5 Centavos

Lithographed, on white wove paper; imperforated. The letters MB of COLOMBIA touch each other at the bottom. The top stroke of the 5, at the bottom of the stamp, points obliquely upwards, towards the A of ANTIOQUIA. The curved scroll below the condor is very distinct. The neck of the condor is set on properly, in the centre of the body. There is no dot above the E of DE in the lower half of the oval.

10 Centavos

Paper, etc., as in the 5 c. There is a stop after CORREOS, and a stop also under the S of Cs.

Lithographed, on rather thin, soft, white wove paper. I will first give a description of the points common to all the values, and then take each value separately. The Q of ANTIOQUIA has a distinct tail. The condor in the arms, or rather above the shield, is a condor, and the ring of feathers at the base of its neck is very distinct. The C of COLOMBIA comes just between the RR of CORREOS; that is to say, a line drawn down between the two R’s would cut through the C.  Now for each value separately:

2 1/2 Centavos

There is a stop after CORREOS, another after COLOMBIA, and another after ANTIOQUIA. Each large figure 2 has its tail perfectly straight. The inner outline of the oval containing the name is very slightly curved inwards, just at the top, the bottom, and the middle of each side; but I think this would hardly be noticed, unless it were expressly looked for.

5 Centavos

There is a stop after each of the letters E. and S. in the words E. s. D E ANTIOQUIA. There is also a very
distinct white spot in the dark ground of the ornamental spandrel to the left of the aforesaid E, and
another to the right of the last A in ANTIOQUIA. In most copies, the words CORREOS and CINCO CEN are
so large as to almost entirely fill up the labels containing them; but there appears to be more than one type of this stamp, and some have the letters a little smaller than others ; still, all the copies have the said letters of a good size.

10 Centavos

There is a stop after each of the words CORREOS, ANTIOQUIA, and COLOMBIA. The band containing the name is divided at the sides, and immediately opposite to the division on each side there is a white dot in the dark spandrel, to the left of the left-hand division, and to the right of the right-hand division. Each of the little roses in the top corners has a white spot in its center.

20 Centavos

There is a stop after each of the words ANTIOQUIA, COLOMBIA, and CENT. The name is written, “Es. Us. DE COLOMBIA and there is a sort of guiding-line running almost all round the tops of these letters. The condor has a flat head and a hooked beak, and seems to be looking obliquely upwards, towards the U of Us. The neck is thin and long. The stars above its head are asterisks, formed in this way (*). Each petal of the roses in the top corners has an inner line of shading at the broad end, and no other shading. In the center of each rose there is a round white ball, shaded by a semicircular line. There are no dark rays proceeding from either ball. There is a distinct double line, separating the top compartment of the shield from the middle one, and a similar double line separating the middle compartment from the bottom one. The upper sea in the bottom compartment is very large, the lower sea very small, and the center of the isthmus is a mere thread. There is a round, colored stop after COLOMBIA, a large, square colored stop after ANTIOQUIA, and a faint white stop after CENT. There is also a small colored stop after the 20 in each lower corner.