Postage stamps and postal history of Venezuela

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A used 1905 stamp of Venezuela
An 1896 Venezuelan postage stamp with a map showing Guyana up to the east bank of the Essequibo River as "Guayana Venezolana".

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Venezuela.

Venezuela is a country on the northern coast of South America. It is a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea. The republic is a former Spanish colony, that won its independence in 1821.

First stamps[edit]

The first stamps of the Venezuela were issued on 1 January 1859.[1]

Venezuela supported its territorial claim in the Venezuela Crisis of 1895 by printing an 1896 postage stamp with a map showing Guyana up to the east bank of the Essequibo River as "Guayana Venezolana". Guyana years later responded with a series of overprints “ESSEQUIBO IS OURS”.[2]

British stamps[edit]

British stamps were used at La Guaira between 1865 and 1880 which may be identified by the cancel C60. British stamps used at Ciudad Bolivar (1868-80) had the cancel D22.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Rossiter, Stuart & John Flower. The Stamp Atlas. London: Macdonald, 1986, p.166. ISBN 0-356-10862-7
  2. ^ Russell W. Stern, The Politics of Printing in Stamp Design and Production Archived 10 September 2012 at archive.today, "NSW Philatelist", 15 October 2008

Further reading[edit]

Monographs[edit]

  • Blanco Quintanilla, Aurelio. Venezuela: Catalogo Especializado de Estampillas. 2nd Edition. Caracas: The Author, 1992 487p.
  • Brunel, Georges. Les Emissions Postales du Venezuela. Paris: Editions philateliques, 1931 62p.
  • Dib Espejo, Pedro José. Estudios y comentarios sobre filatelia venezolana y otros temas universales. Caracas: Tip. Vargas, 1971 127p.
  • Hall, Thomas W. and L.W. Fulcher. The Postage Stamps of Venezuela. Plymouth: Published for the authors by William Brendon & Son, Ltd, The Mayflower Press, 1924 170p.
  • Valera, Juan Jose. Catalogo Especializado de las Estampillas de Venezuela. Caracas: Club Filatelico de Caracas, 1985 536p.
  • Vélez-Salas, Francisco. Orígenes Postales de Venezuela. Caracas: Impr. Nacional, 1949 451p.
  • Wickersham, Cornelius W. The Early Stamps of Venezuela. New York: Collectors' Club, 1958 156p.

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