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
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
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]
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.