Monument

Artwork by R.Verlet, the stamp shows the monument erected in 1922, located in Barranquilla

Francisco José de Paula Santander y Omaña (Villa del Rosario de Cúcuta, Colombia, April 2, 1792 – .. Дивитись далі »Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, May 6, 1840), was a Colombian military and political leader during the 1810–1819 independence war of the United Provinces of New Granada (present-day Colombia). He was the acting President of Gran Colombia between 1819 and 1826, and later elected by Congress as the President of the Republic of New Granada between 1832 and 1837. Santander came to be known as "The Man of the Laws" ("El Hombre de las Leyes").

Країна:	Колумбія
Тип:	Поштові марки
Серія:	General Francisco de Paula Santander,birth Bicent.
Номінал:	80 $
Рік:	1992
Перфорація:	comb 14
Тираж:	1,000,000