Garcia Rovira

José Custodio Cayetano García Rovira (March 2, 1780 – August 8, 1816) was a Neogranadine general, statesman and painter, who fought for the independence of New Granada from Spain, and became President.. Read more » of the United Provinces of the New Granada in 1816. He was executed a month later during the Reconquista, at the hands of Pablo Morillo.

Country:	Colombia
Type:	Postage stamps
Series:	1944 Definitives
Nominal:	20 c
Year:	1944
Perforation:	11