Ministry of Post and Telegraphs Building

Obligatory on all domestic mail. For postcards the additional fee was of ¼c, for letters of ½c.
The surcharge on international mail was voluntary.

The building is located in the ancien.. Смотреть далее »t estates of the convent of Santo Domingo, which´s structure had been affected by the earthquake of 1917 and was demolished in 1939. At first it was called the Palace of Communications, a six-storey building, designed by Hernando González Varon and Bruno Violi. It was inaugurated in 1944. On its western side, nowadays the building houses the monument to Manuel Murillo Toro, which was inaugurated on January 1, 1920 in Bogota's Independence Park, but then moved to the building. Today the building is known as Manuel Murillo toro Building.

Страна:	Колумбия
Тип:	Почтовые марки
Серия:	Surtax for Construction of Communication Building
Номинал:	½ c
Год:	1939
Материал:	White, smooth
Размер:	28 x 24 mm
Перфорация:	11
Тираж:	50,000,000