CORREOS ESPANA on 12 October 1961 issued the second of eight in the series called "History of Discovery and Conquest of America" which featured four of the Spanish explorers/colonisers of New Granada. This territory comprised modern day Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Venezuela, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, southwestern Suriname, parts of northwestern Brazil, and northern Peru). A total of eight FDCs in this series were issued from 1960 until 1968. Photogravure print method was used.
The stamps featured:
- 25cts - Sebastián de Belalcázar (1480-1551)
- 70cts - Blas de Lezo (1687-1741)
- 80cts - Rodrigo de Bastidas (1475-1527)
- 1 cts - Ñuflo de Chaves (1518-1568)
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