Postage stamps and postal history of Tolima

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

1871 stamps of Tolima.

Tolima Department is one of the 32 departments of Colombia, 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 first postage stamps of Tolima were issued in 1870.[1]

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See also

References

  1. Tolima. Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 24 August 2011.

Further reading

  • Anyon, Alan D. Handbook of Colombian Revenue Stamps. Bogota, Colombia: COLOMPHIL, Colombian Philatelic Research Society, 2009. ISBN 978-958-44-5092-0
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