Stamp catalog : Stamp › Tequendama Falls Overprinted

Country:: Colombia
Series:: Officials
Catalog codes:: iInfringe
Overprints:: Click to see overprints and surcharges
Themes:: Waterfalls
Issued on:: VisitColnectCom
Size:: 25 x 30 mm
Colors:: Deep blue
Watermark:: Wavy Lines Type 6 [Up]
Printers:: Waterlow & Sons Ltd
Format:: Stamp
Emission:: Official
Perforation:: 12½
Printing:: Recess
Face value:: 12 c - Colombian centavo
Print run:: 42,852
Score:: 77% Accuracy: Medium
Description:: Overprinted vertically in red, with large, tall letters :OFICIAL.
Variety: Tall, wrong font "I" in "OFICIAL" exists.

The Tequendama Falls is a 132 metres high waterfall of the Bogotá River, located in the municipality of Soacha. Established in approximately 10,000 BCE, El Abra and Tequendama were the first permanent settlements in Colombia. One of the country’s tourist attractions, the falls are located in a forested area and during the month of December the falls become completely dry.
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