Diefenbaker : Artifact : Colombian Postage Stamp Album Collection [78.1.1104a-b]

Colombian Postage Stamp Album Collection

Artifact

Accession Number:

78.1.1104a-b

Date

1957

Materials

Vinyl, string, metal, paper, cardstock, tissue paper

Measurements

16.9cm (width) 14.2cm (length) 0.8cm (height)

Description

(a) - Postage stamp collection album from the Ministry of Communication in Bogota, Columbia. Covers are green coloured vinyl. Front cover features national crest of Columbia embossed in gold colour and gold coloured text. Inside covers are green and yellow water-patterned vinyl. Covers and pages held together by blue, pink, and yellow entwined string and four metal ringed holes. 12 cardstock pages with spiderweb patterned tissue paper to protect attached stamps (b). Page are bordered in blue geometric design.

(b) - 45 Columbian stamps of various sizes, topics, and subjects.

Marks/Labels

Front cover:
"Republica De Colombia
Ministerio de Comunicaciones
Bogota - D. E."

Inside cover:
"Republica de Colombia
Ministerio de Comunicaciones
Recuerdo del XIV Congreso de la
Union Postal Universal
Ottawa, Agosto 14 DE 1957"