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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Tolima.
Tolima Department is one of the 32
Tolima.
Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
Colombia-Panama Philatelic Study Group
{{philately-stub Tolima Department Philately of Colombia 1861 establishments in the Granadine Confederation
This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Tolima.
Tolima Department is one of the 32 departments of Colombia
Colombia is a unitary state, unitary republic made up of thirty-two departments (Spanish language, Spanish: ''departamentos'', sing. ''departamento'') and a Capital District (''Capital districts and territories, Distrito Capital''). Each depar ...
, located in the Andean region, in the center-west of the country. The department of Tolima was created in 1861 from a part of what had been Cundinamarca.
First stamps
The firstpostage stamp
A postage stamp is a small piece of paper issued by a post office, postal administration, or other authorized vendors to customers who pay postage (the cost involved in moving, insuring, or registering mail), who then affix the stamp to the fa ...
s of Tolima were issued in 1870.Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
See also
*Postage stamps and postal history of Colombia
Colombia is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered by Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Panama and the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. With a population of over 45 million people, Colombia has the second largest popula ...
References
Further reading
* Anyon, Alan D. ''Handbook of Colombian Revenue Stamps''. Bogota, Colombia: COLOMPHIL, Colombian Philatelic Research Society, 2009.External links
Colombia-Panama Philatelic Study Group
{{philately-stub Tolima Department Philately of Colombia 1861 establishments in the Granadine Confederation