Francisco José de Caldas

Perforations: 14, 11.5 , 11.5 x 14.

Francisco José de Caldas (Popayán,October 4, 1768 – Bogotá, October 28, 1816) was a Colombian lawyer, military engineer, self-taught naturalist, mathemat.. Read more »ician, geographer and inventor (he created the first hypsometer), who was executed by orders of Pablo Morillo during the Spanish American Reconquista for being a forerunner of the fight for the independence of New Granada (modern day Colombia).

Country:	Colombia
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	Personalities, Arms and City Views
Nominal:	½ c
Year:	1917
Material:	various thickness
Size:	23 x 28 mm
Perforation:	14
Mintage:	6,100,000