-and-green Macaw Ara chloropterus | |
| and | 37 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus | |
| and | 12 | Northern Screamer Chauna chavaria | |
| and | 26 | Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 2002.01 | 01.02.2002 | Colombian nature richness | Sheet |
Click on thumbnail to launch image in popup
| 2300p | 30 | Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens | |
| and | 230 | American Yellow Warbler Setophaga aestiva | |
| 2300p | 34 | Andean Condor Vultur gryphus | |
| and | 37 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus | |
| 2300p | 73 | Yellow-eared Parrot Ognorhynchus icterotis | |
| and | 14 | Blue-winged Teal Anas discors | |
| and | 46 | Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus | |
| 2300p | 24 | Jabiru Jabiru mycteria | |
| 2300p | 120 | Andean Cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus | |
| and | 73 | Orange-cheeked Parrot Pyrilia barrabandi | |
| and | 102 | Orange-fronted Barbet Capito squamatus | |
| and | 37 | Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja | |
| and | 86 | Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber | |
| 2300p | 108 | Cream-colored Woodpecker Celeus flavus | |
| and | 104 | Channel-billed Toucan Ramphastos vitellinus | |
| and | 73 | Scarlet Macaw Ara macao | |
| 2300p | 25 | Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber | |
| and | 26 | Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 2300p | 26 | Great Egret Ardea alba |
| 2002.02 | 30.04.2002 | Ruddy Ducks |
| 3900p | 14 | Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis |
| 2003.01 | 13.06.2003 | Loro Coroniazul |
| 1000p | 73 | Fuertes's Parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi |
| 2003.02 | 09.10.2003 | Upaep | Strip with labels |
| 1600p | 37 | Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus | |
| and | 86 | Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus | |
| 1600p | 104 | Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus |
| 2008.01 | 22.10.2008 | Antioquia | 12v sheet |
| 1500p | 120 | Chestnut-capped Piha Lipaugus weberi |
| 2009.01 | 24.07.2009 | Guajira | 12v sheet |
| 1700p | 22 | American Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber | |
| 1700p | 237 | Vermilion Cardinal Cardinalis phoeniceus |
| 2010.01 | 06.04.2010 | Endangered birds | Sheet |
Click on thumbnail to launch image in popup
| 1900p | 8 | Blue-billed Curassow Crax alberti | |
| 1900p | 73 | Yellow-eared Parrot Ognorhynchus icterotis | |
| 1900p | 73 | Fuertes's Parrot Hapalopsittaca fuertesi | |
| 1900p | 86 | Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia castaneiventris | |
| 1900p | 46 | Bogota Rail Rallus semiplumbeus | |
| 1900p | 86 | Black Inca Coeligena prunellei | |
| 1900p | 115 | Giant Antpitta Grallaria gigantea | |
| 1900p | 235 | Gold-ringed Tanager Bangsia aureocincta | |
| 1900p | 232 | Red-bellied Grackle Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster |
| 2010.02 | 01.05.2010 | Expo 2010 Shanghai |
| 5000p | 73 | Scarlet Macaw Ara macao | MS |
| 2010.03 | 15.06.2010 | Atlantico | 12v sheet |
| 2000p | 119 | Pied Water Tyrant Fluvicola pica |
| 2010.04 | 24.07.2010 | Guainia | 12v sheet |
| 600p | 26 | Great Egret Ardea alba |
| 2010.05 | 19.11.2010 | Valle del Cauca | 6v sheet |
| 4000p | 31 | Nazca Booby Sula granti | |
| 4000p | 26 | Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias |
| 2011.01 | Biodiversity |
| 6100p | 78 | Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl Glaucidium nubicola | MS |
If you liked this article, subscribe to the feed by clickingthe image below to keep informed about new contents of the blog:
Philately has been considered as an "auxiliary science of history" because it is based on the general principles of other sciences, which in turn contribute to enrich it. It acquires knowledge of the sciences, of the arts, of languages and opens an immense road of social relations through all countries. This science broadens broad horizons of culture, discovers artistic temperaments and offers the interest of the new and the unknown, while performing a positive therapeutic wor.
