Postage stamps and postal history of Ecuador

An 1890 stamp of Ecuador
An 1899 stamp of Ecuador

This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Ecuador.

Ecuador is a republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. The country also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland.

First stamps

The first stamps of Ecuador were issued on 1 January 1865.[1]

References

  1. ^ Ecuador. Sandafayre Stamp Atlas. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

Further reading

  • Olamo, Juhani. The Revenue Stamps of Ecuador, YLE, Monistuspalvelu, Helsinki, 1994. ISBN 952-90-6121-8

External links

Media related to Stamps of Ecuador at Wikimedia Commons

  • ecuadorstamps.com


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