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Vasco Nuńez de Balboa

Country:

Colombia

Series:

Pacific Ocean Discovery, 5th Cent.

Catalog codes:

ColnectIsBest

Themes:

Colonisation | Discoverers | Famous People | Men

Issued on:

ColnectScrp

Size:

30 x 40 mm

Colors:

Multicolor

Watermark:

No Watermark

Designers:

Mónica Marcela Vargas Moore

Printers:

Thomas Greg & Sons

Format:

Stamp

Emission:

Commemorative

Perforation:

14¼

Printing:

Offset lithography

Paper:

Chancellor

Gum:

PVA (Polyvinyl Alcohol)

Face value:

1,400 $ - Colombian peso

Print run:

10,800

Score:

90% Accuracy: Low

Related items:

1 (See)

Description:

Printed in mini sheets of six stamps.

The stamp shows the moment when Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovers the South Sea, years later called Pacific Ocean. The inscriptions says: "Vasco Núñez de Balboa discovering the South Sea / led by the Cacique Ponca". /"500 years of the discovery of the Pacific Ocean /1513 – 2013".
The name of the author of the drawing (Alberto Urdaneta) and the year of the postal issue, 2013 also appears.

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