Detailed Description

Title: Ley, decreto y circular sobre el servicio postal interior de los Estados Unidos de Colombia. Edicion oficial
Creator: Colombia
Paúl, Felipe F.
Publication Info: Bogotá : Imprenta de Vapor de Zalamea Hermanos, 1882.
Physical Details: 32 p. ; 25 x 16 cms.
Physical Condition: Frail: wrapper loose, pages frayed on edges. Incomplete; pages lacking at end.

Summary: The government of Colombia published these decrees and statutes for the formation and regulation of postal services. The document includes detailed information concerning the classification of the items for delivery, tariffs and inter-state services.
Historical Notes: The postal services were originally created in 1781. Postal services as are known in Colombia today began in 1919, and the Colombian Postal Services became the Ministry of Mail and Telegraph in 1923. Davis, Robert 1993 Postal Service. In Historical Dictionary of Colombia. Pp. 405-6. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Donor Notes: The postal regulations of Colombia, issued in 1882 - J.L.H.

Subject(s): Postal service -- Law and legislation -- Colombia
Colombia -- Legislation

Type: Pamphlet
Language: Spanish
Donor: Helguera, J. León
Collection: Helguera, J. León Collection
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Accession Number: P01257
Record Number: 174
OCLC Number: 20065299